Ventura County CA SO

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Fri Oct 17 2025
Overview
Ventura County CA SO uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Ventura County CA SO utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Ventura County CA SO utilizes real time alerting of hotlist vehicles to capture wanted criminals. In an effort to ensure proper usage and guardrails are in place, they have made the below policies and usage statistics available to the public.
Policies
What's Detected
License Plates, Vehicles
What's Not Detected
Facial recognition, People, Gender, Race
Acceptable Use Policy
Data is used for law enforcement purposes only. Data is owned by Ventura County CA SO and is never sold to 3rd parties.
Prohibited Uses
Immigration enforcement, traffic enforcement, harassment or intimidation, usage based solely on a protected class (i.e. race, sex, religion), Personal use.
Access Policy
All system access requires a valid reason and case number and is stored indefinitely.
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits are required to be human verified prior to action.
Usage
Data retention (in days)
365 days
Number of LPR and other cameras
112
External organizations with access
Alhambra CA PD, Arcadia CA PD, Atwater CA PD, Auburn CA PD, Beverly Hills CA PD, Burbank CA PD, Cal State Fullerton (CA), California Highway Patrol, California State Parks, Capitola CA PD, Costa Mesa CA PD, Dublin CA PD (ACSO), El Cajon CA PD, Fairfield CA PD, Fontana CA PD, Grass Valley CA PD, Hayward CA PD, Hermosa Beach PD CA, Imperial County CA SO, Kern County CA SO , Kings County Sheriff's Office CA , La Habra CA PD, La Mesa CA PD, LASD CA - San Dimas Station, Lompoc CA PD, Los Angeles County CA SD, Madera County SO CA , Merced County CA SO, Modoc County CA SO, Mountain View CA PD (Santa Clara County), Napa CA PD, National City CA PD, Newark CA PD , Newport Beach PD CA, Orange CA PD, Orange County SO CA, Oxnard CA PD , Pasadena CA PD, Placer County CA DA Office, Port Hueneme CA PD, Porterville CA PD, Ridgecrest CA PD, Riverside County CA District Attorney, San Bernardino County CA SO, San Gabriel CA PD, San Leandro CA PD, San Luis Obispo County (CA) Sheriff , San Mateo County CA SO, Santa Barbara County CA SO, Santa Paula CA PD, Santa Rosa CA PD, Seal Beach CA PD , Simi Valley CA PD, Stockton CA PD, Tustin CA PD , UC Irvine Campus PD CA, Vacaville CA PD, Ventura CA PD, Ventura County District Attorney's Office CA, West Covina CA PD
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Unique vehicles detected in the last 30 days
1,136,190
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
4,732
Searches in the last 30 days
1,723