Newcastle WA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Thu Dec 04 2025
Overview
The Newcastle Police Department is using Flock Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) to help detect and reduce crime in our community. Flock ALPRs are stationary ALPR cameras located within Municipal - Right of Ways and are self-sufficient. They are powered by solar panels and send image information through government-standard encrypted cell signals. The ALPRs capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Newcastle Police Department utilizes retroactive searches to solve crimes after they have occurred. Additionally, Newcastle Police Department utilizes real time alerting of hotlist vehicles to capture wanted criminals and missing endangered children and adults.
Policies
What's Detected
Rear License Plates, Rear of Vehicles
What's Not Detected
Facial recognition, People, Gender, Race
Acceptable Use Policy
Data is used for law enforcement purposes only. Data is owned by Newcastle PD and is never sold to 3rd parties.
Prohibited Uses
Immigration enforcement, traffic enforcement, harassment or intimidation, usage based solely on a protected class (i.e. race, sex, religion), Personal use.
Access Policy
All system access requires a valid reason and is only granted to authorized law enforcement personnel. While license plates, etc. are only retained for the agency's retention period, individual user activity (for internal auditing by Newcastle PD) is stored indefinitely.
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits are required to be human verified prior to action.
Usage
Data retention (in days)
30 days
Number of LPR and other cameras
6
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
159,038
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
78
Searches in the last 30 days
133
Organizations granted access to Newcastle WA PD data
Aberdeen WA PD, Adams County WA SO, Airway Heights WA PD, Arlington PD (WA), Auburn WA PD, Bellingham WA PD, Benton County WA SO, Bonney Lake WA PD, Brewster WA PD, Chehalis WA PD, Cheney WA PD, Cle Elum WA PD, Clyde Hill WA PD, College Place WA PD, Columbia River Drug Task Force WA, Colville WA Tribal Police, Covington WA PD, Des Moines WA PD, Douglas County WA SO, Dupont WA PD, East Wenatchee WA PD, Edmonds WA PD, Ellensburg WA PD, Elma WA PD, Enumclaw WA PD , Everett (WA) Police Department, Federal Way WA PD, Goldendale WA PD, Granger WA PD, Granite Falls WA PD, Grays Harbor County SO (WA), Issaquah WA PD, Kent WA PD, King County International Airport (WA), Kittitas County WA SO, Kittitas WA PD, Lake Forest Park WA PD, Lake Stevens WA PD, Lakewood WA PD, Liberty Lake WA PD, Lincoln County WA SO , Lynnwood WA PD, Maple Valley WA PD, Marysville WA PD, Mattawa WA PD , Mill Creek WA PD, Monroe WA PD, Montesano WA PD, Moses Lake WA PD, Mount Vernon WA PD, Mountlake Terrace WA PD, Mukilteo WA PD, Normandy Park WA PD, Olympia WA PD , Omak WA PD, Orting WA PD, Othello WA PD, Pasco PD - WA, Port of Seattle WA PD, Puyallup WA PD, Reardan WA PD, Renton WA PD, Richland PD WA, SeaTac WA PD, Sedro-Woolley WA PD, Selah WA PD, Shelton PD (WA), Skamania CO WA SO, Snohomish County WA 911, Snohomish County WA SO , Snohomish WA PD , Spokane County WA SO, Spokane Tribal PD WA, Spokane WA PD , Stanwood WA PD, Sultan WA PD, Sumner WA PD, Sunnyside WA PD, Suquamish WA PD , Toppenish WA PD, Tukwila WA PD, Tulalip Tribal Police Dept. (WA), Union Gap WA PD, WA - Chelan County SO, Walla Walla WA PD, Wenatchee WA PD, West Richland WA PD, Westport WA PD , Yakima County WA SO, Yakima WA PD, Yelm WA PD, Zillah WA PD