Alameda Police Fixed ALPR
September 6, 2022
Timeline
February 2022 City Council approved fixed license plate readers
April 2022 City Council revised and approved APD’s fixed license plate reader policy
May 2022 APD announced RFP
July 2022 APD received six proposals
A cross-section of members of the PD reviewed all packets and unanimously selected Flock as their preferred vendor Why Flock Safety?
Footage owned by the City and will never by sold or shared by Flock Customizable data retention features, which is then deleted and unrecoverable Search reason required for audit trail (comports with adopted policy) Does NOT use facial recognition software
NOT predictive policing
No personal identifying information contained in data
Not connected to registration data
Available transparency portal for improved community engagement Minimal infrastructure required for
the 35-camera system to monitor 14
locations throughout Alameda
Easy setup and/or removal powered
by solar
Direct uploads into APD’s digital
evidence storage provider and is CJIS
compliant
Transparency Portal
Customizable
Display technology policies
Publishes usage metrics
Publishes usage metrics
*Example*
Financial Impact
Initial purchase price $115,678.38
Recurring annual cost $100,782.50
Total cost of contract $518,824.38