Flock Safety - Sumner WA PD Transparency Portal

Overview

Sumner WA PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Sumner WA PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Sumner WA PD utilizes real time alerting of hotlist vehicles to capture wanted criminals, locate stolen vehicles, and vehicles listed in AMBER/SILVER alerts . 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 Sumner WA 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

External organizations with access

Aberdeen WA PD, Auburn WA PD, Benton County WA SO, Black Diamond WA PD, Bonney Lake WA PD, Clyde Hill WA PD, Columbia River Drug Task Force WA, Des Moines WA PD, Federal Way WA PD, Hoquiam WA PD, Kent WA PD, Lacey WA PD, Montesano WA PD, Newcastle WA PD, Normandy Park WA PD, Olympia WA PD , Port of Seattle WA PD, Puyallup WA PD, SeaTac WA PD, Shelton PD (WA), Snohomish County WA 911, Sunnyside WA PD, Town of Harrah WA, Yakima County WA SO, Yakima WA PD, Yelm WA PD

Hotlists Alerted On

NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert

Vehicles detected in the last 30 days

235,353

Hotlist hits in the last 30 days

318

Searches in the last 30 days

Public Search Audit

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