San Mateo CA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Sun Sep 24 2023
Overview
San Mateo CA PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. San Mateo CA PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, San Mateo CA PD 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 Mateo CA 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 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
31
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
806,230
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
3,014
External organizations with access
ACRATT -CA, Alameda County CA SO, Albany CA PD, Anderson CA PD, Antioch CA PD, Atherton CA PD, Bakersfield CA PD, Beaumont CA PD, Benicia CA PD, Beverly Hills CA PD, Brea CA PD, Brisbane CA PD, Buena Park CA PD, Burlingame CA PD, Campbell CA PD, Capitola PD CA, Cathedral City CA PD, Chino PD (CA), City Of Dixon Police Department (CA), City of Riverside CA PD , Clearlake CA PD, Colma CA PD, Concord CA PD, Contra Costa County CA SO, Covina CA PD, Daly City CA PD, Danville CA PD, Delano CA PD, East Bay Parks CA PD, East Palo Alto CA PD, El Cerrito CA PD, Elk Grove CA PD, Fairfield CA PD, Fontana CA PD, Foothill-DeAnza CA PD, Foster City CA PD, Fremont CA PD, Fresno CA PD, Galt CA PD, Gilroy CA PD, Glendora (CA) PD, Grass Valley CA PD, Hayward CA PD, Hemet CA PD , Hercules CA PD, Hillsborough CA PD, Imperial County CA SO, Irvine CA PD, Kern County CA SO , LA County CA Sheriff, Lake County CA SO, Lakeport CA PD, LASD CA - San Dimas Station, LASD CA  Crescenta Valley Station, Lathrop CA PD , Livermore CA PD, Los Alamitos PD CA, Manteca CA PD, Marin County CA SO, Menlo Park CA PD, Milpitas CA PD, Montclair CA PD, Monterey County CA SO, Monterey Park CA PD, Morgan Hill CA PD, Mountain View CA PD, Murrieta CA PD, Napa CA PD, Napa County CA SO, NCRIC, Newark CA PD , Novato CA PD, Oakland CA PD, Oakley CA PD, OC Sheriff CA, Ontario CA PD, Oxnard CA PD , Palm Springs CA PD, Palo Alto CA PD, Piedmont CA PD, Pleasanton CA PD, Pomona CA PD, Redlands CA PD, Redwood City CA PD, Riverside County CA District Attorney, Roseville CA PD, Sacramento CA PD, Sacramento DA CA, Salinas PD - CA, San Bernardino CA PD, San Bruno CA PD, San Joaquin County CA SO, San Jose CA PD, San Leandro PD CA, San Mateo County CA SO, San Pablo CA PD , San Rafael CA PD, San Ramon CA PD, Santa Clara DA CA, Santa Clara PD - CA, Sausalito CA PD, Seal Beach CA PD , Simi Valley CA PD, Solano County CA SO, Sonoma County CA SO, South San Francisco CA PD, St. Helena CA PD, Suisun City CA PD , Tracy CA PD, Truckee CA PD, Union City CA PD, Vacaville CA PD, Vallejo CA PD, Ventura CA PD, Walnut Creek CA PD, West Covina CA PD, West Sacramento CA PD, Whittier CA PD, Willits CA PD, Winters CA PD, Woodland CA PD, Yolo County CA SO
Additional Info
Policy Documents
San Mateo PD Full Policy Manual can be found at the following link: https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentCenter/View/79089/San-Mateo-PD-Policy-Manual
Additional Info