Kensington CA PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Kensington CA PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Kensington CA 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 the Kensington Police Department and is never sold to 3rd parties.
Prohibited Uses
Immigration enforcement, harassment or intimidation, usage based solely on a protected class (i.e. race, sex, religion), Personal use, First Amendment Rights, Reproductive Health.
Access Policy
Flock data is only retained for 30 days. However, an audit trail of the users who accessed the system is stored indefinitely.
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits (i.e. stolen vehicles, wanted vehicles, missing persons, etc.) are required to be human verified prior to action.
Usage
Data retention (in days)
30 days
Number of owned cameras
5
External organizations with access
Albany CA PD, Brisbane CA PD, Contra Costa County CA SO, Danville CA PD, El Cerrito CA PD, Hercules CA PD, Oakley CA PD, San Pablo CA PD , San Ramon CA PD
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
82,160
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
160
Searches in the last 30 days
27
Additional Info
Kensington CA PD's full ALPR policy can be found at the following link:
