Berkeley Police Department

The Berkeley Police Department uses LexisNexis software, confirmed through the EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance, which documents LexisNexis ‘software searches’ at Berkeley PD. The specific product is not named in the Atlas entry — it could be Accurint for Law Enforcement, the AVCC investigative platform, or another LexisNexis tool.

Berkeley is one of the oldest sanctuary cities in the United States, with sanctuary policies dating to the 1970s, and has some of the strongest local protections against cooperation with immigration enforcement of any city in the country. The presence of a LexisNexis software relationship in Berkeley PD — even with product details unconfirmed — is therefore notable.

California’s SB54 applies statewide. Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, which serves as the county jail and is separately confirmed as a PSDEX member, operates within the same county. Whether Berkeley PD’s LexisNexis use constitutes a data contribution to PSDEX — potentially feeding the same network that Alameda County SO participates in — is the key open question. A California CPRA request for any LexisNexis contract would clarify both the product and the contribution status.