Petaluma CA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Fri Nov 14 2025
Overview
Petaluma, California, Police Department uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising individual privacy. Petaluma, California, Police Department utilizes a retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, the Petaluma, California, 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 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 Petaluma, California, Police Department and is never sold to 3rd parties.
Prohibited Uses
Immigration 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 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 LPR and other cameras
4
Organizations granted access to Petaluma CA PD data
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Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Unique vehicles detected in the last 30 days
129,861
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
356
Searches in the last 30 days
369