Observed arrival · 2026-09-25
Eyes Off the Coachella Valley tracks police plate-camera searches
A public-records project lets readers explore how agencies across the Coachella Valley use Flock license plate camera data.
- For
- Coachella Valley residents tracking police camera searches
- Worth noticing
- The Sheriff’s export labels every search reason “Investigation,” while Desert Hot Springs records include a typed reason for each.
Field notes
The project separates department records rather than treating the valley as one uniform dataset: its pages distinguish agencies’ own searches from searches by other agencies and include department-specific date ranges. It also notes where public visibility differs—Palm Springs and Cathedral City publish 30-day audits of their own searches, while the site says it found no equivalent Flock page for some departments. The plate-check and reason-lookup tools are limited to Desert Hot Springs records.
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