The Tewksbury Police Department uses Flock Safety's Operating System to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. The Tewksbury Police Department also utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, the Flock system is utilized for community caretaking functions as members of the Tewksbury Police Department can search for vehicles associated with missing or endangered persons. The Tewksbury Police Department utilizes real time alerting of hotlist vehicles to capture wanted criminals.
In an effort to ensure proper usage and guardrails are in place, the Tewksbury Police Department has made the below policies and usage statistics available to the public.
Policies
What's Detected
Vehicles, License Plates
What's Not Detected
Facial recognition, People, Gender, Race
Acceptable Use Policy
Data is used for law enforcement purposes only. Data is owned by Tewksbury MA 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 number (if applicable) or valid reason and is stored indefinitely. A random sampling of this data is audited quarterly.
