West Sacramento Police | Camera registry
West Sacramento Police invites residents and businesses to register private cameras on an Axon Fusus map, with an optional live-video connection that camera owners control.
At a glance
- What registration gives police
- A map of camera locations; officers "will not have access to any live streaming capabilities" [1]
- Live option
- "a real-time option is available through the Axon FususCORE device with conditional access," which owners choose [1]
- Registered or integrated cameras
- not in any record we fetched
- Agreement and cost
- not in any record we fetched
How it happened
- Context
Registry pages as read on this pass
The city's privacy FAQ and registration page describe the program. Axon's customer story describes the city's Fusus deployment around Sutter Health Park hosting Major League Baseball games, connecting plate reader data, body-worn and dash camera feeds, drone video and public and private camera feeds. [1] [3]
What the pages say
The program’s privacy FAQ says that “officers will simply obtain a map of the cameras and will not have access to any live streaming capabilities,” and, asked whether the department will have a real-time streaming option, answers “Yes. In partnership with Axon Fusus, a real-time option is available through the Axon FususCORE device with conditional access. Camera owners have the ability to choose how and when their cameras are accessible to the police department.”[1] The registration page describes “an interactive map of security cameras in West Sacramento”.[2] Axon’s customer story, a vendor document, frames the city’s Fusus deployment around Sutter Health Park hosting Major League Baseball games.[3]
What it does not establish
The agreement, its cost, the number of registered and integrated cameras, and the retention of any live or requested footage are not in any record we fetched. West Sacramento’s council records were not read on this pass.
Questions
- Can police watch my camera if I register it?
- The FAQ says registering gives officers "a map of the cameras" and that they "will not have access to any live streaming capabilities." It also says a real-time option exists "through the Axon FususCORE device with conditional access," and that "Camera owners have the ability to choose how and when their cameras are accessible to the police department." [1]
- How many cameras are connected?
- Not in any record we fetched. Axon's customer story describes the program but gives no count we could verify. [3]
What we do not know
- The Fusus agreement, its cost and term.
- The number of registered cameras and the number integrated for live video.
- How long live or requested footage is kept, and who can query it.
What you can do
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Surveillance Self-Defense →Sources
- 1. West Sacramento Safe and Secure, Privacy FAQs · Primary document · accessed · archived copy
- 2. West Sacramento Safe and Secure, Camera Registration · Primary document · accessed · archived copy
- 3.
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