Who runs surveillance cameras in Sonoma County?
Also listed here because the record shows it
These systems are documented primarily as something else. They appear here because a cited record shows the deployment also does this.
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The Press Democrat reported that two of the city's 32 Flock devices are live pan-tilt-zoom surveillance cameras, which watch a scene rather than read plates.
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What we do not know
License plate readers [Rohnert Park Public Safety]
- The date of the council presentation, which the file in our corpus does not carry.
- The council record behind the January 27, 2026 vote.
- Where the 32 devices are installed, which no record we fetched states.
- What happens to the ten task-force-funded readers when the two years of SONCATT funding end.
- The text of the license plate reader policy adopted after the January 2026 change.
What camera networks are
Fixed and steerable cameras run by a public agency, often networked so footage from many locations can be watched or searched from one place.
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 confirmed where each of them meets in Sonoma County and how public comment works there.
How to show up in Sonoma County →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 ↗