California’s surveillance technology, as reported
Press coverage naming California or a jurisdiction within it, each story tagged with the technology it covers.
About this index
- Stories listed
- Published or later. Older stories are not listed here.
- Sources last checked
- How stories are found
- UnGovr’s automated news monitoring searches Google News and the GDELT news database for each technology this site tracks and keeps reporting on government use of it.
A story missing from this index is not evidence that no coverage exists, and inclusion records that a story was published, not a finding about the technology it covers. How the monitoring works
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- ALPR
- Face recognition
- Drones / UAS
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- Schools & transit
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- Alameda County
- City of Anderson
- City of Antioch
- City of Auburn
- City of Bakersfield
- City of Berkeley
- City of Brea
- City of Burbank
- Butte County
- City of Camarillo
- City of Capitola
- City of Carlsbad
- Cathedral City
- City of Cerritos
- City of Chico
- City of Chula Vista
- City of Clovis
- Contra Costa County
- City of Costa Mesa
- Culver City
- City of Davis
- Dinuba Unified School District
- City of Downey
- City of El Cajon
- City of El Cerrito
- El Dorado County
- City of Elk Grove
- City of Folsom
- City of Fresno
- Fresno County
- City of Fullerton
- City of Glendale
- City of Gonzales
- City of Grass Valley
- City of Half Moon Bay
- City of Hayward
- Humboldt County
- City of Indio
- Kern County
- Kings County
- Lassen County
- City of Lompoc
- Town of Los Altos Hills
- City of Los Angeles
- Los Angeles County
- Marin County
- Mendocino County
- City of Menlo Park
- City of Mission Viejo
- City of Modesto
- Monterey County
- City of Monterey Park
- City of Moorpark
- City of Mountain View
- Nevada County
- City of Newman
- City of Newport Beach
- City of Oakland
- City of Oceanside
- Orange County
- City of Oxnard
- City of Pacifica
- City of Palm Springs
- City of Palo Alto
- City of Pasadena
- Placer County
- Plumas County
- City of Porterville
- City of Red Bluff
- Redwood City
- City of Rialto
- City of Richmond
- Riverside County
- City of Roseville
- City of Sacramento
- Sacramento County
- San Bernardino County
- City of San Diego
- San Diego County
- City of San Francisco
- San Francisco County
- San Joaquin County
- City of San Jose
- City of San Juan Capistrano
- City of San Mateo
- San Mateo County
- City of Santa Ana
- City of Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara County
- City of Santa Clara
- Santa Clara County
- City of Santa Clarita
- City of Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz County
- City of Santa Monica
- City of Santa Rosa
- City of Santee
- Shasta County
- Siskiyou County
- Solano County
- City of Soledad
- City of Solvang
- Sonoma County
- City of South Pasadena
- Stanislaus County
- City of Stockton
- Tehama County
- City of Thousand Oaks
- Town of Tiburon
- Tulare County
- City of Ukiah
- City of Vallejo
- Ventura County
- City of Visalia
- City of Vista
- City of Watsonville
- City of West Hollywood
- City of Woodland
- Yolo County
A county, city, police force or other jurisdiction within California.
Whether the article can be read without a subscription. ($) after an outlet’s name marks a paywall.
What the story reports about a system: an expansion, a reduction, or neither. It is the article’s account, not a WatchWatch finding. On a card, + or − after the technology marks it.
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LAPD's ALPR Pilot Program Put On Hold by City Council
Also reported by Police1
Police use drones as first responders in Lompoc
Also reported by KSBY News
LA City Council Reviews LAPD's $235M Axon Contract
Also reported by Westside Current
Honolulu Police End IRS Access to License Plate Data
Also reported by San José Spotlight · Terre Haute Tribune-Star · The Business Journal · Hanford Sentinel · +4 more
Police Chief Updates City Council on Use of Flock Cameras
Also reported by Shasta Scout
Flock Safety offers employee buyouts as cities drop its cameras
Also reported by Houston Public Media · Click2Houston
Chico police confirm license plate reader data was shared with ICE
Also reported by KRCR
Watsonville leaders to discuss Flock contract
Also reported by Lookout Santa Cruz
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