Novato CA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Sat Sep 07 2024
Overview
Novato Police Department uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Novato Police Department utilizes retroactive searches to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Novato 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 Novato 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
6
External organizations with access
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Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
175,996
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
129
Searches in the last 30 days
187
Public Search Audit
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Additional Info
Link to Transparency Page
https://www.novato.org/government/police-department/transparency
Disclaimer
The Novato Police Department is in the process of transitioning all of its cameras to Flock Safety and so the ALPR data reflected in the Transparency Portal is not reflective of all the data the Department is collecting.