Piedmont CA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Fri May 16 2025
Overview
The Piedmont Police Department uses Flock Safety's Operating System to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Piedmont PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, PPD utilizes real-time alerting of hotlist vehicles to capture wanted criminals. In an effort to be open with the public to demonstrate our proper usage and communicate what guardrails are in place, we have made the below policies and usage statistics available to the public.
Policies
What's Detected
Vehicles, License Plates
What's Not Detected
Facial recognition, People, Gender, Race
Acceptable Use Policy
Data is used for law enforcement purposes only. Data is owned by Piedmont 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 case number and is stored indefinitely. This data is regularly audited every 90 days.
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits are required to be human verified prior to action.
Usage
Data retention
60 days
Number of owned cameras
58
External agencies who have access
ACRATT -CA, Alameda CA PD, Albany CA PD, Antioch CA PD, Atherton CA PD, Auburn CA PD, Benicia CA PD, Burlingame CA PD, California Highway Patrol, California State Parks, Campbell CA PD, Capitola CA PD, Cathedral City CA PD, Chula Vista CA PD, Citrus Heights CA PD, Clearlake CA PD, Colma CA PD, Concord CA PD, Coronado CA PD, Daly City CA PD, Danville CA PD, Delano CA PD, Dixon CA PD, Dublin CA PD (ACSO), East Bay Parks CA PD, El Cajon CA PD, El Cerrito CA PD, Elk Grove CA PD, Emeryville CA PD, Fairfield CA PD, Folsom CA PD, Fort Bragg CA PD, Foster City CA PD, Fremont CA PD, Hanford CA PD, Hayward CA PD, Hercules CA PD, Hillsborough CA PD, Irvine CA PD, Kings County CA DAs Office, Lakeport CA PD, Lincoln CA PD, Livermore CA PD, Lodi CA PD, Lompoc CA PD, Los Altos CA PD, Los Gatos Monte Sereno PD - CA, Madera County SO CA , Manteca CA PD, Marin County CA SO, Merced County CA SO, Milpitas CA PD, Morgan Hill CA PD, Murrieta CA PD, Napa CA PD, Napa County CA SO, National City CA PD, NCRIC, Nevada City CA PD, Newark CA PD , Novato CA PD, Oakland CA PD, Oakley CA PD, Palm Springs 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, Redwood City CA PD, Richmond CA PD, Rio Vista CA PD, Rocklin CA PD, Roseville CA PD, Sacramento CA DA, Sacramento CA PD, San Francisco District Attorney CA, San Leandro CA PD, San Luis Obispo CA PD , San Mateo CA PD, San Mateo County CA SO, San Pablo CA PD , San Ramon CA PD, Santa Barbara County CA SO, Santa Clara CA PD, Santa Maria CA PD, Sausalito CA PD, Seal Beach CA PD , Seaside CA PD, Solano County CA SO, Stockton CA PD, Suisun City CA PD , Tracy CA PD, Truckee CA PD, Ukiah CA PD, Vacaville CA PD, Vallejo CA PD, Walnut Creek CA PD, Watsonville CA PD
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
182,127
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
1,711
Searches in the last 30 days
94
Search Audit
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Additional Info
Full ALPR Policy
Piedmont PD's full ALPR policy can be found at the following link: https://www.ci.piedmont.ca.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_13659739/File/Government/Departments/Police%20Department/Automated_License_Plate_Readers__ALPRs_%20(5).pdf
Disclaimer
The Piedmont 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.