The California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) is the computer network that connects public safety agencies across the state to criminal histories, driver records, and other databases. Since 2014, EFF has served as a watchdog for this system, drawing attention to open meetings violations, attempts to integrate face recognition technology, and failures by the California Attorney General's Office to enforce regulations around misuse.
In 2018, the California Attorney General's Office announced an overhaul of the oversight process, resulting in for the first time the release of near-comprehensive data on when police officers inappropriately access data on California residents.
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June 25, 2019
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June 20, 2018
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June 20, 2018
Source: California Department of Justice
This spreadsheet contains aggregate data on law enforcement agency abuse of the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System for calendar year 2017. It is compiled from individual forms filed by more than 1,200 agencies.
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June 20, 2018
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May 12, 2017
EFF obtained this California Law Enforcement Communications System (CLETS) data from the California Department of Justice through a public records request. This spreadsheet compiles two separate spreadsheets provided to EFF: a summary of CLETS misuse investigations and a list of agencies that reported no misuse investigations. This data is part of EFF's blog post, "California Authorities Are Failing to Track and Prevent Abuse of Police Databases." Previous data available: 2011-2014 (zip) and 2015 (xls).
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May 11, 2017
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March 31, 2016
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March 31, 2016
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February 11, 2016
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November 18, 2015
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November 18, 2015
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November 18, 2015
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November 18, 2015
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November 17, 2015
