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Who runs license plate readers in Marion County?

On the map

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Verified by us
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Community-reported

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What we do not know

Marion County Sheriff

  • The SB 1516 section 7 policies for this system. The agreement predates the Act; the policies it requires are separate documents nothing the county publishes contains.
  • The county's own vendor contract with REKOR, which section 6.1 requires it to maintain, and the number and locations of county cameras.
  • The section 6 vendor figures, including who beyond the three parties can query the data.
  • Retention in practice, which the agreement leaves to no one.

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 Marion County.

Go to the Marion 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 ↗