Chief Roxana Kennedy
Chula Vista Police Department
Organized Retail Theft Prevention
Grant program
Chula Vista Police Department
Organized
Organized Retail Theft PreventionGrant Program
Prevention and Response to:
Organized retail theft
Motor vehicle theft
Motor vehicle accessory theft
Cargo theft
California State Funded Grant
Chula Vista Cases: Vehicle and Vehicle Accessory Theft Is Up 0 100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Vehcile Theft Vehicle Accessory Theft
2020 2021 2022
2023 Avg.
28.5% 42%
3-Year Grant of $3.037 Million to combat Auto and Auto
Accessory Theft
City of Chula Vista Award
Auto Theft
Detective
Operational
Support
Community
Engagement
Data
Analysis and
Reporting
Enhanced
ALPR
Program
ALPR
Program Goals
Community Safety
Solving Crime
Crime Reduction
Transparency
What is an Automatic
License Plate Reader
Digital camera systems paired with
software to identify license plate
numbers.
• Mounted on Vehicles
• Fixed locations (Traffic Signal Poles)
• Stand Alone System
• No sensitive personal information is contained
in the system.
Current ALPR
Program
• Motorola Mobile
ALPR Cameras
mounted to (4)
patrol vehicles.
Current ALPR
Program
• Vigilant LEARN
Vehicle Manager License Plate
Recognition Software
Proposed ALPR Expansion
+ 150 Fixed Flock Falcon ALPR Cameras Throughout the City What you get with
Flock Safety:
• Indiscriminate evidence from fixed locations
• All maintenance is included
• INFRASTRUCTURE-FREE
• Reduce time to value and utility costs
with full-service deployment.
• 24/7 coverage
• Capture objective vehicle data around
• Real-Time Alerts
• NCIC
• NCMEC (Amber Alert)
• Custom Hot Lists
• Ethically Made
• No people
• No facial recognition
• No traffic enforcement
• Footage owned by City
• Will never be sold or shared by Flock
• 30-day retention, then deleted
• Short retention period ensures that all
data not associated with a crime is
automatically deleted & unrecoverable
• Takes human bias out of crime-solving
by detecting objective data, and
detecting events that are objectively
illegal (ex. Stolen vehicles)
• Data is stored on AWS Government Cloud servers with
end-to-end encryption.
• Search reason is required for audit trail
• Not facial recognition software
• Not predictive policing
• No Sensitive Personal Information is contained in Flock • Not used for traffic enforcement
• Not connected to registration data or 3rd party databases (Carfax, DMV)
• Transparency portal
Privacy Concerns
Transparency Portal
Transparency
• Customized by the department
• Usage metrics
• Downloadable search audits
Dashboard
• Measure crime patterns
• Audit Search History
What this IS and is NOT
What this IS
• License plate recognition
• Used to solve crimes
• Adheres to all state laws
• Alerts officers of wanted
vehicles
• Gathers objective evidence
and facts about vehicles, not
people.
What this NOT
• Not facial recognition
• Not tied to Sensitive Personal
Information
• Not used for traffic
enforcement
• Data not stored beyond 30
days
• Automatically deletes every
30 days.
How This Technology Prevents Crime?
Proactive
• Real time alerts when stolen or wanted
vehicles enter the city.
Investigative
• Used by detectives to investigate crimes.
Results
• As clearance rates increase, crime rates
decrease.
Flock cameras serve as a deterrent.
Deployment
Strategy
Cover the ingress and egress
points of the city
Consider major intersections,
population density and vehicle
traffic patterns.
Hot spots where crime occurs
in the city
31 Ingress and Egress
Locations in Chula Vista
Council District Population Density Per Square Mile
Proposed ALPR Placement and Hot Spots for Vehicle and Vehicle Accessory Theft 2023
Proposed ALPR Placement and Hot Spots for Violent Crime Calls for Service Violent Crime 2023
Automatic License Plate Readers in San Diego
County 2023 Per Square Mile
LE Jurisdiction Fixed ALPR
Cameras
Mobile ALPR
Cameras
Total Total per
Square mi.
Carlsbad 128 24 152 3.27
Chula Vista 150* 4 154 2.88
Coronado 9 0 9 1.13
El Cajon 40 4 44 2.77
Escondido 20* 4 24 0.54
La Mesa 20* 4 24 2.19
National City 96* 0 96 10.55
Oceanside 10 0 10 0.24
Port of San Diego 5 0 5 1.33
San Diego City 500* 27 527 1.54
San Diego County 20† 39 59 N/A
* Pending
† Includes Fixed locations in Del Mar, Encinitas, Solana Beach The Chula Vista Police Department Respectfully ask the
Chula Vista City Council to:
(a) Accept $3,037,986 in grant funds from the California Board of State and Community Corrections for the
Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program, adding one Police Agent to the authorized staffing level of the Police Department.
(b) Approve the Agreement Number BSCC 1146-23 with
the Board of State Community Corrections and
appropriating $1,133,788 to the Fiscal Year 2023-24
Police Grants Section of the State Grants Fund.
In Closing
The Chula Vista Police Department Respectfully ask
the Chula Vista City Council to:
(c) Approving an agreement with Flock Group, Inc.
for 150 fixed Automated License Plate Recognition
(ALPR) cameras.
(d) Approve an agreement with SANDAG for the
Organized Retail Theft Grant Program.
In ClosingCont'd
Chula Vista Police Department