Los Gatos Monte Sereno PD - CA

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Thu Nov 21 2024
Overview
Los Gatos Monte Sereno PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising individual privacy. Los Gatos Monte Sereno PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Los Gatos Monte Sereno 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 Los Gatos Monte Sereno PD 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
17
External organizations with access
California Highway Patrol, Campbell CA PD, Foothill-DeAnza CA PD, Gilroy CA PD, Los Alto Hills CA PD, Los Altos CA PD, Milpitas CA PD, Morgan Hill CA PD, Mountain View CA PD (Santa Clara County), NCRIC, Palo Alto CA PD, San Jose CA PD, Santa Clara CA PD, Stanford University CA PD, Sunnyvale CA PD, West Valley Mission College Dist Campus (CA)
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
483,346
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
904
Searches in the last 30 days
158