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Redwood City Police Department Policy Manual Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2017/03/24, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Redwood City Police Department Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) - 3 463.5 ACCOUNTABILITY AND SAFEGUARDS All saved data will be closely safeguarded and protected by both procedural and technological means. The Redwood City Police Department will observe the following safeguards regarding access to and use of stored data: (a)All non-law enforcement requests for access to stored ALPR data shall be referred to the Records Supervisor and processed in accordance with applicable law. (b)All ALPR data downloaded to the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center shall be accessible only through a login/password-protected system capable of documenting all access of information by name, date and time. (c)Persons approved to access ALPR data under these guidelines are permitted to access the data for legitimate law enforcement purposes only, such as when the data relate to a specific criminal investigation or department-related civil or administrative action. (d)Such ALPR data may be released to other authorized and verified law enforcement officials and agencies at any time for legitimate law enforcement purposes. (e)ALPR system audits should be conducted on a regular basis. 463.6 RELEASING ALPR DATA The ALPR data may be shared only with other law enforcement or prosecutorial agencies for official law enforcement purposes or as otherwise permitted by law via the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center database, in accordance with the policies and procedures set forth by the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center. Requests for ALPR data by non-law enforcement or non-prosecutorial agencies will be processed as provided in the Records Maintenance and Release Policy (Civil Code § 1798.90.55). 463.7 TRAINING The Training Sergeant shall ensure that members receive department-approved training for those authorized to use or access the ALPR system, and maintain a list of authorized users, the date training was provided and the instructional plan used for training or annual re-certification (Civil Code § 1798.90.51; Civil Code § 1798.90.53). 463.8 QUALITY ASSURANCE The Northern California Regional Intelligence Center takes reasonable measures to ensure the accuracy of ALPR data collected. If Northern California Regional Intelligence Center discovers errors in ALPR data collected by its ALPR units, it will mark, correct, or delete data in accordance with the type and severity of the error in question. If the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center discovers errors in ALPR data collected from partner agencies' ALPR systems, it will communicate the errors back to the controlling agency to be addressed as deemed appropriate by that agency or in accordance with the agency’s own ALPR data policies. Upon notification of a 6.1.H. - Page 6