Who runs license plate readers in Lassen County?
- Active License plate readers
- Agency
- Lassen County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- Flock Safety
- Devices
- —
| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License plate readers | Lassen County Sheriff's Office | Flock Safety | Active | — |
On the map
- 0
- Verified by us
- 11
- Community-reported
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What we do not know
Lassen County Sheriff
- Whether the Sheriff's Office publishes the usage and privacy policy state law requires, and where.
- Where the thirteen cameras are.
- Whether the contract has been renewed since its initial term, and whether there are now more than thirteen.
- Whether another agency can search this county's data through the vendor's network, which is not the same question the memo answered.
- Which Homeland Security grant paid for this, and what the application said the cameras were for.
What license plate readers are
An automated license plate reader photographs every passing vehicle and records the plate, the time and the place. It does not watch suspects. It logs everyone, and the record is usually kept on a vendor’s servers.
How they work, why agencies buy them, and every county we have documented →
What you can do
Civic action
Show up
This technology is bought and renewed by boards, councils and committees that meet in public. We have not yet confirmed where each of them meets in Lassen County.
Go to the Lassen County hub →Personal protection
Protect yourself
Practical steps to shrink your personal data trail. Our guides publish at launch; until then, EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense is the best starting point.
Surveillance Self-Defense ↗