Berkeley CA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Wed Apr 23 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 owned cameras
40
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
606,811
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
2,952
Searches in the last 30 days
353