Investigate Costa Mesa Police Department Flock implementation
Locality recursion target for Costa Mesa Police Department in Costa Mesa, Orange County, California.
Metadata
| StarIntel ID | starintel:investigation-target:aos000808:locality |
|---|---|
| Dataset | flock-safety-national-state-locality-seed-2026-07-25 |
| Schema | 0.9.0 |
| Version | 1 |
| Updated | 2026-07-25T17:58:54-04:00 |
Type-specific data
- Actor
starintel-auto-dig
- Breadth
10- Depth
2- Max Depth
3- Objectives
Find contracts, purchase orders, grants, renewals, prices, and resellers
Identify officials, administrators, records staff, vendor personnel, and lobbyists
Obtain policy, retention, sharing, user rosters, audits, misuse investigations, and termination records
- Priority
0.78- Query
"Costa Mesa Police Department" "Flock Safety" contract purchase council policy audit lobbyist
- Required Dtypes
org
person
relation
contract
procurement
lobbying-filing
policy
event
analysis
investigation-target
- Research Question
Who implemented, funded, approved, administered, audited, renewed, opposed, or terminated Flock Safety at Costa Mesa Police Department, and what sharing relationships exist?
- Scope Type
locality
- Score
0.78- Seed Ids
starintel:investigation-target:flock-state:ca
starintel:org:flock-safety
starintel:source:atlas-of-surveillance-alpr-export-2026-07-25
- Selection Reason
As of April 2024, the Costa Mesa Police Department operates 30 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 365 days.
- Status
queued
- Target
Costa Mesa Police Department Flock Safety implementation
- Target Type
local-government-or-law-enforcement-implementation
Assessment
- Confidence
0.82- Priority
0.78
Verification
- Status
atlas-indexed-lead
- Verified
False
Handling
- Pii
False- Sensitive
False- Visibility
public
Workflow
- Max Depth
3- Priority
0.78- Queue
flock-locality-ca
- Recursion Depth
2- Research Status
queued
- Root Target Id
starintel:investigation-target:flock-national
- Selected From
starintel:investigation-target:flock-state:ca
Geospatial
- City
Costa Mesa
- Country
United States
- Country Code
US
- County
Orange County
- Jurisdiction
Costa Mesa, Orange County, California
- State
California
Extensions
- Starintel.Atlas Seed
- Agency
Costa Mesa Police Department
- Aos Number
AOS000808
- Atlas Summary
As of April 2024, the Costa Mesa Police Department operates 30 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 365 days.
- City
Costa Mesa
- County
Orange County
- Ori9
CA0300400ALPR
- Reported Camera Count
30- State Code
CA
Related records
Sources
- Atlas of Surveillance ALPR searchElectronic Frontier Foundation
- Flock Safety
Generated Org node
Download Org sourceRaw JSON
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