Los Altos CA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Mon Nov 18 2024
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 owned cameras
15
External organizations with access
Albany CA PD, Arcadia CA PD, Bakersfield CA PD, Burlingame CA PD, California Department of Corrections, Calistoga CA PD, Campbell CA PD, Capitola CA PD, Central Marin CA PD, Citrus Heights CA PD, City of Lemoore CA, Colma CA PD, Coronado CA PD, Costa Mesa CA PD, Dublin CA PD (ACSO), East Palo Alto CA PD, El Cajon CA PD, El Cerrito CA PD, Foothill-DeAnza CA PD, Gilroy CA PD, Greenfield PD CA , Hercules CA PD, Hillsborough CA PD, Irvine CA PD, La Habra CA PD, Lakeport CA PD, Lompoc CA PD, Los Gatos Monte Sereno PD - CA, Merced County CA SO, Mountain View CA PD (Santa Clara County), Murrieta CA PD, Napa CA PD, Napa County CA SO, National City CA PD, Nevada County CA SO, Newport Beach PD CA, Orange CA PD, Orange County (CA) DA Office , Palo Alto CA PD, Rio Vista CA PD, Riverside County CA District Attorney, San Bruno CA PD, San Fernando CA PD, San Gabriel CA PD, San Leandro CA PD, San Mateo CA PD, San Rafael CA PD, Santa Barbara County CA SO, Santa Clara CA PD, Santa Monica CA PD, Santa Rosa CA PD, Seal Beach CA PD , Sequoias Community College District CA PD, Stockton CA PD, Union City CA PD, Vacaville CA PD, West Covina CA PD, Whittier CA PD
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
362,273
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
666
Searches in the last 30 days
95