Yakima WA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Sun Sep 24 2023
Overview
Yakima Police Department is committed to transparency and as such uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Yakima WA PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, the Yakima Police Department 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 Yakima WA 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 an individual to be a member of the police department and 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
42
External organizations with access
Brigham City UT PD, Dougherty County GA PD , Eastborough KS PD, Queen Creek AZ PD, Spokane County WA SO, Texas City TX PD, Westhampton Beach Village NY PD, 18th Judicial District DA's Office- LA PD, Aberdeen WA PD, Airway Heights WA PD, Arlington PD (WA), Auburn WA PD, Benton County WA SO, Black Diamond WA PD, Carrollton GA PD, Casa Grande AZ PD, Centralia PD (WA), Clyde Hill WA PD, Des Moines WA PD, Eatonville WA PD, FBI, Flock Safety PD Test Org, Grandview WA PD, Hoquiam WA PD, Jackson County OR SO, Kennewick WA PD, Kent WA PD, Klickitat County WA SO, Liberty Lake WA PD, Medina WA PD, Moses Lake WA PD, Moxee WA PD, Omak WA PD, OR - Central Point PD, Othello WA PD, Pasco PD - WA, Richland WA PD, Richland PD WA, Selah WA PD, Sunnyside WA PD, Tieton WA PD, Tukwila WA PD, Union Gap WA PD, US Postal Inspection Service, Vacaville CA PD, Wapato WA PD, Warden WA PD, West Richland WA PD, Yakima County WA SO, Yakima WA PD, Zillah WA PD
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
392,461
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
Data Unavailable
Searches in the last 30 days
409
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