Policy Text
Private Video Camera Registry - 1 Printed Date: 2018/02/15
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Policy Oakland Police Department
610 Policy Manual
Private Video Camera Registry
610.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The Private Video Camera Registry (the “Registry”) is a database of private camera locations,
maintained by the Oakland Police Department and the City’s Information Technology Department .
The Registry allows OPD personnel to quickly and efficiently locate camera locations and contact
information to assist in the investigation of crime.
The Registry does not provide for viewing live -real time video. OPD does not ask for Internet
Protocol (IP) addresses to watch live video and cannot use the cameras to conduct surveillance.
610.2 CAMERA REGISTRATION
The Registry includes a web -based portal where residents and merchants voluntarily register their
cameras. Owners can provide contact information, video camera location (s), and technical det ails
about their cameras . The data that m embers of the public input in their online entry is populated
into the database.
Members of the public can register their cameras as well as obtain information about the program
at http://www2.oaklandnet.com/government/o/OPD/s/cameraregistry/index.htm .
610.3 OPD ACCESS AND USE
Access to the Registry is available only to active OPD personnel and only through a smartphone
with either the IOS-(Apple) or Android -based (Google) operating system. There is no desktop
computer -based Camera Registry application available for most personnel.
The Camera Registry Application Installation Manual (TF -3510) provides instructions for
downloading and using the smartphone application.
The Registry application includes a geographic information system (GIS) -based mapping interface
that connects to the database. The GIS mapping system enables OPD personnel to find camera
locations and contact information very quickly, by tapping on the camera icon for any camera
registrant.