Johnson City TN PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Johnson City TN PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Johnson City TN 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 Johnson City TN 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 are required to be human verified prior to action.
Usage
Data retention (in days)
30 days
Number of LPR and other cameras
98
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert
Unique vehicles detected in the last 30 days
366,748
Searches in the last 30 days
599
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
23,806
*Hotlist hits last 30 days info
Total hotlist hits include Alerts received by JCPD, as well as other law enforcement agencies that JCPD shares with. This can include NCIC, Amber Alerts, and Custom Hotlists.
