Centralia PD (WA)

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Fri Jul 26 2024
Overview
Centralia Police Department uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising individual privacy. Centralia Police Department utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Centralia 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 accessed by Centralia Police Department 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 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
20
External organizations with access
Aberdeen WA PD, Airway Heights WA PD, Arlington PD (WA), Auburn WA PD, Bellingham WA PD, Benton County WA SO, Black Diamond WA PD, California Highway Patrol, Chehalis WA PD, Clyde Hill WA PD, Covington WA PD, Des Moines WA PD, Eatonville WA PD, Everett (WA) Police Department, Grandview WA PD, Hoquiam WA PD, Kennewick WA PD, Kent WA PD, Klickitat County WA SO, Lakewood WA PD, Liberty Lake WA PD, Mabton WA PD, Marysville WA PD, Medina WA PD, Monroe WA PD, Moses Lake WA PD, Moxee WA PD, Napavine WA PD, Newcastle WA PD, Olympia WA PD , Omak WA PD, Orting WA PD, Othello WA PD, Pacific WA PD, Pasco PD - WA, Port of Seattle WA PD, Puyallup WA PD, Reardan WA PD, Renton WA PD, Richland WA PD, Richland PD WA, Seatac WA PD, Selah WA PD, Spokane County WA SO, Sunnyside WA PD, Tieton WA PD, Toppenish WA PD, Tukwila WA PD, Union Gap WA PD, US Postal Inspection Service [deactivated], Vancouver WA PD, Walla Walla WA PD, Wapato WA PD, Warden WA PD, West Richland WA PD, Yakima County WA SO, Yakima WA PD, Yelm WA PD, Zillah WA PD
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
221,203
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
299
Searches in the last 30 days
205