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San Bernardino County

Using license-plate readers · 5 agencies documented

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San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions
Cameras
55
Flock systems leased under June 18, 2025 order forms: 35 for Arrowhead Farms, Rosena Ranch and Muscoy; 20 for Bloomington. Excludes Vigilant systems bought in 2017.
Contract
Flock Safety: $364,750 three-year lease · from June 18, 2025 · approved by San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors (consent) June 18, 2025 · 35 systems; Fifth District discretionary funds. (San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors (Legistar), June 18, 2025)
Contract
Flock Safety: $211,000 three-year lease · from June 18, 2025 · approved by San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors (consent) June 18, 2025 · 20 systems; Bloomington reserve. Leases end after three years unless new funding is found. (San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors (Legistar), June 18, 2025)
Contract
Flock Safety: $0 non-financial MOU · from Feb. 28, 2023 · to Feb. 29, 2028 · approved by San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors (consent) Feb. 28, 2023 · Access to Flock platform and other agencies' images; Flock liability capped at $100. (San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors (Legistar), Feb. 28, 2023)
Contract
Motorola Solutions: $532,569 purchase orders · from 2017 · approved by San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors April 18, 2017 · Vigilant Solutions ALPR systems. (San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors (Legistar), April 18, 2017)
  1. June 18, 2025 Board approved a Flock master service agreement and two three-year leases totaling 55 systems in unincorporated areas. (San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors (Legistar), June 18, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Whether the Vigilant systems remain in service is not known.

From agency records.

Fontana Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions
Contract
Flock Safety: $642,750 60-month contract · approved by Fontana City Council (agenda) Dec. 10, 2024 · Sole-source Flock equipment and software. (City of Fontana (Legistar), Dec. 10, 2024)
Contract
Motorola Solutions: $1,052,674 purchase/upgrade and service · approved by Fontana City Council (agenda) Feb. 24, 2026 · Replace Phase One/Two Vigilant cameras losing support after March 2026; Federal Asset Seizure Funds. (City of Fontana (Legistar), Feb. 24, 2026)
  1. 2017 Vigilant (now Motorola) was awarded a contract for ALPR cameras citywide, installed in three phases. (City of Fontana (Legistar), Feb. 24, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Council votes on Dec. 10, 2024 and Feb. 24, 2026 items not confirmed from minutes.

From agency records.

Rialto Police Department

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Motorola Solutions
Cameras
40
22 Vigilant L5F replacing ELSAG cameras (2023), 15 ReaperHD cameras approved Dec. 8, 2020, and 3 L5Q solar cameras, per city staff report.
Contract
Motorola Solutions: $293,446 one-time · from 2023 · approved by Rialto City Council Jan. 10, 2023 · Plus $28,175 per year platform fees FY2021/22-2026/27. (City of Rialto (Legistar), Jan. 10, 2023)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Below 100,000 population. Current use not confirmed.

From agency records.

San Bernardino Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions
Cameras
28
28 Flock cameras under an $84,000 annual agreement, per IECN, Feb. 22, 2026.
Contract
Flock Safety: $84,000 per year · to March 30, 2026 · IECN says the agreement was set to renew March 30, 2026; whether it renewed is not confirmed. (Inland Empire Community News, Feb. 22, 2026)
  1. Feb. 2020 In survey answers published by the State Auditor, the department said it operated ALPR cameras and accessed data through Vigilant Solutions, keeping data more than five years. (California State Auditor, Feb. 13, 2020)
  2. Dec. 10, 2025 Listed in the Oxnard Police Department's 2024–2025 ALPR data sharing review among California agencies with access to Oxnard's ALPR detections through Vigilant. (Oxnard Police Department, Dec. 10, 2025)
  3. Feb. 18, 2026 More than two dozen residents at a city council meeting opposed the Flock contract, and speakers urged the council to end it before renewal; the council took no action that night. (Inland Empire Community News, Feb. 22, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Outcome of the March 30, 2026 renewal not found; search budget ran out. San Bernardino city does not use Legistar’s public API (the "sanbernardino" Legistar client is the county).

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Ontario Police Department

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions
Cameras
24
24 Flock cameras activated in mid-2020, per the department’s July 15, 2020 Nixle release. No later count found.
  1. Feb. 2020 In survey answers published by the State Auditor, the department said it accessed ALPR data (but did not operate cameras) through Vigilant Solutions. (California State Auditor, Feb. 13, 2020)
  2. July 15, 2020 Department announced 24 Flock cameras activated weeks earlier, with data deleted after one year, and credited them with 14 stolen-car recoveries. (Ontario Police Department (Nixle), July 15, 2020)
  3. Dec. 10, 2025 Listed in the Oxnard Police Department's 2024–2025 ALPR data sharing review among California agencies with access to Oxnard's ALPR detections through Vigilant. (Oxnard Police Department, Dec. 10, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
  • No contract or council action found; current status not confirmed.

From agency records.

Statewide

  1. Jan. 1, 2016 SB 34 (Statutes of 2015, Chapter 532), codified at Civil Code section 1798.90.5 and following, took effect. It requires ALPR operators and end users to keep a usage and privacy policy, log access, and share ALPR information only with public agencies. The Attorney General reads 'public agency' to exclude out-of-state and federal agencies. (California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Oct. 27, 2023)
  2. Feb. 13, 2020 The California State Auditor released report 2019-118 on the Fresno Police Department, LAPD, Marin County Sheriff's Office and Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. It found none of the four audited staff searches of ALPR images, three of the four shared images without first checking the recipient's right and need to know, and 70 percent of surveyed agencies ran or planned to run ALPR. It recommended a state model policy and a maximum retention period set in law. (California State Auditor, Feb. 13, 2020)
  3. Oct. 27, 2023 The Attorney General's Division of Law Enforcement issued Information Bulletin 2023-DLE-06, telling state and local agencies that SB 34 bars sharing ALPR information with out-of-state and federal agencies, with model policy guidance. (California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Oct. 27, 2023; California Office of the Attorney General, Oct. 3, 2025)
  4. April 2, 2024 Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a California Highway Patrol contract with Flock Safety for about 480 cameras: about 290 on Oakland surface streets and 190 on East Bay state highways, with a 28-day retention period. (Office of Governor Gavin Newsom, April 2, 2024)
  5. June 18, 2025 CalMatters and The Markup reported, from a search log obtained by Oakland Privacy covering April 28 to May 30, 2025, that 10 agencies, nine in Southern California and six in Los Angeles County, ran searches for ICE, including LAPD; the Orange and San Diego County sheriffs ran searches for Border Patrol. Riverside County logged four 'hsinvest' searches but said they were narcotics cases. (The Markup / CalMatters, June 18, 2025)
  6. Oct. 2025 Gov. Newsom vetoed SB 274, which would have required deletion of some ALPR data after 60 days, officer training, documented case reasons for searches and random Department of Justice audits. His veto message said the 60-day limit could impede investigations, particularly cold cases. (CalMatters, Oct. 3, 2025)
  7. Oct. 3, 2025 Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a petition for a writ of mandate in San Diego County Superior Court against the City of El Cajon, its police department and Chief Jeremiah Larson, alleging the department shared ALPR data with agencies in 26 other states in violation of SB 34. The AG's office said it had contacted 18 agencies about possible violations since 2024. (California Office of the Attorney General, Oct. 3, 2025; CalMatters, Oct. 3, 2025)
  8. Nov. 24, 2025 CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee wrote to Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley that data from CHP's Flock cameras may not be shared with federal officials, citing the contract's bar on sharing outside California. (KTVU FOX 2, Nov. 24, 2025)
  9. Jan. 2026 The Attorney General filed a motion in California v. City of El Cajon asking the court to order the city to stop sharing ALPR data with out-of-state agencies; the AG said the data reached more than 100 agencies outside California. A hearing was set for Feb. 13, 2026. No ruling was found in sources checked as of Oct. 17, 2026. (California Office of the Attorney General, Jan. 21, 2026; NBC 7 San Diego, Jan. 22, 2026; NBC 7 San Diego, Feb. 8, 2026)
  10. Aug. 31, 2026 SB 1013 (Cervantes), similar to the vetoed SB 274, passed the Senate but did not receive an Assembly floor vote before the session ended; CalMatters reported Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry held it. CalMatters counted this as the fifth straight year without new ALPR rules; nearly 40 law enforcement agencies and unions opposed the bill. (CalMatters (republished by LAist), Sept. 3, 2026; CalMatters Digital Democracy, date not shown)
  11. Oct. 2026 A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge dismissed a challenge to San Jose's ALPR network, rejecting claims that warrantless searches of ALPR data violate the state constitution's privacy and search provisions (outside this researcher's counties; recorded as statewide legal context). (San Jose Spotlight (republished by Local News Matters), Oct. 7, 2026)

State agencies

California Highway Patrol

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety, Vendor not named in source
Cameras
Count not documented
No statewide count found. The 2024 East Bay contract covers about 480 Flock cameras (about 290 Oakland streets, 190 East Bay highways); CHP also runs mobile ALPR on patrol vehicles under General Order 81.1.
Data sharing
CHP's contract with Flock bars sharing with the federal government or any entity outside California, per the commissioner's Nov. 2025 letter (ca1-ktvu-chp-letter). Vehicle Code 2413 bars making data available to non-law-enforcement agencies or individuals.
  1. Oct. 2020 General Order 81.1 (revised October 2020) sets CHP's ALPR rules: mobile ALPR data is kept 60 days and then purged, access is limited to personnel with an investigative need, and ALPR use is reported each year in the auto theft report to the Legislature. (California Highway Patrol, Oct. 2020)
  2. Oct. 2020 Vehicle Code 2413 limits CHP retention of plate-reader data to 60 days except for evidence or felony investigations, bars selling the data, and limits its use to locating vehicles or people suspected in a public offense. (California Legislature (via california.public.law), date not shown)
  3. Feb. 8, 2024 The Oaklandside reported CHP would run Oakland's 300-camera Flock network funded by a $1.2 million state loan; CHP keeps data 60 days while Oakland and Flock agreed to 30. (The Oaklandside, Feb. 8, 2024)
  4. April 2, 2024 The governor's office announced the CHP-Flock contract for about 480 cameras in Oakland and the East Bay with 28-day retention. (Office of Governor Gavin Newsom, April 2, 2024)
  5. Nov. 24, 2025 The CHP commissioner told Flock in writing that CHP camera data cannot be shared with federal officials. (KTVU FOX 2, Nov. 24, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Retention differs by source: 60 days (GO 81.1, mobile ALPR; Vehicle Code 2413 cap), 28 days (governor's release on the East Bay Flock network), 60 days (Oaklandside on CHP practice). These may describe different systems.
  • No CHP Flock deployment in the ten southern counties was found; not checked through CHP contract records (searches exhausted).

From agency records.