Elmira City NY PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Elmira City NY PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Elmira City NY 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
LPR data is used for law enforcement investigations only. Data is owned by the City of Elmira Police Department and is never sold to third parties. Police Supervisors and Investigators within the Detective Bureau have access to search LPR data. Officers assigned to Patrol have the ability to retrieve hotlist alerts.
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 Flock system access can be audited and requires a valid reason such as a case report number. This information is stored indefinitely
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits are required to be verified by an Elmira Police Officer or dispatcher from Chemung County E911 prior to enforcement action
Usage
Data retention (in days)
30 days
Number of owned cameras
43
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert, NY Spin, NY Suspended Tags
