Edison NJ PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Tue Dec 24 2024
Overview
Edison NJ PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Edison NJ PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Edison 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 Edison NJ 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 valid reason and is stored indefinitely.
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits are required to be human verified prior to action.
Usage
Number of owned cameras
14
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert, NJ DMV, NJ SNAP
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
356,252
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
50,216
Searches in the last 30 days
150