About this archive

Banner: Blue Springs, MO by Matt Ridings · CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Resident-maintained public documents and Sunshine requests on Blue Springs Flock / Safe City. Cost, evaluation, and policy claims are checked against primary records.

Who maintains it

A Blue Springs resident maintains this archive, independent of the City of Blue Springs and Flock Safety.

Contact: bluespringsresident@gmail.com

Omitted

  • Raw private email files and mailbox exports from Sunshine releases
  • Personal identity information on non-public records
  • Plate-level third-party data dumps
  • Complete City Agenda Center meeting packets (this site mirrors selected items)

Missouri and Kansas peers

Named pauses and exits, plus EO 26-18 / HB 3192 / Flock-Off context: Press · peers.

How sources are weighed

  • Primary: Council resolutions/minutes and City Sunshine answers (including exact “No Preexisting documents” wording).
  • Vendor portal: Activity metrics and policy text on Flock’s host (not multiyear evaluation).
  • Peer press: Not Blue Springs performance.

Glossary

Alert
Watch-list match notice. City figure under 211-2026: 618,781 as of July 15, 2026, not arrests.
ALPR
Automatic license plate reader. Vehicle order: GO §41.3.9. Fixed Flock network policy largely referred to the portal under 211. See Policies.
Freeform / Vehicle Fingerprint
Flock search by vehicle appearance (make, model, and other characteristics). RES 87-2025 added Freeform; BSPD described characteristic search to KCTV5 in 2024. June 2026 mayor email: Community.
Flock / Safe City
Vendor and City’s multi-year package label. Max auth about $4,666,900 in RES 108-2025.
Portal
Flock-hosted transparency page (City answer for several policies; PD menu opens it). Snapshot: Sep 22, 2026. Cost check of Success Stories: Outcomes. Retention still listed as 30 days on that capture; vendor later announced a 7-day default (Location privacy).
Carpenter / Chatrie
Supreme Court phone-location cases. Summary and Blue Springs retention note: Sunshine.
Sunshine tracking
238-2025 · 166-2026 · 323-2026 · 211-2026 · 248-2026. Process: City how-to.
Resolution / minutes / ordinance
Council decision · meeting record · local law (RES/MIN/ORD City file codes).
PSST / RTCC / DFR / PS-23
Public Safety Sales Tax, Real Time Crime Center, Drone as First Responder, capital project line: mostly budget narrative, not a 211 evaluation substitute.

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