Who runs license plate readers in Tulare County?
- Active Campus license plate readers
- Agency
- Sequoias Community College District Police Department
- Vendor
- Flock Safety
- Devices
- —
- Active License plate readers
- Agency
- Visalia Police Department
- Vendor
- Flock Safety
- Devices
- —
| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campus license plate readers | Sequoias Community College District Police Department | Flock Safety | Active | — |
| License plate readers | Visalia Police Department | Flock Safety | Active | — |
On the map
- 0
- Verified by us
- 111
- Community-reported
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What we do not know
Sequoias District Police
- Which body approved the cameras, when, at what cost, and whether the decision was taken in an open meeting.
- Whether the district has published the plate reader usage policy state law requires. Its page links a vendor transparency portal instead.
- How long the district keeps plate reads.
- Which sharing statement governs: that the data is never shared with third parties, or that law enforcement agencies can choose to share with other agencies. Both are on the same page.
- Whether the district shares data with Visalia Police, with agencies in Kings County where its Hanford campus sits, or with anyone else.
- Whether students and staff were told before the cameras went up.
Visalia Police
- What the 157 Axon plate reader licences actually run on. A licence is not a camera, and no document we read says how many devices exist, whether they are mounted on vehicles or fixed, or where they are.
- Where Policy 428 is published. The department's own bulletin instructs officers to follow it, and state law requires plate reader operators to publish a usage policy. We could not find it on the city website in August 2026, which is not the same as finding that none exists.
- How long plate reads are kept. No document we read gives a retention period.
- Who owns the twenty-four cameras the department can search, and on what terms access was granted.
- Whether the second eleven cameras were installed. They were scheduled in January 2025.
- What the staff report for the October 2024 award said. The agenda item carries the vendor, the term and the figure; the report behind it would carry the reasoning, the placement plan and the sole-source justification.
- Who else can search this data, including whether any of it reaches federal or out-of-state agencies.
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 Tulare County.
Go to the Tulare 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 ↗