Berkeley CA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Sat Aug 16 2025
Overview
Berkeley California Police Department uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Berkeley California Police Department utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Berkeley California 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, 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 Berkeley California Police Department 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
51
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
783,035
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
6,075
Searches in the last 30 days
490
External organizations with access
Alameda CA PD, Alameda County CA SO, Albany CA PD, Benicia CA PD, Burlingame CA PD, California State Parks, Central Marin CA PD, Colma CA PD, Concord CA PD, Dixon CA PD, East Bay Parks CA PD, El Cerrito CA PD, Elk Grove CA PD, Fairfield CA PD, Folsom CA PD, Foothill-DeAnza CA PD, Hayward CA PD, Los Altos CA PD, Milpitas CA PD, Napa County CA SO, Newark CA PD , Palo Alto CA PD, Piedmont CA PD, Rio Vista CA PD, San Mateo CA PD, San Rafael CA PD, Santa Clara CA PD, Santa Rosa CA PD, Solano County CA SO, Suisun City CA PD , Union City CA PD, University of California, Berkeley