Flock Safety - Tukwila WA PD Transparency Portal

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

External organizations with access

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, Clyde Hill WA PD, Covington WA PD, Des Moines WA PD, Eatonville WA PD, Everett (WA) Police Department, Federal Way WA PD, Grandview WA PD, Hoquiam WA PD, Kennewick WA PD, Kent WA PD, Lakewood WA PD, Liberty Lake WA PD, Lynnwood WA PD, Marysville WA PD, Medford OR PD, Medina 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, Renton WA PD, Richland PD WA, SeaTac WA PD, Selah WA PD, Spokane County WA SO, Sunnyside WA PD, Town of Hunts Point 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

745,414

Hotlist hits in the last 30 days

1,404

Searches in the last 30 days

150

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.