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Santa Barbara County
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Lompoc Police Department
The Lompoc Police Department operates 56 Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of June 2025. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Sources: Flock Safety
As of April 2021, the Lompoc City Council was deliberating the purchase of body-worn cameras for the local police department.
Sources: City of LompocLompoc Record
Santa Barbara Police Department
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.
The Santa Barbara Police Department began using Motorola body-worn cameras in 2021.
Sources: City of Santa Barbara created the link. It is a press release.KSBY
Santa Maria Police Department
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.
Sources: Santa Maria TimesNoozhawk
The Santa Maria Police Department purchased four drones for $20,000. The agency made its first drone-assisted arrest in 2020.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office installed 25 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2022 as part of a one-year trial.
Sources: Edhat
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026