Fort Smith AR PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Mon Dec 30 2024
Overview
Fort Smith AR PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Fort Smith AR PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Fort Smith AR 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 Fort Smith AR 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
Data retention (in days)
30 days
Number of owned cameras
28
External organizations with access
Alexander AR PD, Altoona IA PD, AR - Alma PD, AR - Harrisburg PD, AR - Mountain View PD, AR - Pea Ridge PD, AR- Greers Ferry PD, Beaumont TX PD, Benton County AR SO, Blue Springs MO PD, Blytheville AR PD, Boone County AR SO, Bossier Parish LA SO, Bourbon County KS SO, Cabot AR PD, Cammack Village AR PD, Clarksville AR PD, Dallas County AR SO , El Dorado AR PD, Grant County AR SO , Greenwood AR PD, Harrison AR PD, Hot Springs AR PD, Houston TX PD, Jonesboro AR PD, Little Flock AR PD, Little Rock AR PD, Marion AR PD, McCurtain County OK SO, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Morrilton AR PD, Muskogee OK PD, Newport AR PD, North Little Rock AR PD, Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, Overland Park KS PD, Pine Bluff AR PD, Pittsburg KS PD, Pocahontas AR PD, Pope County AR SO, Pulaski County AR SO, Randolph County AR SO , Richmond MO PD, Russellville AR PD, Saline County AR SO, Sauk Village IL PD, Searcy AR PD , Sequoyah County SO OK , Sheridan AR PD, Sherwood AR PD, Texarkana AR PD, Texarkana TX PD, Tontitown AR PD, Van Buren AR PD, West Memphis AR PD, White County AR SO , White Hall AR PD
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
92,662
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
102
Searches in the last 30 days
178
Public Search Audit
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