Kern County CA SO

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Thu Nov 21 2024
Overview
Kern County CA SO uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Kern County CA SO utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Kern County CA SO 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 Kern County CA SO 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
33
External organizations with access
Alameda County CA SO, Alhambra CA PD, Amador County CA Sheriff's Office, Anaheim CA PD, Anderson CA PD, Angels Camp CA PD, Arcadia CA PD, Arvin CA PD, Atwater CA PD, Auburn CA PD, Azusa CA PD, Bakersfield CA PD, Baldwin Park CA PD, Barstow CA PD, Beaumont CA PD, Bell Gardens CA PD, Benicia CA PD, Beverly Hills CA PD, Bishop CA PD , Brawley CA PD, Buena Park CA PD, Burbank Airport CA PD, Burbank CA PD, Burlingame CA PD, Butte County CA SO, CA - Wasco PD , Cal Fire , Cal State Fullerton (CA), California Department of Corrections, California Highway Patrol, California State Parks, Calistoga CA PD, Campbell CA PD, Capitola CA PD, Carlsbad CA PD, Carmel CA PD, Cathedral City CA PD, Central Marin CA PD, Cerritos College CA PD, Chino PD (CA), Chula Vista CA PD, Citrus Heights CA PD, City of Lemoore CA, City of Riverside CA PD , Clearlake CA PD, Cloverdale CA PD, Clovis CA PD, Colma CA PD, Colton CA PD , Contra Costa County CA SO, Corona CA PD, Coronado CA PD, Costa Mesa CA PD, Covina CA PD, Culver City CA PD, Danville CA PD, Decommissioned Org, Delano CA PD, Desert Hot Springs CA PD, Dixon CA PD, Downey PD CA, Dublin CA PD (ACSO), East Palo Alto CA PD, El Cajon CA PD, El Centro CA PD, El Cerrito CA PD, El Monte CA PD, Elk Grove CA PD, Emeryville CA PD, Escalon CA PD, Escondido CA PD, Fairfield CA PD, Folsom CA PD, Fontana CA PD, Foothill-DeAnza CA PD, Fort Bragg CA PD, Foster City CA PD, Fountain Valley CA PD, Fowler CA PD, Fremont CA PD, Fullerton CA PD, Galt CA PD, Garden Grove CA PD, Gilroy CA PD, Glendale CA PD, Glendora (CA) PD, Grass Valley CA PD, Greenfield PD CA , Grover Beach CA PD, Gustine PD CA , Hanford CA PD, Hayward CA PD, Hemet CA PD , Hercules CA PD, Hollister CA PD, Imperial City CA PD, Imperial County CA SO, Indio CA PD, Irvine CA PD, Kings County CA DAs Office, Kings County Sheriff's Office CA , La Habra CA PD, La Mesa CA PD, La Verne CA PD, Laguna Beach CA PD, Lake County CA SO, Lakeport CA PD, LASD CA - San Dimas Station, Lathrop CA PD , Lincoln CA PD, Lindsay Public Safety Department CA, Livermore CA PD, Livingston CA PD, Lodi CA PD, Lompoc CA PD, Los Alamitos PD CA, Los Angeles CA PD, Los Angeles County CA SD, Los Gatos Monte Sereno PD - CA, Madera County SO CA , Manteca CA PD, Marin County CA DA, Marina CA PD, McFarland CA PD, Mendocino County SO-CA, Mendota CA PD, Menifee CA PD, Merced County CA SO, Milpitas CA PD, Modoc County CA SO, Montclair CA PD, Monterey County CA SO, Monterey Park CA PD, Morgan Hill CA PD, Mountain View CA PD (Santa Clara County), Murrieta CA PD, Napa CA PD, Napa County CA SO, National City CA PD, NCRIC, Nevada City CA PD, Nevada County CA SO, Newark CA PD , Newport Beach PD CA, Novato CA PD, Oakland CA PD, Oakley CA PD, OC Sheriff CA, Oceanside CA PD, Ontario CA PD, Orange CA PD, Orange County (CA) DA Office , Oxnard CA PD , Pacific Grove CA PD, Palm Springs CA PD, Palo Alto CA PD, Pasadena CA PD, Placentia CA PD, Placer County CA DA Office, Placer County CA SO, Pleasanton CA PD, Port of Stockton CA PD, Porterville CA PD, RCATF CA PD, Redlands CA PD, Redondo Beach CA PD, Redwood City CA PD, Reedley CA PD, Rialto PD CA, Ridgecrest CA PD, Rio Hondo College PD CA, Rio Vista CA PD, Riverside County CA District Attorney, Riverside County CA SO, Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety (CA), Salinas CA PD, San Bernardino CA PD, San Bernardino County CA SO, San Bruno CA PD, San Diego CA PD, San Diego County CA SD, San Fernando CA PD, San Francisco CA PD, San Francisco District Attorney CA, San Gabriel CA PD, San Joaquin County CA SO, San Joaquin Delta College PD (CA), San Leandro CA PD, San Luis Obispo CA PD , San Luis Obispo County (CA) Sheriff , San Mateo CA PD, San Mateo County CA SO, San Pasqual CA PD, San Rafael CA PD, Santa Barbara County CA SO, Santa Barbara PD CA, Santa Clara CA PD, Santa Cruz CA PD, Santa Maria CA PD, Santa Monica CA PD, Santa Rosa CA PD, Sausalito CA PD, Seal Beach CA PD , Seaside CA PD, Sequoias Community College District CA PD, Shafter PD CA, Simi Valley CA PD, Solano County CA SO, Soledad CA PD, Sonoma County CA SO, South Gate CA PD, South Pasadena CA PD, Stallion Springs CA PD, Stanford University CA PD, Stockton CA PD, Suisun City CA PD , Sunnyvale CA PD, Sutter County CA SO , Taft CA PD, Tehachapi CA PD, Torrance CA PD, Tracy CA PD, Truckee CA PD, Tulare County CA SO, Tustin CA PD , Ukiah CA PD, Union City CA PD, Upland CA PD , Vacaville CA PD, Vallejo CA PD, Ventura CA PD, Ventura County CA SO, Ventura County District Attorney's Office CA, Vernon CA PD, Watsonville CA PD, West Covina CA PD, West Valley Mission College Dist Campus (CA), Westminster CA PD, Whittier CA PD, Williams CA PD, Woodlake CA PD, Woodland CA PD, Yreka CA PD, Yuba City CA PD, Yuba County Sheriffs Office
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
494,117
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
5,447
Searches in the last 30 days
1,138
Public Search Audit
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