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Elk Grove council hears police ALPR report as residents demand independent audit of vendor
Summary
Elk Grove Police presented its 2025 annual report and explained automated license‑plate reader (ALPR) operations; residents urged the council to release ALPR audit logs, commission an independent review of vendor Flock Safety and consider suspending the contract pending verification of compliance with California law.
Elk Grove officials on Wednesday received a detailed briefing on the Police Department’s automated license‑plate reader (ALPR) program and the department’s 2025 annual report, while multiple residents called for an independent audit of the city’s ALPR vendor, Flock Safety.
Real Time Information Center manager Andrea Cortez told the City Council that ALPR cameras capture license plates at fixed locations or on vehicles and match them against state databases to generate alerts for stolen vehicles or other law‑enforcement hits. Cortez said the system provides investigative leads—when and where plates were observed—but “it does not identify drivers or occupants” and “there is no persistent tracking” in the department’s workflow. She said the city retains ALPR data for 30 days and requires…
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