Report 2019-118 Recommendation 46 Responses

Report 2019-118: Automated License Plate Readers: To Better Protect Individuals' Privacy, Law Enforcement Must Increase Its Safeguards for the Data It Collects (Release Date: February 2020)

Recommendation #46 To: Sacramento County Sheriff's Department

To ensure that ALPR images are being shared appropriately, by August 2020, Sacramento should develop a process for handling ALPR image-sharing requests that includes maintaining records separate from the Vigilant system of when and with whom it shares images. The process should verify a requesting agency's law enforcement purpose for obtaining the images and consider the requesting agency's need for the images. The process should be documented in Sacramento's ALPR policy and/or procedures.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2021

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office implemented a process for handling ALPR data-sharing requests and documented the process in General Order 10/12 (Automated License Plate Reader Program). Data sharing requests are processed, maintained, and recorded using a ticketing system. This process includes verifying that the requesting agency has an Originating Agency Identification (ORI) number, law enforcement status, a law enforcement purpose and a need for obtaining the images, and verifiable contact information.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented

1-Year Agency Response

As of April 20, 2021, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department had not provided a response on the recommendations in this audit.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending

6-Month Agency Response

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department did not provide a six-month response to this recommendation.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending

60-Day Agency Response

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department did not provide a 60-day response.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

All Recommendations in 2019-118

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.