Urbandale IA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Thu Nov 21 2024
Overview
Urbandale IA PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Urbandale IA PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Urbandale IA 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 Urbandale IA PD 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
27
External organizations with access
Adel IA PD, Altoona IA PD, Ankeny IA PD, Anoka County MN SO, AR - Alma PD, AR - Pea Ridge PD, Arnolds Park IA PD, Bettendorf IA PD, Blue Springs MO PD, Branson MO PD, Burlington IA PD, Camanche IA PD, Cape Girardeau MO PD, Cedar Rapids IA PD, Chatham IL PD, Clay County MO SO, Clinton Co IA Communications Center, Clinton IA PD, Clive IA PD, Coralville IA PD, Council Bluffs IA PD, Davenport IA PD, Dubuque IA PD, El Dorado KS PD, Excelsior Springs MO PD, Fremont County IA SO, Fridley MN PD, Glenwood IA PD, Grant County WI SO, Greene County MO SO, Greenfield WI PD, Greenwood AR PD, Hopkins MN PD, Houston TX PD, IA - Eldridge PD, IA - Marion PD, IA - Storm Lake PD, Indianola IA PD, Iowa State University IA PD, Johnston IA PD, Justice IL PD, Kankakee County IL SO, Kearney NE PD, Lansing IL PD, Lee County IA SO, Lee's Summit MO PD, Madison SD PD , Marshall County IA SO, Marshalltown IA PD, MOCIC , Mounds View MN PD, Muscatine IA PD, Nacogdoches Co TX Criminal Taskforce Div, New York State Police NY, Newton IA PD, North Liberty IA PD, Odessa MO PD, Ottumwa IA PD, Overland Park KS PD, Pleasant Hill IA PD, Polk City IA PD, Polk County Conservation IA, Pottawattamie County IA SO , Richmond MO PD, Rock County WI SO, Russellville AR PD, Sarpy County NE SO, Sauk Village IL PD, Scott County IA SO, Sioux City IA PD, Springfield MO PD, Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center, University of Iowa PD (IA), US Postal Inspection Service [turned off], Waterloo IA PD, Waukee IA PD, Waukon IA PD, West Des Moines IA PD, West Hennepin MN Public Safety Department, WI Department of Justice, Woodbury County IA SO
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
396,832
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
1,382
Searches in the last 30 days
220
Public Search Audit
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Additional Info
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