San Diego CA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Wed May 08 2024
Overview
The San Diego Police Department uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. San Diego Police utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, San Diego Police 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 San Diego CA PD and is never sold to 3rd parties.
Prohibited Uses
The following uses of ALPRs shall be expressly prohibited: - To invade the privacy of individuals or observe areas where a reasonable expectation of privacy exists. - To be used in a discriminatory manner and to target protected individual characteristics, including race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender (to include gender identity and gender expression), lifestyle, sexual orientation, or similar personal characteristics, in accordance with Department Policy 9.33. - To harass, intimidate, or discriminate against any individual or group. - To violate any Constitutional rights, federal, state, or local laws (e.g., California Values Act, FACE Act, etc.) - To be utilized for any personal purpose. - To investigate parking violations and conduct traffic enforcement. - To indiscriminately view video without investigative or administrative need.
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
603
External organizations with access - None
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
2,345,957
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
Data Unavailable
Additional Info
SDPD Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Documentation