Who runs license plate readers in Churchill County?
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- Agency
- Churchill County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- Flock Safety
- Devices
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| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flock plate readers, requested and unfunded | Churchill County Sheriff's Office | Flock Safety | Proposed | — |
On the map
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- Verified by us
- 1
- Community-reported
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What we do not know
Churchill County Sheriff
- Whether any plate reader was ever bought by another route, in a later budget year or with grant money.
- Which neighbouring agencies' cameras the Sheriff's Office was referring to, and what access this county already has to data from cameras it does not own.
- Whether the five proposed camera locations were ever identified, and where "the perimeter of our community" would have been.
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 confirmed where each of them meets in Churchill County and how public comment works there.
How to show up in Churchill 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 ↗