Who runs license plate readers in El Paso County?
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- Agency
- El Paso County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- Vigilant Solutions, 3M
- Devices
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| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The plate readers border money bought | El Paso County Sheriff's Office | Vigilant Solutions, 3M | Active | — |
On the map
- 0
- Verified by us
- 271
- Community-reported
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What we do not know
El Paso County Sheriff
- Whether the written plate reader policy the grant conditions require exists.
- Whether the county signed the Texas Department of Public Safety user agreement, and whether its reads are in the statewide database.
- Where the readers and the two trailers are deployed, and how many still work.
- Who may search the data, and whether any search has ever been audited.
- What the two 2020 Vigilant Solutions agreements covered, and whether they are still live.
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 El Paso County and how public comment works there.
How to show up in El Paso 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 ↗