Snohomish County WA SO

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Tue Jul 29 2025
Overview
Snohomish County WA SO uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Snohomish County WA SO utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Snohomish County WA SO 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 Snohomish County WA SO and is never sold to 3rd parties.
Prohibited Uses
Immigration enforcement, traffic 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
0
External organizations with access
Auburn WA PD, Black Diamond WA PD, Clyde Hill WA PD, Columbia River Drug Task Force WA, Covington WA PD, Douglas County WA SO, East Wenatchee WA PD, Edmonds WA PD, Everett (WA) Police Department, Issaquah WA PD, Kent WA PD, Kittitas County WA SO, Lakewood WA PD, Lincoln County WA SO , Marysville WA PD, Mill Creek WA PD, Montesano WA PD, Mount Vernon WA PD, Mountlake Terrace WA PD, Orting WA PD, Othello WA PD, Redmond WA PD, Skamania CO WA SO, Spokane County WA SO, Spokane Tribal PD WA, Sunnyside WA PD, Tukwila WA PD, Yakima WA PD
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert
Unique vehicles detected in the last 30 days
0
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
Data Unavailable
Searches in the last 30 days
326
Public Search Audit
Additional Info
Recent Success Story
Additional Info