Durango CO PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Durango CO PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Durango CO 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 Durango CO 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 (i.e., stolen vehicles, missing persons, etc.) are required to be human verified prior to action.
Usage
Data Retention (in days)
30 days
Number of Owned Cameras
13
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert, Colorado Crime Information Center (CCIC)
Vehicles Detected in the Last 30 Days
141,881
Hotlist Hits in the Last 30 Days
1,862
Additional Info
Glossary
Amber Alert: Missing/Endangered child associated with a known vehicle
CCIC: Colorado Crime Information Center
Hotlist: A list comprised of vehicles added to the system for the purposes of recovering a missing person or intercepting a vehicle associated with a person of interest for reasons including warrants, stolen vehicles, stolen plates, violent offenses.
NCMEC: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NCIC: National Crime Information Center
