ARTCIC | Dutchess County Public Information

Integrated Intelligence

ARTCIC is designed to bring together technology, data, and investigative intelligence to support crime prevention, evidence development, and timely offender identification.

Real-Time Awareness

The center supports situational awareness and coordinated information sharing among public safety partners to improve decision-making during active incidents and emerging threats.

Community Partnership

ARTCIC is built around responsible collaboration with the community, recognizing that public safety is strongest when government and residents work together.

Transparency & Accountability

Public trust is essential. ARTCIC is committed to transparency, public information, and responsible stewardship of public safety technology.

About ARTCIC

ARTCIC is intended to function as a central hub for analysis and real-time crime intelligence, bringing together technology and information streams that can assist law enforcement in preventing crime and responding more effectively when incidents occur.

By integrating intelligence resources and supporting coordinated decision-making, ARTCIC helps investigators and public safety partners identify patterns, generate leads, enhance public safety operations, and improve the strategic use of resources across jurisdictions.

The vision for ARTCIC is rooted in the belief that public safety can be strengthened through lawful, accountable, and transparent use of modern tools supported by strong community engagement.

Core Objectives

Support crime prevention through timely intelligence and analytical insight.

Assist investigations by connecting relevant data, information, and evidentiary leads.

Improve coordination among law enforcement and public safety partners.

Enhance situational awareness for active incidents and emerging trends.

Promote transparency, accountability, and responsible use of technology.

Why This Matters

Technology, Guardrails, and Public Safety

ARTCIC uses Flock Safety and other technology to capture objective evidence without compromising individual privacy, using both retroactive search and real-time hotlist alerting while maintaining public-facing guardrails and policies.

Solve Crimes After They Occur

ARTCIC uses retroactive search capabilities to help investigators identify vehicles and develop objective evidence after crimes and critical incidents have occurred.

Real-Time Alerts for Wanted Vehicles

ARTCIC also uses real-time alerting on hotlist vehicles to help law enforcement identify and respond to wanted vehicles and other urgent public safety concerns.

Evidence Without Facial Recognition

The platform is intended to detect license plates and vehicles while not detecting facial recognition data, people, gender, or race.

Public Information

What the Public Should Know

What ARTCIC detects, what it does not detect, what uses are permitted or prohibited, how access is controlled, how hotlist hits are reviewed, and why some private camera or LPR locations are not shown publicly.

What the System Detects

Audience: Objective vehicle-based investigative information

Use: Public safety technology deployment

The platform is designed to detect license plates and vehicles to help investigators identify relevant leads and timelines.

The system is not intended to detect facial recognition data, people, gender, or race.

View Transparency Portal

Community Participation Options

Audience: Residents and businesses with existing security camera systems

Cost: Camera registration is free; certain integrations may involve cost depending on the system

Residents and businesses can participate through Community Connect by registering existing cameras or learning more about eligible integration options.

Privately located and voluntarily registered devices are not publicly disclosed on the transparency map in order to protect cooperating citizens, businesses, and investigative integrity.

Community Connect

Transparency

Public Trust Matters

ARTCIC is committed to a public-facing approach that emphasizes transparency, accountability, and community engagement. The ARTCIC transparency portal provides public information regarding system capabilities, policy guardrails, usage information, and mapping disclosures.

Data is used for law enforcement purposes only, owned by Dutchess County, and never sold to third parties. All access requires a valid public safety reason, access is stored indefinitely, and alerts and hotlist hits must be human verified prior to action.

Open Transparency Portal

Usage Snapshot

ARTCIC Metrics

Data Retention

30 days

LPR Cameras

Other Cameras

417

Searches in Last 30 Days

272

Unique Vehicles Detected in Last 30 Days

577,468

Hotlist Hits in Last 30 Days

86,315

Publicly listed hotlists include NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert, NY Spin, and NY Suspended Tags.

Frequently Asked Questions

Camera Registration, Information Security, and Transparency

What is ARTCIC?

ARTCIC stands for the Analysis and Real-Time Crime Intelligence Center. It serves as a centralized public safety resource that helps law enforcement analyze information, identify patterns, support investigations, and respond to crime more effectively.

What does the ARTCIC detect?

ARTCIC and its technological resources are intended to detect license plates and vehicles. It is not intended to detect facial recognition data, people, gender, or race.

What are the acceptable and prohibited uses?

ARTCIC data is used for law enforcement purposes only, is owned by Dutchess County, and is never sold to third parties. Prohibited uses include Immigration enforcement, traffic enforcement, harassment or intimidation, use based solely on a protected class, and personal use.

Who can access the system?

All ARTCIC resource access requires a valid and articulated law enforcement purpose, user access, reason for access and other specific information is required prior to access and such access is logged and is stored indefinitely. In addition, all alerts or hotlist hits are required to be human verified before action is taken.

Why are some camera and LPR locations not shown on the public map?

Where appropriate for public disclosure, law-enforcement-owned and publicly deployed locations are disclosed. Cameras or LPR systems located on private property, including those deployed through partnerships or voluntary community registration, are intentionally omitted to protect cooperating citizens and private entities, preserve investigative integrity, and prevent targeting or circumvention of the systems.

How long is data retained and what public usage information is available?

Data retention is 30 days and, the transparency portal also provides usage metrics such as camera counts, hotlists alerted on, unique vehicles detected, hotlist hits, and recent search totals.

Mapping Disclaimer

Camera and LPR Mapping Disclosure

To the extent appropriate for public disclosure, the ARTCIC Transparency Portal discloses law-enforcement-owned and publicly deployed camera and License Plate Reader locations. To ensure the privacy, safety, and protection of cooperating citizens and private entities, the portal does not disclose cameras or LPR systems installed on private property, including those deployed in partnership with or voluntarily registered by community members or businesses. The omission of privately located devices is intentional and necessary to safeguard participants, preserve the integrity of ongoing and future investigations, and prevent the potential targeting or circumvention of these systems.