Mountain View CA PD (Santa Clara County)

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Wed May 14 2025
Overview
Mountain View California Police Department (Santa Clara County) uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Mountain View California Police Department (Santa Clara County) utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Mountain View California Police Department (Santa Clara County) 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 Mountain View California Police Department (Santa Clara County) and is never sold to 3rd parties.
Prohibited Uses
Immigration enforcement, reproductive healthcare enforcement, traffic enforcement, harassment or intimidation, usage based solely on a protected class (i.e. race, sex, religion), Personal use.
Access Policy
All system access requires a valid search reason per City of Mountain View ALPR Policy 460.
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits are required to be human verified prior to action.
Usage
Data retention (in days)
30 days
Number of owned cameras
12
External organizations with access
Alameda CA PD, Albany CA PD, Arcadia CA PD, Atwater CA PD, Auburn CA PD, Azusa CA PD, Belmont CA PD, Cal State Fullerton (CA), California State Parks, Capitola CA PD, Chula Vista CA PD, Delano CA PD, Desert Hot Springs CA PD, Dixon CA PD, Dublin CA PD (ACSO), East Palo Alto CA PD, El Cajon CA PD, El Centro CA PD, El Cerrito CA PD, Elk Grove CA PD, Escondido CA PD, Foster City CA PD, Gilroy CA PD, Grass Valley CA PD, Hillsborough CA PD, La Mesa CA PD, Laguna Beach CA PD, Lakeport CA PD, Livermore CA PD, Lompoc CA PD, Los Altos CA PD, Los Gatos Monte Sereno PD - CA, Madera County SO CA , Merced County CA SO, Modoc County CA SO, Napa County CA SO, National City CA PD, Newark CA PD , Novato CA PD, Oakland CA PD, Oakley CA PD, Orange CA PD, Pacifica CA PD, Palo Alto CA PD, Placer County CA DA Office, Pleasant Hill CA PD, Pleasanton CA PD, Port of Stockton CA PD, Porterville CA PD, Riverside County CA SO, Salinas CA PD, San Bruno CA PD, San Francisco CA PD, San Francisco District Attorney CA, San Leandro CA PD, San Mateo CA PD, San Mateo County CA SO, San Rafael CA PD, Santa Barbara County CA SO, Santa Clara CA PD, Santa Cruz CA PD, Simi Valley CA PD, Solano County CA SO, Stallion Springs CA PD, Sunnyvale CA PD, Truckee CA PD, Tulare County CA SO, Ukiah CA PD, Ventura County CA SO, Watsonville CA PD
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
542,329
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
1,172
Searches in the last 30 days
411
Additional Info
MVPD Policy Manual: Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs)