Sunnyvale CA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Fri May 16 2025
Overview
Sunnyvale CA PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Sunnyvale CA PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Sunnyvale 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 Sunnyvale CA 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
16
External organizations with access
Benicia CA PD, Campbell CA PD, El Cajon CA PD, Gilroy CA PD, Los Altos CA PD, Los Gatos Monte Sereno PD - CA, Mill Valley CA PD, Milpitas CA PD, Monterey County CA SO, Morgan Hill CA PD, Mountain View CA PD (Santa Clara County), NCRIC, Palo Alto CA PD, Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety (CA), Sacramento CA DA, San Francisco CA PD, San Jose CA PD, San Mateo County CA SO, Santa Clara CA PD, Santa Clara County CA SO, Vacaville CA PD, Yreka CA PD
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
776,721
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
2,350
Searches in the last 30 days
1,551