Cayuga Heights Village NY PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Tue Sep 23 2025
Overview
The Cayuga Heights Village of NY Police Department utilizes Flock Safety technology to support investigations by capturing objective evidence while maintaining a commitment to individual privacy. The systems retroactive search capabilities allow for review of vehicle data after an investigation has been initiated, aiding in the investigative efforts. In addition, the Cayuga Heights Police Department uses Flock real time alerting features to notify Officers when a vehicle associated with a missing person, vulnerable adult, amber alert, silver alert, wanted individuals, public safety concerns, or of a subject affiliated with an active investigation is detected by a license plate reader. Access to the Cayuga Heights Police Department system is restricted to our department members, and to only those Law Enforcement agencies that have been granted access and have an active contract with Flock Safety. To ensure proper usage, the below policies and usage standards have been established.
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 Cayuga Heights Village NY PD and is never sold to 3rd parties.
Prohibited Uses
Immigration enforcement, traffic enforcement, harrassment or intimidation, usage based solely on a protected class (i.e. race, sex, religion), Personal use.
Access Policy
All system access requires a unique individual login identification and password, an associated incident number and reason. Audit trails are maintained 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
4
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert, NY Spin, NY Suspended Tags
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
43,644
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
856
Additional Info
Recent Success Story
Additional Info