St. Helena CA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Wed Aug 20 2025
Overview
St. Helena CA PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. St. Helena CA PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, St. Helena 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 St. Helena 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 LPR and other cameras
4
External organizations with access
Benicia CA PD, Cal Fire , California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CA), California Highway Patrol, California State Parks, Calistoga CA PD, Clearlake CA PD, Cloverdale CA PD, Contra Costa County CA SO, Dixon CA PD, Dublin CA PD (ACSO), El Cerrito CA PD, Fairfield CA PD, Folsom CA PD, Healdsburg CA PD, Hercules CA PD, Lake County CA SO, Lakeport CA PD, Mendocino County SO-CA, Napa CA PD, Napa County CA SO, NCRIC, Novato CA PD, Petaluma CA PD, Richmond CA PD, Rio Vista CA PD, Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety (CA), Santa Rosa CA PD, Solano County CA SO, Sonoma County CA SO, Suisun City CA PD , Ukiah CA PD, Vacaville CA PD, Vallejo CA PD, Williams CA PD, Woodland CA PD, Yolo County CA SO
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
135,732
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
329
Searches in the last 30 days
102
Additional Info
St. Helena's full ALPR policy can be found at the following link:
https://www.cityofsthelena.org/police/page/police-department-policy