Los Altos CA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Sun Nov 16 2025
Overview
Los Altos California Police Department uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Los Altos Police Department 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 Los Altos Police Department 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 LPR and other cameras
15
Organizations granted access to Los Altos CA PD data
San Jose State University CA, Alameda County CA SO, Albany CA PD, Belmont CA PD, Burlingame CA PD, Campbell CA PD, Capitola CA PD, Colma CA PD, Daly City CA PD, Dublin CA PD (ACSO), East Bay Parks CA PD, East Palo Alto CA PD, Emeryville CA PD, Foothill-DeAnza CA PD, Gilroy CA PD, Hillsborough CA PD, Livermore CA PD, Menlo Park CA PD, Mountain View CA PD (Santa Clara County), Newark CA PD , Pacifica CA PD, Palo Alto CA PD, Pleasanton CA PD, Redwood City CA PD, San Bruno CA PD, San Jose - Evergreen Community College Campus PD CA , San Jose CA PD, San Leandro CA PD, San Mateo CA PD, San Mateo County CA SO, Santa Clara CA PD, Santa Cruz CA PD, Stanford University CA PD, Sunnyvale CA PD, Town of Los Gatos CA, Union City CA PD, University of California, Berkeley, Watsonville CA PD
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
337,373
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
737
Searches in the last 30 days
180