South San Francisco PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising individual privacy. South San Francisco PD utilizes retroactive searches to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, South San Francisco 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 South San Francisco 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
38
External organizations with access
Atherton CA PD, Brisbane CA PD, Burlingame CA PD, Colma CA PD, Daly City CA PD, East Palo Alto CA PD, Foster City CA PD, Hillsborough CA PD, Redwood City CA PD, San Bruno CA PD, San Francisco CA PD, San Mateo CA PD, San Mateo County CA SO
