Alameda County CA SO uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Alameda County CA SO utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Alameda County CA SO utilizes real time alerting of hotlist vehicles to capture wanted criminals. In an effort to ensure proper usage and guardrails are in place, they have made the below policies and usage statistics available to the public.
Policies
What's Detected
License Plates, Vehicles
What's Not Detected
Facial recognition, People, Gender, Race, Personal identifying information.
Acceptable Use Policy
Data is used for law enforcement purposes only, in accordance with agency written directives and state law.
Prohibited Uses
Immigration enforcement, enforcement for reproductive or gender affirming health care service, harassment or intimidation, usage based solely on a protective class (i.e. race, sex, religion), personal use.
Access Policy
All system access requires a valid reason pursuant to agency policy and state law.
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits are required to be human verified prior to action.
Usage
Data retention (in days)
365 days
Number of LPR and other cameras
112
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Unique vehicles detected in the last 30 days
792,807
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
24,983
Searches in the last 30 days
2,062
Additional Info
ACSO Policy: GO 5.42 - Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) System
