California Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR) (National City Police Department)
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| Tracking # |
046-2020 |
| Multi Request | California Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR) |
| Submitted | Feb. 8, 2021 |
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From: Marcus Boyd
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Part A: Information related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) data sharing.
1) The names of agencies and organizations with which the Agency shares ALPR data;
2) The names of agencies and organizations from which the Agency receives ALPR data;
3) The names of agencies and organizations with which the Agency shares “hot list” information;
4) The names of agencies and organizations from which the Agency receives “hot list” information;
Part B: Information Related to Numbers of “Detections” (plate scans) and “Hits” (plate scans that matched to a hotlist)
5) The aggregate number of detections collected during 2018;
6) The aggregate number of “hits” during 2018;
7) The aggregate number of detections collected during 2019;
8) The aggregate number of “hits” during 2019.
9) The aggregate number of detections collected during 2020;
10) The aggregate number of “hits” during 2020.
To date, more than 60 California law enforcement agencies have provided us this data, including: American Canyon Police Department, Auburn Police Department, Bakersfield Police Department, Bell Gardens Police Department, Bell Police Department, Beverly Hills Police Department, Brentwood Police Department, Buena Park Police Department, Carlsbad Police Department, Cathedral City Police Department, Citrus Heights Police Department, Claremont Police Department, Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office, CSU Fullerton Police Department, Cypress Police Department, Emeryville Police Department, Folsom Police Department, Fullerton Police Department, Galt Police Department, Garden Grove Police Department, Gardena Police Department, Hemet Police Department, Hermosa Beach Police Department, Irvine Police Department, La Habra Police Department, La Mesa Police Department, La Verne Police Department, Laguna Beach Police Department, Livermore Police Department, Lodi Police Department, Martinez Police Department, Merced Police Department, Mill Valley Police Department, Modesto Police Department, Newport Beach Police Department, Orange County Sheriff's Office, Orange Police Department, Palm Springs Police Department, Pasadena Police Department, Pleasant Hill Police Department, Pomona Police Department, Redlands Police Department, Redondo Beach Police Department, Sacramento Police Department, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office, San Diego County Sheriff's Office, San Diego Police Department, San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, Sausalito Police Department, Seal Beach Police Department, Simi Valley Police Department, Stockton Police Department, Tiburon Police Department, Torrance Police Department, Tracy Police Department, Tustin Police Department, Woodland Police Department, and the Yolo County Sheriff's Office.
For items 1-4: This information is easily available within the Agency’s Vigilant Solutions LEARN system. The simplest way to extract this data is to generate an “Agency Data Sharing Report” PDF file from within LEARN. To do this, a user may simply go to the “Sharing” section of LEARN and select “Output Report.” A CSV/XLS file containing these records would also satisfy this request. The instructions for extracting this data is described on pages 62-63 of the LEARN Agency Manager Guide, which may be found at this link: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3860685-LEARN-5-1-Agency-Manager-Guide.html
For items 5-10: This information is easily available within the Agency’s Vigilant Solutions LEARN system. The simplest way to extract this data is to generate a “Dashboard Hit Ratio Report” PDF file from within LEARN. We would prefer the data for each year to be provided separately. The instructions for extracting this data is described on pages 78-79 of the LEARN Agency Manager Guide, which may be found at this link: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3860685-LEARN-5-1-Agency-Manager-Guide.html
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Marcus Boyd
From: National City Police Department
Kiera:
I forwarded the request to the City Clerk earlier this afternoon; Muckrock will receive an initial response from the City Clerk in due course. Thank you for updating the contact information in your system; this will likely improve efficiency for all parties.
If you have any additional questions, do not hesitate to reach out and I will be happy to help.
Thank you,
Jennifer K. Gilman, Esq.
Deputy City Attorney
City of National City
1243 National City Boulevard
National City, CA 91950-4301
Phone: (619) 336-4412
Fax: (619) 336-4327
The City of National City is open Monday through Thursdays, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm; Offices are closed on Friday.
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From:
Hi Ms. Gilman,
This request was sent only to your email address. If you can forward it on
your end, that would be great. We will update our contact information for
future requests and communications.
Best,
Kiera Murray
MuckRock.com
From: National City Police Department
To the Muckrock News Organization:
Was this request already circulated to the National City Office of the City Clerk? Or was it sent only to me? If the latter, I will forward it to the City Clerk.
In the future, please send PRA Requests to the City Clerk so that the Request(s) can be expeditiously circulated to the City Department(s) and employee(s) responsible for responding to the Request. Additionally, the City Clerk serves as a central hub for distributing PRA Requests even when individual City employees are out of the office, on leave, working on projects off-site, and/or no longer work at the City.
Thank you,
Jennifer K. Gilman, Esq.
Deputy City Attorney
City of National City
1243 National City Boulevard
National City, CA 91950-4301
Phone: (619) 336-4412
Fax: (619) 336-4327
The City of National City is open Monday through Thursdays, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm; Offices are closed on Friday.
This electronic transmission, and any documents attached hereto: (a) are protected by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (18 USC §§ 2510-2521); (b) may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information; and (c) are for the sole use of the intended recipient named above. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify the sender and delete the electronic message immediately. Any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of the information received in error is strictly prohibited. Thank you.
From: National City Police Department
To the Muckrock News Organization:
I have received your Public Records Act request February 10, 2021, for information regarding California Automated License Plate Readers as listed in the email below, within the City of National City. In accordance with the California Public Records Act we have 10 days in which to respond to your request. I will notify you when the records requested are available for review and/or purchase. The Public Records Act allows the City to charge the direct costs of duplication of public records with a copy charge of $1.00 for the first page and $.15 for additional pages. That is for standard letter sheets of paper, drawings, maps and other media fees will be charged in accordance with the City Master Fee Schedule available on the City website. Should you have any questions in the meantime, please contact me at (619) 336-4225 or schapel@nationalcityca.gov<mailto:schapel@nationalcityca.gov>
Kindest regards,
Shelley Chapel, MMC
Deputy City Clerk
City Clerk’s Office
City of National City
619-336-4225 phone
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 8, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: National City Police Department
Mr. Boyd,
With regards to your California Public Records Act Request: California Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR), the National City Police Department has never had the Vigilant LPR system on any of our Police Vehicles. We did however, have the 3M LPR system on three of our Police vehicles, but those cameras systems are no longer in service. One camera was removed from service in May of 2020 and the two other cameras were removed in September of 2020. The 3M LPR system transmitted any data collected to the San Diego County ARJIS database and was searchable in that database. We did not, nor do we, maintain copies of these records at the National City Police Department and are unable to pull reports on this information. A CPRA request would need to be submitted to ARJIS if that information is desired.
The City of National City does have Vigilant LPR cameras on our Parking Enforcement vehicles however, this information is not shared with anyone and is used solely for parking enforcement by digitally “chalking” the vehicles that are parked for citations if they are over their allotted time. The Parking Enforcement Division is not managed by the National City Police Department.
The National City Police Department did temporarily have access to the Vigilant LPR database for a trial period starting in 2019. We did not contribute to this database and only had view rights to the information that was stored there. We did not sign a contract after the trial period was over. Due to the fact that we did not have a Vigilant LPR reader on our vehicles, the 2019 and 2020 Hit Ratio Reports show no hits. Please see the attached Hit Ratio Reports.
Please find the answers to your specific questions in red below:
Part A: Information related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) data sharing.
1) The names of agencies and organizations with which the Agency shares ALPR data; Our data was only shared directly to ARJIS.
2) The names of agencies and organizations from which the Agency receives ALPR data; We do not receive data directly from any allied agencies.
3) The names of agencies and organizations with which the Agency shares “hot list” information; We do not have a “hot list” through 3M
4) The names of agencies and organizations from which the Agency receives “hot list” information; We do not receive data directly from any allied agencies.
Part B: Information Related to Numbers of “Detections” (plate scans) and “Hits” (plate scans that matched to a hotlist)
5) The aggregate number of detections collected during 2018; N/A
6) The aggregate number of “hits” during 2018; N/A
7) The aggregate number of detections collected during 2019; 436,621,465 detections
8) The aggregate number of “hits” during 2019. 0 hits
9) The aggregate number of detections collected during 2020; 509,546,354 detections
10) The aggregate number of “hits” during 2020. 0 hits
Sincerely,
Lauren Guillen
Crime Analyst
National City Police Department
1200 National City Blvd.
National City, CA 91950
(619) 336-4542
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