Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR)

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Wed Dec 03 2025
Overview
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) 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
Acceptable Use Policy
Data is used for law enforcement purposes only. Data is owned by Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) and is never sold to third 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 stored indefinitely.
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits are required to be human verified prior to action.
Usage
Data Retention (In Days)
21 days
Number of Owned Cameras
4
Hotlists Alerted On
NCMEC Amber Alert, NCIC - VSP
Vehicles Detected in the Last 30 Days
4,915
Hotlist Hits in the Last 30 Days
2
Searches in the Last 30 Days
69