Watertown NY PD [deactivated]

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Last Updated: Wed Dec 03 2025
Overview
Watertown NY PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Watertown NY PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Watertown NY PD 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 Watertown NY 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 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
0
Organizations granted access to Watertown NY PD [deactivated] data
Albany City NY PD, Albany County NY SO, Batavia NY PD, Beacon City NY PD, Binghamton City NY PD, Brookville NY PD, Buffalo State University NY PD, CAC - Hudson Valley NY, CAC - Niagara Intelligence NY, CAC - North Country NY, CAC - Suffolk County NY, Cheektowaga Town NY PD, Cohoes NY PD, Dutchess County NY SO, East Greenbush NY PD, Elmira City NY PD, Erie County NY SO, Hamburg Town NY PD, Ithaca City NY PD, Lackawanna City NY PD, Lancaster NY PD, Middletown NY PD, Muttontown NY PD, Nassau County NY PD, Newburgh City NY PD, Niagara County NY SO, Niagara Frontier Transit Authority (NFTA) PD, NYS Crime Analysis Center Network, Oyster Bay Cove NY PD, Poughkeepsie City NY PD, Rensselaer NY PD, Saratoga Springs NY PD, Tonawanda Town NY PD, Town of Newburgh NY PD, Town of Poughkeepsie NY PD, Troy NY PD, Utica City NY PD, Watervliet NY PD, West Seneca NY PD, Westchester County NY DPS
Hotlists Alerted On
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
0
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
Data Unavailable
Searches in the last 30 days
0
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