Sonoma County Sheriff's Office: Automated License Plate Readers
![An illustration of a police car with cameras aimed at another vehicle.](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/6/alpr_600x_600.png)
Agency | Sonoma County Sheriff's Office |
Location | Santa Rosa, CA |
Technology | Automated License Plate Readers |
Vendor |
The Napa Police Department accesses ALPR data.
Links
Audit (California State Auditor)
More about this technology
Automated license plate readers are cameras attached to fixed locations or to patrol cars that capture every license plate that passes. The data is uploaded to searchable databases with the time, date, and GPS coordinates.
![An illustration of a police car with cameras aimed at another vehicle.](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/6/alpr_600x_600.png)