Norfolk VA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Tue Jul 29 2025
Overview
The Norfolk Police Department (NPD) uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. NPD utilizes retroactive searches to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, NPD utilizes real time alerting of hotlist vehicles to capture suspected 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 NPD and is never sold to third parties.
Prohibited Uses
Any purpose other than law enforcement, usage based solely on a protected class (i.e. race, sex, religion), personal use, interference with any individual engaged in a lawful activity including lawfully protected speech.
Access Policy
All system access is limited to (i) criminal investigations of suspected violations of state or local law, (ii) active investigations into missing persons, endangered persons, or human trafficking, and (iii) receipt of notifications related to stolen vehicles, stolen license plates, missing persons, endangered persons, or human trafficking.
Hotlist Policy
No action resulting from a hotlist hit is taken until the hit has been verified by NPD personnel, and no license plate will be added to a hotlist until a written request is made, reviewed, and approved by a supervisor.
Usage
Data Retention (In Days)
21 days
Number of Owned Cameras Operated by NPD
176
Hotlists Alerted On
NCMEC Amber Alert, NCIC - VSP
Vehicles Detected in the Last 30 Days
1,082,120
Hotlist Hits in the Last 30 Days
40,383
Searches in the Last 30 Days
2,835
Additional Info
Norfolk Police Department General Order Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reader System
https://public.powerdms.com/NORFOLK/tree/documents/3969086