Hazelwood MO PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Hazelwood MO PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Hazelwood MO PD utilizes real time alerting of hotlist vehicles to capture wanted criminals. In an effort to ensure proper usage, guardrails are in place. Hazelwood Police Department has 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 Hazelwood MO PD and is never sold to third 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 verified by a human prior to action.