San Rafael CA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Sat Apr 26 2025
Overview
San Rafael Police Department uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. San Rafael Police Department utilizes retroactive searches to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, the San Rafael 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, we have made the policies and usage statistics available to the public. This transparency portal does not include information from our police patrol vehicle ALPR camera system utilizing Vigilant Solutions.
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 the San Rafael 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
22
External organizations with access
California Highway Patrol, Central Marin CA PD, Cypress CA PD, El Cerrito CA PD, Fairfield CA PD, Los Altos CA PD, Marin County CA SO, Napa County CA SO, Novato CA PD, Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety (CA), Sacramento CA DA, San Francisco CA PD, Seaside CA PD
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
454,506
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
1,376
Searches in the last 30 days
293
Additional Info
Policy Link
https://www.srpd.org/transparency#policies
Additional Info