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· San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Police Audit Shows Feds ‘Improperly’ Accessed License Plate Data Hundreds of Times

On June 17, 2026, the San Francisco Police Department disclosed an audit revealing that the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) had improperly accessed license plate reader data hundreds of times since May 2025. Analysts from the West States Information Network (WSIN) conducted searches on behalf of out-of-state and federal agencies, violating California’s 2015 law barring such sharing. SFPD Chief Derrick Lew said the department had disabled NCRIC and WSIN access. The audit covered SFPD and more than 500 law enforcement agencies statewide.

Also in San Francisco, CA

7 entries over 17 yr 4 mo, oldest first. The gap is the time since the previous one.

  1. San Francisco settles plate-misread gunpoint stop for $495,000
  2. +16 yr 5 moSFPD let out-of-state agencies run 1.6 million searches of its Flock data, some for ICE
  3. +6 monthsClass action says Flock illegally shared Californians' plate data with federal and out-of-state agencies
  4. +4 monthsSan Francisco Police Audit Shows Feds ‘Improperly’ Accessed License Plate Data Hundreds of Times this entry
  5. same daySFPD audit finds Flock camera data accessed on behalf of federal, out-of-state agencies
  6. +1 daySFPD suspends Flock camera network access after audit finds improper queries
  7. +28 daysClass action alleges Motorola and Vigilant illegally shared California license plate data

Sources

  1. San Francisco Police Audit Shows Feds ‘Improperly’ Accessed License Plate Data Hundreds of Times — KQED, Jun 18, 2026 (kqed.org)

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