Cranbury NJ PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Tue Jul 22 2025
Overview
Cranbury NJ PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Cranbury NJ PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Cranbury NJ PD 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 Cranbury NJ PD 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)
1095 days
Number of LPR and other cameras
4
External organizations with access
Backtrace - NJ State Police, Bergen County NJ Prosecutors Office, Berkeley Heights NJ PD, Burlington County NJ Prosecutor's Office, Cheltenham Twp PA PD, Clark NJ PD, Clifton NJ PD, Clinton Township NJ PD, Cranford NJ PD, East Hanover Twp PD (Morris County), Edison NJ PD, Green Brook Twp NJ PD, Hackensack NJ PD, Hillsborough Twp NJ PD, Hilltown Township PA PD, Hopatcong NJ PD, Longport NJ PD, Lower Merion PA PD, Lower Saucon Township PA PD, Metuchen NJ PD, Monmouth Beach NJ PD, New Brunswick NJ PD, New Jersey State Police, North Brunswick NJ PD , Northampton County PA DA, Peapack Gladstone NJ PD, Rahway NJ PD, Readington Township NJ PD, Roselle NJ PD, Rowan University NJ PD, Roxbury Twp NJ PD, Scotch Plains NJ PD, Somerset County NJ Prosecutors Office, South Plainfield NJ PD, Tinton Falls NJ PD, Warren NJ PD
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert
Unique vehicles detected in the last 30 days
176,874
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
46
Searches in the last 30 days
9
Public Search Audit
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