The Le Mars Police Department uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Additionally, the Le Mars Police Department utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred and utilizes real time alerting of hotlist vehicles to find missing people, Amber Alert endangered persons, and stolen vehicles. In an effort to ensure proper usage and guardrails are in place, the Le Mars Police Department have made the below policies and usage statistics available to the public.
Policies
What is a Hotlist?
Hotlists include stolen vehicles, wanted persons, missing persons, Amber Alerts and vehicles associated with criminal activity.
What's Detected
License Plates and Vehicles
What's Not Detected
Facial recognition, People, Gender, and Race
Acceptable Use Policy
Data is used for Law Enforcement intelligence purposes only and is confidential. Data is owned by the Le Mars Police Department and is never sold to 3rd parties.
Prohibited Uses
Personal use, Immigration enforcement, traffic enforcement, harassment or intimidation, usage based solely on a protected class (i.e. race, sex, religion).
Access Policy
All system access requires a valid reason for search.
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits are required to be human verified prior to law enforcement action.
System Audits
The Le Mars Police Department audits usage of system searches on a regular basis.
