According to public records from dozens of California law enforcement agencies, there are at least 55 federal agencies accessing license plate reader data from Motorola license plate readers.
Federal law enforcement agencies with access to this license plate reader data include the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Department of Justice (DoJ), the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). But the agcncies with such access include some that may surprise you: Federal Trade Commission, Forest Service, US Marine Corps, and US Patent and Trademark Office.
In Motorola’s license plate reader system, some agencies are listed with “Inactive” before the name of the agency, but it’s not clear what exactly that means. These agencies include the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General, Travis Air Force Base, US Army CID, and Yellowstone National Park.
Below is the complete list of federal agencies we found in California public records for Motorola’s license plate reader system:
- AMTRAK Office Of Inspector General
- ATF National Account
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Camp Pendleton Provost Marshall Office
- CBP – FL
- CBP – NTC
- CBP CAPU (NATL)
- CBP Office of Air and Marine
- DEA – Cleveland District Office
- DEA Miami
- DEA MIAMI (FL)
- DEA Minneapolis (MN)
- Department of Energy – Office of the Inspector General
- Department of Interior (DOI) OIG
- Department of Interior (DOI) US Park Police
- Department of Labor OIG (DOL OIG)
- Department of Veterans Affairs – Office of Inspector General
- Department of Veterans Affairs Police
- DHS CBP Agency Office of Professional Responsibility
- DHS-CyberSecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- District of Columbia OIG (DC)
- DOJ Criminal Division
- DOJ OIG
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) – Dallas
- Drug Enforcement Administration (NATL)
- Drug Enforcement Administration New York Office
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation OIG
- Federal Protective Service (FPS) (DC)
- Federal Trade Commission
- Forest Service USDA
- GSA- Office of Inspector General
- HHS OIG
- HSI
- HSI Bulk Cash Smuggling Center
- ICE ERO
- Inactive Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) (NATL)
- Inactive DEA Test Agency
- Inactive Department of Justice Office of Inspector General (DC)
- Inactive DHS – HSI – New Orleans
- Inactive DHS – Office of the Chief Security Officer (DC)
- Inactive DHS-CyberSecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- Inactive Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Inactive Federal Data Demo
- Inactive National Forest Service
- Inactive NPS Natchez Trace Parkway – Southern District
- Inactive Social Security Administration OIG
- Inactive U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Police Services (CA)
- Inactive United States Forest Service CA
- Inactive United States Forest Service Utah
- Inactive US ABILITYONE COMM
- Inactive US Army CID
- Inactive USAF – Travis AFB
- Inactive USAF Homestead
- Inactive USSS Financial Crimes Task Force (NATL)
- Inactive USSS Technical Security Division
- Inactive Yellowstone National Park
- IRS Criminal Investigations
- IRS Criminal Investigations (MS)
- MCL Barstow CID
- San Diego Sector Border Patrol (CA)
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- United States Department of Defense (NATL)
- United States Forest Service (law Enforcement)
- United States Forest Service (NATL)
- United States Forest Service CA
- United States Marshals Service
- United States Secret Service (IL)
- United States Secret Service (USSS)
- US Army Training and Doctrine Command
- US Attorney Eastern District (NY)
- US Attorney Southern District of NY
- US Border Patrol (NATL)
- US Marine Corps
- US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- US Postal Inspection Service
- US Postal Service OIG
