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The San Jose Evergreen Community College District Police Department shares automated license plate data with the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center.

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News article (The Center for Human Rights and Privacy)
Public records (NCRIC)

The San Jose Police Department began using Axon body-worn cameras for all officers in 2016.

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Government information (San Jose Police Department)
Press release (Axon)

The San Leandro Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

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Social media (San Leandro PD)

The San Leandro Police Department website includes a camera registration page.

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Government information (San Leandro PD)

As of April 2024, the San Leandro Police Department operates 51 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

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Vendor information (Flock Safety)
News article (The News & Observer)
News article (The News & Observer)

The San Luis Obispo Police Department uses body-worn cameras.

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News article (New Times)
News article (The Tribune)
News article (KCBX FM Central Coast public radio)

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office operated seven DJI drones as of 2022.

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Annual report (San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The San Luis Obispo Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

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Government information (San Luis Obispo Police Department)

Cal Poly Police Department began using body-worn cameras in August 2018.

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University information (Cal Poly Police Department)

The Cuesta College Police Department uses body-worn cameras.

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Policy (Cuesta College Police Department)

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office accessed face recognition through its contract with Clearview as of 2022.

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Court records (State of California)

The San Luis Obispo Police Department uses automated license plate readers.

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Public records (Muckrock)
Policy (San Luis Obispo Police)

California State University San Marcos Police Department issues Axon body-worn cameras to all uniformed officers.

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Policy (California State University Police Department)

The Palomar College Police Department began using automated license plate readers on two patrol cars in 2019.

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University information (Palomar College)

The Palomar College Police Department has access to SoundThinking's CrimeTracer platform (formerly Coplink X) through the San Diego County's Automated Regional Justice Information System.

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Government information (SANDAG)
Government information (ARJIS)
Government information (SANDAG)

As of April 2024, the San Marino Police Department operates 41 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 365 days.

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Vendor information (Flock Safety)
News article (The News & Observer)
News article (The News & Observer)

San Marino Police Department received $80,000 to purchase 40 body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.

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Government information (SRT BWC Program)

In February 2018, the San Mateo Police Department announced that all officers would be equipped with Axon body-worn cameras.

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News article (NIXLE)
Government information (City of San Mateo)
Government budget/purchasing (City of San Mateo)

As of April 2024, the San Mateo Police Department operates 31 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

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Vendor information (Flock Safety)
News article (The News & Observer)
News article (The News & Observer)

The San Mateo County Sheriff operates Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

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Policy (San Mateo County Sheriff)
Social media (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page)
Social media (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page)

The San Mateo Police Department currently has four drones and received a grant to purchase three more from Axon in 2023.

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News article (San Mateo Daily Journal)

The San Pablo Police Department have been using ShotSpotter since 2011.

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Vendor information (ShotSpotter)

The San Pablo Police Department's Facebook page features officers wearing Axon Body 2 cameras as of May 2020. Policy manual reference page 410.

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Social media (San Pablo Police)

The San Pablo Police Department collected more than 6,000,000 vehicle scans in 2022 using automated license plate readers.

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Public records (San Pablo Police Department)
Audit (California State Auditor)

The San Pablo Police Department operated five drones as of 2022.

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Annual report (San Pablo Police Department)
Annual report (San Pablo Police Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The Marin County Sheriff's Office uses Flock Safety and Motorola Solutions automated license plate readers.

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Public records (Marin County Sheriff's Office)
Audit (California State Auditor)

As of April 2024, the San Rafael Police Department operates 15 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

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Vendor information (Flock Safety)
News article (The News & Observer)
News article (The News & Observer)

The San Rafael Police Department has used body-worn cameras since 2014.

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Social media (San Rafael Police Facebook page)
News article (ABC 7)

The Marin County Sheriff's Office operated drones as of 2024.

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Government information (Marin County Sheriff's Office)
Government information (Marin County Sheriff's Office)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The San Rafael Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

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Government information (San Rafael Police Department)

The San Ramon Police Department's Facebook page pictures officers wearing the Reveal D3 body camera as of January 2019.

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Social media (San Ramon PD)

The San Ramon Police Department maintains a camera registry.

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Government information (San Ramon PD)

The San Ramon Police Department uses Flock Safety and Motorola Solutions (formerly Vigilant Solutions) automated license plate readers.

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Public records (San Ramon Police Department)
Audit (California State Auditor)
Government information (San Ramon Police Department)

The San Ramon Police Department operated 11 DJI drones as of 2023.

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Annual report (City of San Ramon)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The San Ramon Police Department uses "advanced search analytics" and "self learning AI-video analytics" in conjunction with an Avigilon camera network.

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Government information (San Ramon Police Department)

The Santa Ana Police Department obtained body-worn cameras in 2017.

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News article (The Orange County Register)
News article (Voice of Orange County)
News article (Orange County Register)

The Orange County District Attorney's Office has access to the Los Angeles County Regional Identification System (LACRIS) face recognition database.

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Public records (LACRIS)
Policy (LACRIS)

The Santa Ana Police Department has access to the Los Angeles County Regional Identification System (LACRIS) face recognition database.

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Public records (LACRIS)
Policy (LACRIS)

The Orange County Sheriff's Office collected more than 471,000 vehicle scans in 2022 using automated license plate readers.

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Public records (Orange County Sheriff's Office)
Public records (MuckRock)
Audit (California State Auditor)

The Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center is one of 79 fusion centers in the United States. Operated by local and state law enforcement in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a fusion center serves as a command center for gathering, analyzing and disseminating intelligence and other public safety information.

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Government information (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
Nonprofit report (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Government information (Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center)

The Santa Ana Police Department uses the LexisNexis Accurint for Law Enforcement investigative platform.

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Vendor information (LexisNexis)

The Orange County Sheriff's Office has used Coplink X, which has been renamed CrimeTracer.

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Vendor information (SoundThinking)

As of April 2024, the Santa Barbara Police Department operates 12 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

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Vendor information (Flock Safety)
News article (The News & Observer)
News article (The News & Observer)

The Santa Barbara Police Department began using Motorola body-worn cameras in 2021.

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Government information (City of Santa Barbara created the link. It is a press release.)
News article (KSBY)

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office installed 25 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2022 as part of a one-year trial.

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News article (Edhat)

As of April 2024, the Santa Clara Police Department operates 17 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

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Vendor information (Flock Safety)
News article (The News & Observer)
News article (The News & Observer)

The Santa Clara Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

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Government information (City of Santa Clara)

The Santa Clara Police Department uses drones.

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Government information (Santa Clara Police Department)

The Santa Cruz Police Department has a camera registry.

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Vendor information (Downtown Santa Cruz)

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office operated 24 drones as of 2023.

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Annual report (Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office)
News article (The Pajaronian)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The Santa Cruz Police Department has used body-worn cameras since 2018. Police officers, community service officers, and park rangers wear BWCs.

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Government information (City of Santa Cruz)
Government information (Santa Cruz Police and the 21st Century Policing)

The UC Santa Cruz Police Department acquired body-worn cameras in 2017.

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Policy (University of California Santa Cruz Police Department)
News article (City on a Hill Press)

The Santa Cruz Police Department received approval to install Flock Safety automated license plate readers in December 2023.

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News article (Good Times)

The Santa Cruz Police Department received approval to purchase five Skydio drones in February 2024.

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News article (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office has used body-worn cameras since 2017.

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Government information (Santa Cruz County Sheriff)

The Santa Maria Police Department purchased four drones for $20,000. The agency made its first drone-assisted arrest in 2020.

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News article (Santa Maria Times)
Social media (Santa Maria Police Facebook page)

The Santa Maria Police Department received city council approval for a three-year contract with Flock Safety for 31 automated license plate readers in 2021.

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News article (Santa Maria Times)
News article (Noozhawk)

The Santa Monica Police Department purchased WatchGuard body-worn cameras in 2017, but switched to Axon BWCs in December 2018.

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News article (Santa Monica Daily Press)
News article (Santa Monica Lookout)

The Santa Monica Police Department operates Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

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News article (Santa Monica Lookout)
Policy (Santa Monica Police Department)

The Santa Monica Police Department has access to the Los Angeles County Regional Identification System (LACRIS) face recognition database.

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Public records (LACRIS)
Policy (LACRIS)

The Santa Monica Police Department operates a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program.

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News article (Fox News)
Annual report (Santa Monica Police Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The Santa Monica Police Department received funding from California's Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program in 2023 for a Real Time Crime Center.

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Government information (California Board of State and Community Corrections)
https://web.archive.org/web/20240326192314/https://www.bscc.ca.gov/organized-retail-theft-grant-program/

The Santa Paula Police Department uses Wolfcom body-worn cameras, according to a testimonial on the company's website.

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Vendor information (Wolfcom)
News article (OneZero)

The Santa Paula Police Department received city council approval to install Flock Safety automated license plate readers in June 2023.

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News article (Ventura County-Star)
Meeting documents (City of Santa Paula)

The Santa Rosa Police Department website includes an interface for the city's surveillance camera registry.

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Government information (Santa Rosa Police Department)

The Santa Rosa Police Department obtained VieVu body-worn cameras in 2015, but the department switch to Axon cameras in 2017.

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Social media (Santa Rosa PD Facebook Page)
News article (Press Democrat)
News article (Press Democrat)

As of 2022, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office did not have automated license plate readers, but accessed ALPR data through a regional auto theft task force.

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Public records (Sonoma County Sheriff's Office)

The Santa Rosa Police Department operated 16 drones as of 2023.

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Annual report (Santa Rosa Police Department)
Annual report (Santa Rosa Police Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office operated 13 drones as of 2023.

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Annual report (Sonoma County Sheriff's Office)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The Santa Rosa Police Department received funding from California's Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program in 2023 for automated license plate readers.

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Government information (California Board of State and Community Corrections)
https://web.archive.org/web/20240326192314/https://www.bscc.ca.gov/organized-retail-theft-grant-program/

The West Valley-Mission Community College District Police Department used body-worn cameras as of 2021.

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Policy (West Valley-Mission Community College District Police Department)
Government budget/purchasing (West Valley-Mission Community College District Administration)

Sausalito Police Department Officers and Parking Enforcement/Community Service officers use body-worn cameras

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News article (Marin Independent Journal)
Policy (Sausalito Police Department)

The Sausalito Police Department uses Motorola Solutions (formerly Vigilant Solutions) automated license plate readers.

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Public records (Sausalito Police Department)
Public records (MuckRock)
Audit (California State Auditor)

The Sausalito Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

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Government information (City of Sausalito)

The Scotts Valley Police Department uses WatchGuard body-worn cameras.

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Policy (Scotts Valley Police Department)
Social media (Scotts Valley Police Department Facebook)

The Seal Beach Police Department purchased 50 body worn cameras from Axon in 2020.

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News article (Sun Newspapers)

The Seal Beach Police Department collected more than 19,000,000 vehicle scans in 2022 using automated license plate readers.

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Public records (Seal Beach Police Department)
Public records (MuckRock)
Audit (California State Auditor)

The Seal Beach Police Department uses SoundThinking's CrimeTracer investigative platform.

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Vendor information (SoundThinking)

The Seaside Police Department launched a camera registry in 2020.

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News article (KSBW)

The Cal State Monterey University Police Department operates one DJI Phantom drone as of 2015, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

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Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The Seaside Police Department purchased a 5-year contract for 40 Axon body-worn cameras in 2017.

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News article (KSBW8)
Policy (Seaside Police Department)

As of April 2024, the Seaside Police Department operates 24 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

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Vendor information (Flock Safety)
News article (The News & Observer)
News article (The News & Observer)

The Seaside Police Deppartment installed 25 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2023, which includes gunshot detection technology.

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News article (Monterey County Weekly)

The Sebastopol Police Department's Facebook page features officers wearing the Axon Body 2 camera as of November 2019.

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Social media (Sebastopol PD)

The Selma Police Department operated three DJI drones as of 2022.

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Annual report (City of Selma)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The Shafter Police Department installed 25 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2024.

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News article (Wasco Tribune)
News article (The Shafter Press)

The Shingle Springs Rancheria Tribal Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

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Social media (The Shingle Springs Rancheria Tribal Police Department Facebook)

The Sierra Madre Police Department uses body-worn cameras.

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Policy (Sierra Madre Police Department)
Social media (Sierra Madre Police Department Facebook)

The Signal Hill Police Department has operated automated license plate readers since at least 2014.

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Policy (Signal Hill Police Department)
News article (Press Telegram)

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $187,500 to the Simi Valley Police Department in 2016 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

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Government information (U.S Department of Justice)

As of April 2024, the Simi Valley Police Department operates 23 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

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Vendor information (Flock Safety)
News article (The News & Observer)
News article (Simi Valley Acorn)

The Simi Valley Police Department's SafeCam program is a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

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Government information (City of Simi Valley)

The Soledad Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since at least 2016.

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News article (KSBW Action News 8)
News article (The Californian)
Policy (Soledad Police Department)

The Soledad Police Department entered a five-year contract with Flock Safety in 2024 to install eight automated license plate readers throughout the city.

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News article (Salinas Valley Tribune)
News article (KSBW)
News article (KION)

The Sonoma Police Department's Facebook page features officers wearing the Axon Body 2 camera as of March 2020.

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Social media (Sonoma PD)

The Windsor Police Department's Facebook page features officers wearing the Axon Body 2 camera as of May 2019.

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Social media (Windsor PD)

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office uses at least 250 body-worn cameras.

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Government information (Government page)
News article (The Press Democrat)

The Sonoma Police Department received approval to use Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2023.

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News article (Sonoma Index Tribune)

The Sonora Police Department began using Vievu body-worn cameras in the mid-2010s.

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Government Budget/purchasing (Sonora Police Department)
Social media (Sonora Police Department Facebook page)

The Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office operates one drone as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

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Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)