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Santa Rosa Police Department
The Santa Rosa Police Department has 36 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of February 2025.
Sources: Flock SafetySanta Rosa PoliceCalifornia Board of State and Community Corrections
The Santa Rosa Police Department obtained VieVu body-worn cameras in 2015, but the department switch to Axon cameras in 2017.
Sources: Santa Rosa PD Facebook PagePress DemocratPress Democrat
The Santa Rosa Police Department website includes an interface for the city's surveillance camera registry.
Sources: Santa Rosa Police Department
The Santa Rosa Police Department operated 23 drones as of 2024.
Sources: Santa Rosa Police DepartmentSanta Rosa Police DepartmentSanta Rosa Police Department
The Santa Rosa Police Department launched a real-time crime center in 2024.
Sources: Schaumburg PolicePress Democrat
Cotati Police Department
The Cotati Police Department operates automated license plate readers.
Sources: The Community VoiceCotati Police Department's Facebook pageCotati Police Department
The Cotati Police Department's Facebook page features officers wearing the Axon Body 2 as of March 2020.
Sources: Cotati Police
The Cotati Police Department maintains a camera regisry.
Sources: Cotati Police
Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety
The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers as part of a regional auto-theft task force.
Sources: Rohnert Park DPSRohnert Park City CouncilRohnert Park City Council
The Rohnert Park Police Department's Facebook page features officers wearing the Axon Body 2 camera as of April 2020.
Sources: Rohnert Park Police
The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety maintains a camera registry.
Sources: Rohnert Park Police
Sonoma County Sheriff's Department
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.
Sources: Sonoma County Sheriff's Office
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office uses at least 250 body-worn cameras.
Sources: Government pageThe Press Democratwww.pressdemocrat.com
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office operated 13 drones as of 2023.
Sources: Sonoma County Sheriff's OfficeCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.pressdemocrat.com
Cloverdale Police Department
The Cloverdale Police Department requested approval from the city council for its automated license plate reader program in May 2023. The initial purchase, installation and first-year annual maintenance fee was $37,250.00.
Sources: City of CloverdaleCloverdale Police DepartmentCity of Cloverdale
The Cloverdale Police Department's Facebook page features officers wearing Axon Body 2 cameras as of December of 2019.
Sources: Cloverdale Police
Healdsburg Police Department
The Healdsburg Police Department operates stationary and mobile automated license plate readers.
Sources: Healdsburg Police DepartmentHealdsburg Police Department
The Healdsburg Police Officer's Association Facebook page includes officers wearing Axon Body 2 cameras as of December 2019.
Petaluma Police Department
The Petaluma Police Department uses automated license plare readers.
The Petaluma Police Department obtained body-worn cameras in 2014. It purchased 70 new BWCs in 2019.
Sonoma Police Department
The Sonoma Police Department received approval to use Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2023.
Sources: Sonoma Index Tribune
The Sonoma Police Department's Facebook page features officers wearing the Axon Body 2 camera as of March 2020.
Sources: Sonoma PD
Sebastopol Police Department
The Sebastopol Police Department's Facebook page features officers wearing the Axon Body 2 camera as of November 2019.
Sources: Sebastopol PD
Sonoma State University
The Sonoma State University received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $24,000 for 6 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources: Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
Sonoma State University Police Department
The Sonoma State University Police Department uses body-worn cameras.
Sources: Sonoma State University
Windsor Police Department
The Windsor Police Department's Facebook page features officers wearing the Axon Body 2 camera as of May 2019.
Sources: Windsor PD
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026