San José Police Department
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED
VIOLENCE MITIGATION
STATUS REPORT
Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee September 15, 2022
Item (d)3
Presenter: CDIC Division Manager Frank Carrubba
What are
Automated
License Plate
Readers?
2 What is
Gunshot Audio
Detection?
3 TechnologyRelated
Violence
Mitigation
Projects
1. V5 Systems Gunshot Detection Pilot
2. Curtner Avenue and Monterey Road
Pedestrian Safety Pilot
3. UASI Grant Funded Gunshot
Detection and ALPR Pilot
4. American Rescue Plan Funded ALPR
Project
4 V5 Systems
Gunshot
Detection
Pilot
• Installed on May 1, 2021 in the
Cadillac/Winchester neighborhood
• Combined Gunshot Detection, ALPR, and video
• Designed for continuous monitoring and realtime alerting • Community Outreach was generally well
received
• Inadequate tech support from V5 proved to be
detrimental
• V5 became insolvent during the Pilot and failed
to support the system
• The technology itself proved to be a valuable
public safety tool
5 San José Police Department 6
Digital Use
Protocol
(DUP)
Authorized
Uses
Prohibited
Uses
Operational
Procedures
Data
Collection,
Audit, and
Sharing
Notice
Retention,
Storage, and
Minimization
Equity and
Accountability
Training and
Community
Engagement
6 Curtner Avenue & Monterey
Road Pedestrian Safety Pilot
• Brought to City Council by Councilmember
Esparza in September 2021
• In response to multiple vehicular fatalities
and hit and run collisions
• Flock Safety Cameras purchased via noncompetitive bid • In May 2022 four cameras were installed
at Curtner Ave and Monterey Rd
7 Extensive Community Outreach
began in July and is ongoing
• More than 200 families were reached
in person
• 100+ registered for Citywide Zoom
• 150+ views in multiple languages on
YouTube
8 UASI Grant
Funded
Gunshot
Detection/ALPR
Pilot
• UASI-funded Project
• Funding allows coverage of six (6)
neighborhoods with gunshot detection
devices and corresponding ALPR cameras
• In June the project team met to discuss
neighborhood placement
• Department-wide usage and
implementation is anticipated in December
2022
• In May 2022, ongoing funding for Gunshot
Detection and ALPR in the Cadillac/Winchester
neighborhood (D1) was requested and approved
9 • Cadillac/Winchester (Western, CM
Jones, D1)
• McLaughlin/Owsley (Western, CM
Esparza, D7)
• Poco/McCreery (Foothill, CM
Carrasco, D5)
• Story/Kollmar )(Foothill, CM
Carrasco, D5)
• Roeder/Roundtable (Southern, CM
Jimenez, D2)
• Jeanne/Forestdale (Central, CM
Peralez, D3)
• Guadalupe/Washington (Western,
CM Peralez, D3)
Selected Neighborhoods
10 American
Rescue Plan
Funded ALPR
Project
• On November 30, 2022, City Council
approved a Citywide ALPR System
• Funding would allow for purchase of
approximately 90 cameras
• RFP submitted in March 2022
• City Purchasing and SJPD are preparing
for competitive procurement process
11 Questions?