Santa Clara Police Department

Details surrounding the use of facial recognition by the Santa Clara Police Department.

Summary

*The County utilizes Digital PhotoManager by DataWorks Plus to manage mugshots of inmates. Every single police department in the County also has access to the program. It has facial recognition capabilities, but it is unclear if any agency is actively using that feature. The CPC will continue to investigate.
Has Banned Facial Recognition?	Currently Uses of Facial Recognition?	Previously Used Facial Recognition?	Coalition Representative? Volunteer Now	Take Action!
No	Limited Use * Investigation ongoing	No	No	Sign the petition

Details

According to responses to two separate California Public Records Act requests submitted by the CPC, the Santa Clara Police Department claims to have never employed, tested, nor sought to employ or test facial recognition surveillance technology. The city’s response to our request for all previous uses of the technology comes across as if they understood it to ask for all current uses. the CPC called the city directly to clarify and was assured that the technology had never been used by the Police Department.

Take action!

If you are a resident of Santa Clara, consider telling your city council to ban the use of facial recognition surveillance by signing this petition.

Documents

The requests and responses can be seen below in reverse chronological order.

Last modified February 22, 2021: SJ SERO Proposal Contact Form (#4) (566b314)