Who runs license plate readers in Washington County?
- Reported License plate readers
- Agency
- Washington County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- Flock Safety
- Devices
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| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License plate readers | Washington County Sheriff's Office | Flock Safety | Reported | — |
On the map
- 0
- Verified by us
- 35
- Community-reported
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), including community reporting via the DeFlock project. Tiles by OpenFreeMap.
What we do not know
Washington Co. Sheriff (OR)
- The SB 1516 section 7 policies: where they are published, if they are. A Flock transparency page may exist on a host we cannot check.
- The section 6 vendor figures: cameras, fixed locations, search counts, and the roughly 25-agency sharing list the Sheriff described.
- What the Board considered and decided. KOIN reported a consideration; the board record is robots-closed to us.
- How much of the two grants bought cameras. The reporting says about $396,000 for seven systems; the county's own releases give only totals.
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 Washington County.
Go to the Washington 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 ↗