Staunton VA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Tue May 20 2025
Overview
Staunton VA PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Staunton VA PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Staunton VA 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 Staunton VA 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.
Usage
Data retention (in days)
30 days
Number of owned cameras
6
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Hotlists Alerted On
NCMEC Amber Alert, NCIC - VSP
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
173,607
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
74
Searches in the last 30 days
111