San Bernardino County
County record. Includes every city and agency within San Bernardino County.
Technology presence
What these categories mean
- ALPR
- Automated license plate readers (ALPR): camera systems that automatically capture, read, and log vehicle license plates with location and time, producing a searchable record of vehicle movements.
- Fixed cameras & RTCC
- Agency-operated fixed video cameras and the real-time crime centers (RTCC) that aggregate live and recorded feeds for monitoring. Extends the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas, which enumerates real-time crime centers and camera registries but not standalone fixed-camera estates.
- Face recognition
- Software that matches faces in images or video against a reference database to identify or verify individuals.
- Drones / UAS
- Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones, operated by an agency for overhead observation, imaging, or sensing.
- Gunshot detection
- Networks of acoustic sensors that detect and locate suspected gunfire and alert an agency.
- Body-worn & dashcam
- Officer body-worn and in-vehicle dashboard cameras that record encounters; public access to the footage is frequently restricted.
- Doorbell & camera registry
- Programs that give an agency access to privately owned camera footage: doorbell-camera partnerships, citizen camera registries, and private-camera integration platforms.
- Cell-site simulators
- Devices that mimic cell towers to locate or identify nearby mobile phones. They are often called Stingrays, or IMSI catchers after the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number that identifies each phone on a network. Adjacent: communications surveillance outside the visual/sensor core.
- Predictive policing
- Software that forecasts where crime may occur or who may be involved, to direct policing. Adjacent: analytics rather than a sensing deployment.
- Social-media monitoring
- Tools that collect and analyze public social-media activity for an agency. Adjacent: open-source/communications monitoring outside the visual/sensor core.
The record, by agency
Ontario Police Department
The Ontario Police Department uses Oosto live face recognition at the Ontario International Airport.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Ontario
The Ontario Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ontario Police DepartmentCity of OntarioDaily Bulletin
The Ontario Police Department has used Briefcam video analytics since 2016.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Ontario
The Ontario Police Department began using Axon body-worn cameras in 2014.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Daily Bulletin
Victorville Police Department
The Victorville Police Department uses Flock Safety's gunshot detection technology. The city's contract with ShotSpotter runs for three years at a total cost of $470,000.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ABC 7
The Victorville Police Department (a division of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department) operates 107 automated license plate readers as of November 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Daily Press
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department plans to install Flock Safety automated license plate readers in Yucca Valley and Twentynine Palms.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Hi Desert Start
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department has used cell-site simulators since 2006. In 2019, the agency replaced its Harris Corp. device with one from Tactical Support Equipment.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRockVocativDesert Sun
The Riverside and San Bernardino County Sheriff's Departments began sharing a face recognition database in 2012. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office is able to submit image queries to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office's face recognition system. Between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2022, the agency submitted 16 face recognition queries.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): OneZeroSan Bernardino County Sheriff's OfficeRiverside County Sheriff's Office
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department acquired 80 BodyWorn body-worn cameras in 2017.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Sun
Barstow Police Department
As of April 2024, the Barstow Police Department operates 33 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer
The Barstow Police Department operates one drone as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.faa.govwww.barstowca.org
Upland Police Department
As of April 2024, the Upland Police Department operates 12 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer
The Upland Police Department operated nine drones as of 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Upland Police DepartmentCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.dailybulletin.com
San Bernardino Police Department
The San Bernardino Police Department operate 10 drones as of 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): San Bernardino Police DepartmentSan Bernardino Police DepartmentCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
The San Bernardino Police Department collected more than 8,000,000 vehicle scans in 2022 using automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): San Bernardino Police DepartmentCalifornia State Auditor
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $546,502 to the San Bernardino Police Department in 2015 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): www.sbcity.orgU.S Department of JusticePR Newswire
Fontana Police Department
The Fontana Police Department acquired two cell-site simulator vehicles from Jacobs Technology in December 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Jacobs TechnologyFontana Police DepartmentMuckRock
The Fontana Police Department operated seven drones as of 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fontana Police DepartmentCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.sbsun.com
The Fontana Police Department collected more than 117,000,000 vehicle scans in 2022 using automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fontana Police DepartmentCalifornia State Auditor
The Fontana Police Department launched its body-worn camera program in the summer of 2017, with the deployment of 200 BWCs.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fontana Police Department
Chino Police Department
The Chino Police Department operated eight DJI drones as of 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of ChinoCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.faa.gov
The Chino Police Department began testing AFR Engine's face recognition technology in 2019 and intends to extend the program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Daily Bulletin
The Chino Police Department collected more than 76,000,000 vehicle scans in 2022 using automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Chino Police DepartmentCalifornia State Auditor
The Chino Police Department opened its real-time crime center in 2019 for around $370,000. The RTCC staff have access to a public camera network, some private and business cameras, and automated license plate readers, which they monitor live on a wall of 10 55-inch screens.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Champion NewspapersCity of Chico
The Chino Police Department uses Vintra video analytics software.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Chino
The Chino Police Department maintains a camera registry via Flock Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety
Rialto Police Department
The Rialto Police Department received a 2022 Bureau of Justice Assistance grant to purchase Axon body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): US Bureau of Justice Assistance
The Rialto Police Department uses Fusus software to maintain a registry of private surveillance cameras
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Rialto PoliceRialto PoliceRialto Police
Redlands Police Department
The Redlands Police Department operated eight DJI drones as of 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Redlands Police DepartmentCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.redlandscommunitynews.com
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department uses Flock Safety and Motorola Solutions (formerly Vigilant Solutions) automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Redlands Police DepartmentMuckRockCalifornia State Auditor
Colton Police Department
The Colton Police Department first purchased 50 Axon body-worn cameras in 2014.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): San Bernardino SunSan Bernardino Police DepartmentColton Police Department Facebook page
The Colton Police Department operates automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Colton Police DepartmentCalifornia State Auditor
Chino Hills Police Department
The Chino Hills Police Department purchased 35 automated license plate readers in 2017 and 27 more in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Champion NewspapersChino Hills City Council
Montclair Police Department
The Montclair Police Department operates automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Montclair Police Department
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026