King George County VA Sheriffs Office (SO) uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising individual privacy. King George County VA SO utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they have occurred. Additionally, King George County VA SO utilizes real-time alerting of hotlist vehicles to capture wanted criminals and to recover stolen property and vehicles. King George County VA SO also utilizes the technology to assist with locating missing persons, Amber Alerts, and Silver/Senior Alerts. In an effort to ensure that proper usage and guidelines or protections 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 King George County VA SO 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.
