California
Shasta County
On record
Checked 18 Aug 2026- Technologies
- 2
- Systems
- 2
- Devices mapped
- 92
Shasta County, California. Device data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), with community reporting via DeFlock. Open the full map →
Three agencies run license plate readers here: the Sheriff’s Office, the Redding Police Department, and the Anderson Police Department. They use two different vendors, keep data for different lengths of time, and publish three different policies.
What's in use here
Redding bought roughly 42 license plate readers in 2020 for $800,000. In 2021 they recorded just over 45 million plate detections in a city of about 93,000 people. The department says the camera locations cannot be released, and a records request released them in 2022.
SCRAM is a voluntary register of privately owned security cameras. Signing up does not give the Sheriff's Office a view through your camera. It gives the office a map of who owns one, so a deputy can knock and ask you to check your own recording.
Who approves it
These systems were approved by boards, councils and committees that meet in public. We have confirmed where they meet and how comment works.
Who runs it
The agency is the accountability unit: who voted, whose policy applies, and who answers a records request.
| Agency | Jurisdiction | SB 34 policy | Systems |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redding Police Department | City of Redding | Posted | 1 |
| Shasta County Sheriff's Office | Shasta County | Posted | 1 |
| Anderson Police Department | City of Anderson | Posted | 0 |
| 3 agencies on record. A jointly run system counts against each of its operators, so this column is not a county total. "Posted" means the policy is published where the law requires it. "On file" means we hold the document. "Not posted" and "not found" mean we could not find it on the agency's own website on the date shown; they say nothing about how the system is used. An agency with a dash has not been checked, which is not a finding. | |||
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