Courtesy/Flock Safety
FLOCK SAFETY News:
The Española Police Department announced today that it will be working with Flock Safety, a public safety operating system that helps communities and law enforcement eliminate crime, protect privacy and mitigate bias.
The department will be installing Flock Safety automated license plate reading (ALPR) cameras in strategic areas. Flock Safety ALPR cameras capture objective evidence and use machine learning to deliver unbiased investigative leads to law enforcement, reducing crime by up to +70 percent.
Española Police Department will use the Flock Safety system for both proactive and reactive crime fighting. The ALPR network delivers Hot List alerts, a real-time notification that a vehicle associated with a wanted suspect in a state or national crime database has passed a camera. Hot List alerts also help law enforcement locate missing persons in cases of AMBER and Silver alerts.
When investigating a crime, Flock Safety cameras detect and decode objective leads for law enforcement using Vehicle FingerprintTM technology, which identifies the make, vehicle type, color, license plate (full, partial, or missing), license plate state, and unique vehicle features like roof rack, trailer hitch, tinted windows, and more.
“Española PD is dedicated to improving the safety of our community while also protecting our citizens’ privacy and ensuring that justice is served, and ALPR is simply an innovative tool to help us meet that mission,” Española Police Chief Roger Jimenez said. “Flock Safety’s powerful technology will help our officers be even more effective at collecting evidence, following leads, and solving cases.”
Española Police plan to use the system to address narcotics and human trafficking, retail theft, and all types of violent and property crime. Flock Safety cameras integrate directly with federal and state crime databases as well as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) AMBER Alert system, which relays real-time information about missing children.
Flock Safety cameras are not used for traffic enforcement and do not include facial recognition capabilities. The data is never sold or shared with third parties, and every search conducted by the system requires an auditable search justification. The footage is securely stored in the cloud and automatically deleted every 30 days, by default.
Flock Safety ALPR technology is used by law enforcement and communities in more than 1,200 cities across the country, helping solve upwards of 185 crimes per day including homicides, kidnappings, assaults, retail theft, property crime and more. It has helped police recover millions of dollars in stolen vehicles and property.
“At Flock Safety, we believe in objective, ethical policing,” Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley said. “We have the privilege of working with law enforcement agencies like Española PD, who believe that the path to a safe community is not through force and not only with technology, but with strong bonds between police departments and the citizens they pledge to protect.”