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The Long Beach Police Department operates automated license plate readers and accesses external ALPR data. The agency contracts with Vigilant Solutions. LBPD also has a mobile vehicle called MobilEye that is equipped with ALPR technology.

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Audit (California State Auditor)
Nonprofit report (Check LBPD)
Public records (Long Beach Police Department)

The Long Beach Police Department has access to the Los Angeles County Regional Identification System (LACRIS) face recognition database.

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Public records (LACRIS)
Policy (LACRIS)

The Long Beach Police Department began a year-long pilot program using 217 Axon body-worn cameras in July 2018.

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Public records (MuckRock)
Social media (Long Beach Police Department Facebook)

The Long Beach Police Department operated five drones as of 2024.

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Annual report (Long Beach Police Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The Long Beach Police Department has a cell-site simulator. The department replaced their Harris Corporation device with one from KeyW, which has been acquired by Jacobs Technology.

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Policy (Long Beach Police Department)
News article (L.A. Times)
Public records (Long Beach Police Department)

The Long Beach Police Department has a voluntary camera registration program called the "Community Camera Partnership." LBPD can also access some private cameras in real-time through the "Long Beach Common Operating Picture" program.

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Government information (Long Beach)

The Long Beach Police Department has used multiple face recognition systems on a trial basis, but is only authorized to use Los Angeles County's LACRIS system.

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Policy (City of Long Beach)
Nonprofit report (CheckLPBD)

The Long Beach Police Department's real-time crime center is called the Common Operating Picture. According to LBPD, "With just the click of a computer mouse, the Long Beach Police Department has the capability to access live video of locations throughout the city to be used as a visual aid in the event of a crime."

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Government information (Long Beach Police Department)

The Long Beach Police Department uses Utility body-worn cameras. The department was one of 65 law enforcement agencies whose body-worn camera policy was analyzed by the ACLU of Mississippi in 2017.

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Public records (ACLU of Mississippi)
Social media (Agency's Facebook Page)

The Long Beach Police Department began using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in 2015.

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Government information (Long Beach Police Department)
Press release (ShotSpotter)