Flock Safety - Madison SD PD Transparency Portal

Overview

Madison SD PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Madison SD PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Madison SD 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 Madison SD 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

External organizations with access

Brigham City UT PD, Alcoa TN PD, Altoona IA PD, Anderson PD IN, Ankeny IA PD, Avon IN PD, Baldwin County GA SO, Baytown TX PD, Bloomfield NM PD, Brookings SD PD, Calhoun County AL SO, Camanche IA PD, Cape Girardeau MO PD, Clearwater FL PD, Clinton Co IA Communications Center, Clinton IA PD, Cobb County GA PD, Council Bluffs IA PD, Douglas County NE SO, Grant County WI SO, Houston TX PD, Irondale AL PD, Jasper County IN SO, Kearney NE PD, Kearny County KS SO, MOCIC , Orange Beach AL PD, Orange County FL SO, Peotone IL PD , Pittsboro IN PD, Rock County WI SO, South Bend IN PD, Sterling Heights MI PD, Titusville FL PD, Urbandale IA PD, US Postal Inspection Service, West Des Moines IA PD, WI Department of Justice

Hotlists Alerted On

NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert

Vehicles detected in the last 30 days

56,419

Hotlist hits in the last 30 days

Searches in the last 30 days