Town of Woodside CA (SMCSO) uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Town of Woodside CA (SMCSO) utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Town of Woodside CA (SMCSO) 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 Town of Woodside CA 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
San Mateo County SO is the operator of the Flock system under it's agreement with Town of Woodside. 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)
60 days
Number of owned cameras
24
External organizations with access
Redwood City CA PD, San Mateo CA PD, San Mateo County CA SO
Hotlists Alerted On
California SVS, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
201,217
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
415
Additional Info
Automated License Plate Reader Usage and Privacy Policy
