The Spokane County Sheriff's Office (SO) uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Spokane County SO utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Spokane County SO 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, Bicycles, Trailers
What's Not Detected
Facial recognition, People, Gender, Race
Prohibited Uses
Immigration enforcement, traffic enforcement, harassment or intimidation, usage based solely on a protected class (i.e. race, sex, religion), Personal use.