Fresno Police Department

The Fresno Police Department has a confirmed LexisNexis contract, obtained through a California Public Records Act request fulfilled in early 2024. The responsive documents include a DORS subscription agreement executed in April 2020, monthly invoices from 2020 through 2024, and billing approvals from the city’s Information Services Department. Fresno also confirmed it does not use Thomson Reuters CLEAR or TransUnion TLOxp — LexisNexis is the department’s primary investigative data platform.

DORS is a LexisNexis investigative access product that gives officers the ability to search LexisNexis’s database of records on individuals — address histories, phone numbers, vehicle registrations, associates, and more. It is distinct from the AVCC/PSDEX system: DORS gives the agency access to data; PSDEX requires the agency to contribute its own data. Whether Fresno has also signed an AVCC contribution agreement is the unresolved question. Retrieving the full contract documents from MuckRock would clarify this.

Fresno is California’s fifth-largest city, with about 540,000 residents in the San Joaquin Valley. California’s SB54 sanctuary law applies.