Sparks Police Department uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Sparks Police Department utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Sparks 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, they have made the below policies and usage statistics available to the public.
Policies
What's Detected
License Plates, Stolen License Plates, Stolen Vehicles, Warrant Related 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 Sparks NV PD 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 being taken by officers.
Usage
Data retention (in days)
30 days
Number of owned cameras
25
External organizations with access
265
Hotlists Alerted On
- National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Individual vehicles detected in the last 30 days
383,387
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
912
Total Searches by Sparks Police Department in the last 30 days
