Tukwila WA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Sat Dec 21 2024
Overview
Tukwila Police Department uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Tukwila Police Department utilizes retroactive searches to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Tukwila WA 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 Tukwila Police Department 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 owned cameras
47
External organizations with access
Aberdeen WA PD, Airway Heights WA PD, Arlington PD (WA), Auburn WA PD, Bellingham WA PD, Benton County WA SO, Black Diamond WA PD, Centralia PD (WA), Chehalis WA PD, Cle Elum WA PD, Clyde Hill WA PD, College Place WA PD, Columbia River Drug Task Force WA, Covington WA PD, Des Moines WA PD, Eatonville WA PD, Edmonds WA PD, Ellensburg WA PD, Everett (WA) Police Department, Federal Way WA PD, Fircrest WA PD, Grandview WA PD, Granger WA PD, Grays Harbor County SO (WA), Hoquiam WA PD, Kennewick WA PD, Kent WA PD, Kitsap County WA SO, Lakewood WA PD, Liberty Lake WA PD, Lynnwood WA PD, Marysville WA PD, Mason County SO WA, Medford OR PD, Medina WA PD, Mill Creek WA PD, Monroe WA PD, Montesano WA PD, Moses Lake WA PD, Mount Vernon WA PD, Moxee WA PD, Newcastle WA PD, Normandy Park WA PD, Olympia WA PD , Orting WA PD, Othello WA PD, Pacific WA PD, Pasco PD - WA, Puyallup WA PD, Reardan WA PD, Redmond WA PD, Renton WA PD, Richland PD WA, SeaTac WA PD, Selah WA PD, Shelton PD (WA), Snohomish County WA 911, Spokane County WA SO, Sumner WA PD, Sunnyside WA PD, Town of Hunts Point WA, Tulatip Tribal Police Dept. (WA), Union Gap WA PD, Vancouver WA PD, Walla Walla WA PD, Wapato WA PD, West Richland WA PD, Yakima County WA SO, Yakima WA PD, Yelm WA PD, Zillah WA PD
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
683,132
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
809
Searches in the last 30 days
143
Additional Info
Addition Information
ALPR is used by the Tukwila Police Department to convert data associated with vehicle license plates for official law enforcement purposes, including identifying stolen or wanted vehicles, stolen license plates, and missing persons. ALPRs may also be used to gather information related to active warrants, homeland security, electronic surveillance, suspect interdiction, and stolen property recovery.