San Diego County Flock License Plate Readers Cameras

[Brian]

Sheriff's office pushes to install license plate readers throughout backcountry
Oct 13, 2024 — The sheriff's office proposes contracting to use readers from Flock Safety, the vendor that provides the readers in the city of San Diego
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/20 ... ckcountry/

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office has released new details about expanding its Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) camera program throughout the region.
https://www.sdsheriff.gov/Home/Componen ... s/3012/514

City of Chula Vista
Flock Safety:
In October 2023, City Council unanimously approved 150 of the stationary cameras. These cameras are installed onto streetlights, traffic signal poles, and standalone poles erected by Flock Safety.
https://www.chulavistaca.gov/department ... aders-alpr

On March 14, 2023, the El Cajon City Council approved a one-year pilot program for the El Cajon Police Department’s use of automated license plate reading (ALPR) cameras to bolster public safety, curb criminal activities, and enhance law enforcement's ability to crack down on vehicle-related crimes. The cameras are built by Flock Safety, a public safety technology company that helps neighborhoods, communities, and law enforcement work together to fight crime.
https://www.elcajon.gov/Home/Components/News/News/5858/

License Plate Surveillance Expands to Escondido Neighborhood
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/ ... 801/?amp=1

San Diego CA PD - Transparency Portal
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/san-diego-ca-pd

El Cajon CA PD - Transparency Portal
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/-el-cajon-pd-ca

Escondido CA PD - Transparency Portal
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/escondido-ca-pd


Riverside County CA SO - Transparency Portal
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/ri ... unty-ca-sd

Menifee CA PD - Transparency Portal
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/menifee-ca-pd

Ontario CA PD - Transparency Portal
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/ontario-ca-pd

Palm Springs CA PD - Transparency Portal
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/palm-springs-ca-pd

San Gabriel CA PD - Transparency Portal
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/San-Gabriel-CA-PD

Costa Mesa CA PD - Transparency Portal
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/costa-mesa-ca-pd

[Brian]

Flock haters cross political divides to remove error-prone cameras
Lawmakers’ calls for Flock probe may help kill local contracts, expert says.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/202 ... e-cameras/

Police cameras track billions of license plates per month. Communities are pushing back.
More than 5,000 law enforcement departments across the U.S. use interconnected Flock Safety cameras to track residents’ movements.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna230037

Surveillance as a Service Part 1: Flock Safety’s Transparency Problem
https://medium.com/@redteamwrangler/kee ... 3efd4f931e



San Diegans Push Back on Flock ALPR Surveillance
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/s ... rveillance

License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/l ... ani-people

Automated license plate readers spark slew of privacy concerns in San Diego
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2025/ ... -concerns/

License plate reader company halts cooperation with border patrol
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/ ... n/3893179/

California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol
https://calmatters.org/economy/technolo ... ader-data/

El Cajon police and state AG’s Office at odds over sharing of surveillance data
https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigr ... lance-data

Automated license plate reader company halts federal pilot programs following data access concerns.
Local police departments, including San Diego, Chula Vista, Escondido and El Cajon, are using Flock cameras to collect evidence after crimes occur.
https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local ... 28c7ba0f73

San Marcos OKs license readers, Safe Cities program
https://thecoastnews.com/san-marcos-oks ... s-program/

Police officer terminated after allegedly using city’s Flock cameras for...
https://youtu.be/OG3m2I6Nieg

[Brian]

FOIA Request
CITY OF SAN RAMON
RE: Public Records Act Request Received November 4, 2022, PRA No. 22-065
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/202 ... uction.pdf

The San Jose transparency has a list of "success stories" at the end.
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/san-jose-ca-pd

City of Saratoga Success Stories
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/sa ... unty-ca-so

South San Francisco CA PD - Transparency Portal
Public Search Audit Excel file
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/so ... isco-ca-pd

[Brian]

Eyes On Flock
Aggregating Flock Safety Transparency Portal Data
https://eyesonflock.com

Links and Resources
https://eyesonflock.com/resources

Map
Deflock: Find Nearby ALPRs
Crowdsourced map of ALPRs, accompanied with lots of useful information about them. (Also the inspiration for this project!)
https://deflock.me/map

[mike]

Those are unconstitutional and go against the 4th Amendment unlawful search and seizure that is why I recommend stealth veil for plates and lights for motorcycles and other vehicles with that the cameras will be useless and they can only see the plates with the naked eye plunging them back to the 1980s while protecting our 4th Amendment from those enemy departments..

And to note another reason I have zero respect for any PD in San Diego county all ways shape and form is reason one all the encryption to keep everyone in the dark no transparency when they work for we the people, and also their lack of interest in arresting child predators and the DA not taking People Vs Predators cases that corrupt woke DA protects child predators.

[Brian]

Judge orders police to release surveillance camera data, raising privacy questions
The judge's ruling in a Skagit County case could affect dozens of Washington police departments using Flock technology.
Published: November 6, 2025

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Data collected by automated license plate readers used by police departments across Washington state must be made public, a judge in Skagit County ruled on Thursday. 
It's a decision that could have far-reaching implications for law enforcement surveillance practices.

Judge Elizabeth Yost Neidzwski of Skagit County Superior Court ruled images captured by Flock brand cameras qualified as public records subject to the state's Public Records Act, siding with a tattoo artist who had sought access to the data from multiple police agencies.

The ruling came after the cities of Sedro Woolley and Stanwood sued Jose Rodriguez in civil court to block his records requests. Both cities have since turned off their Flock camera systems.

"The Flock data do qualify as public records subject to the Public Records Act," Judge Neidzwski said in her ruling.

The case centers on a network of automated cameras mounted along busy streets in communities like Sedro Woolley, a historic logging town north of Seattle. The cameras continuously photograph passing vehicles and their occupants, ostensibly to help identify stolen cars or vehicles used in crimes.
Rodriguez, an Oregon resident who works in Walla Walla, describes himself as an ordinary citizen concerned about government overreach. He filed public records requests with dozens of Washington police agencies seeking images captured by the cameras. Many agencies complied, providing records that revealed the cameras photograph all passing vehicles indiscriminately, not just those suspected of criminal activity.

KING 5 reviewed dozens of photos taken by Flock surveillance cameras in Newcastle on Sept. 16. The images clearly show the faces and license plates of everyday drivers, not just those suspected of crimes. KING 5 has included the images below to show examples of what Flock cameras capture, but blurred people's faces and license plates for privacy. 
Flock surveillance cameras capture all drivers, not just suspects
https://www.king5.com/article/news/inve ... ceaf477864

https://youtu.be/bJ2rEPMKxxk

Cities Shut Off Flock Cameras After Court Loss
https://youtu.be/1vQn4MWBln0

[mike]

Time to order encryption be turned off dispatch channels.

[Brian]

Secretive Border Patrol program is detaining US citizens for ‘suspicious’ travel
https://youtu.be/MQxw9fhmBv4

Mass Surveillance Is Powering a New Era of Pretextual Traffic Stops
An extensive network of automatic license plate readers is being used to develop predictive intelligence to stop vehicles, violating Americans’ rights.
11.24.2025
https://reason.com/2025/11/24/mass-surv ... fic-stops/

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
CBS8 Video: https://youtu.be/uSnXed5MB74

[mike]

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Secretive Border Patrol program is detaining US citizens for ‘suspicious’ travel
https://youtu.be/MQxw9fhmBv4
[/quote]

Another good reason to use stealth veil on plates and lights so the cameras can't pick them up or the vehicle and protect the 4th Amendment rights of the people against unlawful search and seizure with the veil they can only read the plates and get vehicle info with the naked eye these tyrannical police agencies are quickly becoming enemies of the people when a long train of abuses and usurpations it is our right and duty to throw off and abolish such government and take it all back and get in people who work for us the way it is supposed to be and do what we want we are the government another reason we have the 2nd Amendment also arm up in case tyrannical government and we can also form militias to secure a free state.