Placer County

Auburn's Policy 469 keeps license plate reader data for at least a year and states that "Reasonable suspicion or probable cause is not required before using an ALPR." The 2025-2026 civil grand jury reported that the Sheriff's Office turned off the department's access to real-time alerts for approximately two years, then restored it during the investigation.

The Board's agenda for March 28, 2023 carried a two-year, $238,600 Flock Safety agreement, and the Sheriff's memo of that date states an intent to install forty-two cameras. The 2025-2026 civil grand jury reported that the office turned off Auburn Police Department's access to real-time alerts for approximately two years.

In a November 2022 records response, Rocklin Police said its reader data sits in Rekor's cloud, is kept 90 days, is not shared with any outside agency, and is not checked against hot lists. The department logged 3,466,285 detections in the 90 days before the response.

Roseville Police's published policy keeps reader data for 60 days, requires independent suspicion before any stop, and limits sharing to agencies within 150 miles. The county grand jury reported that Roseville is the one local department outside the Sheriff's sharing arrangement.

The Sheriff's public safety equipment order, effective April 1, 2025, lists eight unmanned aircraft models with a quantity for each, from a single DJI Mavic Mini at $400 to two Skydio X10 at $40,000. Flights need approval from a sergeant or higher.

Placer County Probation's military equipment policy lists one DJI Mavic 2 and says it may be used for "visually identifying transient camps and public relations/video content."

The District Attorney's military equipment policy lists one DJI Inspire 2 for its Investigations Unit, alongside thirteen AR-15 rifles.

Policy 375 of the department's published manual states that "The Auburn Police Department operates a public safety video surveillance system." The cameras record video and not sound, and a note in the policy puts storage on the fixed pole cameras at about 90 days.

Roseville Police publishes a facial recognition policy that bars live-stream use except in an imminent threat to life and bars uploads of images of children 16 or younger. No record we fetched names the vendor or shows how often the system is used.