Blue Springs Flock RecordPublic document archive

Sep 21 Council transcripts

Timeline

Banner: Downtown Blue Springs, from Discover Blue Springs / Chamber materials

Council documents, police year-end reports, and Sunshine Law filings on Blue Springs Flock / Safe City, in date order. Terms: Glossary.

  1. Public pilot and metrics plan

    Local reporting described about 24 license plate reader cameras and a short evaluation window. Planning materials in city mail list 24 named sites; later commercial path runs to about 51 Falcon class. On February 6, Sgt. Claxton told staff the pilot would be evaluated after a couple of months using Flock analytics and officer Apprehended flags for Command. FOX4 (Feb 8, 2023) · Metrics intent · Site scale · Resolution 22-2023 PDF

  2. Records retention discussion (POL 011 / 30-day)

    City mail on Flock contract and records retention raised 30-day police A/V retention under POL 011, Council disposition, and who owns Flock-related video once under contract. Sunshine detail

  3. Resolution 22-2023: multi-year Flock services

    Council path for Flock Group services: order-form language on the order of about 51 Falcon license plate cameras plus Falcon Flex equipment and about $148,350 per year. Resolution 22-2023 PDF · Minutes

  4. Network share notices to BSPD

    Vendor automated “shared Flock cameras with you” notices and pending Search/Hot List requests appear throughout the 238 mailbox (order of ~100 agency names in the extract). Those are not Organization/Network audit CSV exports. Sunshine detail · 166-2026

  5. Police community year-end report

    The 2023 year-end report says Flock was finalized with over 50 cameras and was “instrumental” in solving crimes and recovering property. It does not give counts of arrests or recoveries tied to those claims. 2023 year-end report PDF

  6. Flock Account Review · success-tracking brief

    Vendor Account Review with the PD liaison; deck pitches outcome logging and a CSV for council ROI. City mail under 238-2025. Detail: Sunshine.

  7. Competitive bid waiver for FlockOS 911

    City bid-waiver form for Flock Group signed and finance-cleared: explanation “FlockOS 911 is a sole source product from Flock Group Inc.,” with manufacturer-only / sole-source letter checks and price justified as “See above.” Appears with OS 911 contracting materials in the 238-2025 Sunshine release. Sunshine detail · Bid waiver PDF

  8. Police community year-end report

    The 2024 year-end report on the police site covers other tools and community programs. It does not report Flock performance outcomes. 2024 year-end report PDF

  9. Strategic Plan measure

    Resolution 64 embeds language about expanding Flock cameras as a performance measure. Resolution 64-2025 · Minutes

  10. City tracking 238-2025 · broad Flock request

    Missouri Sunshine request seeking Flock-related contracts, emails, sharing, and permits. Fee estimate $81.87; production access in November 2025 after payment. Request summary · MuckRock

  11. Resolution 87-2025: expansion

    Adds cameras and Freeform (AI search to locate suspect vehicles; Falcon order form also lists Vehicle Fingerprint) and raises the annual path toward about $208,350. Resolution 87-2025 · Minutes · June 17 mayor email

  12. Flock Safe City Proposal meeting

    Calendar invite for a Flock Safe City Proposal session with PD leadership, after 238 was filed and before the December Safe City resolution path. The later Safe City adoption packet is not part of that Sunshine release. Sunshine · 238-2025

  13. Resolution 108-2025: Safe City 10-year path

    Maximum authorization about $4,666,900. Term language runs into the mid-2030s in the resolution materials. Minutes include a Flock Safe City presentation by Ryan Mertz of Flock Group Inc. and unanimous adoption. Resolution 108-2025 · Minutes

  14. Work session · Safe City / Flock progress measures

    Council work session materials include a Community Safety progress chart: “Expand Flock Camera Program based on high accident and crime areas” with a December 2026 target marked In Progress at 80%; “Implement Drone as First Responder Technology (DFR) by December 2027” marked In Progress at 40%. Packet also names Flock Safe City contract approval and camera expansion. Staff strategic-plan measures (see 211-2026). Work session minutes · Agenda packet · later: Ordinance 5512

  15. Public speakers: Smalley and Volk on Flock

    Will Smalley and Aaron Volk addressed Council. Video: program support plus concrete asks (cut federal/out-of-state sharing; publish search audits for Council; ALPR on a future agenda; access/misuse safeguards). Minutes name them only. Chair thanked them and pointed to the public safety board. Community · Transcript · Meeting video · Minutes

  16. City tracking 166-2026 · Organization and Network audits

    Request for Flock Organization Audit and Network Audit exports (from January 1, 2025) and network-share settings. Police records closed with no records responsive, pointed to Flock’s portal, and cited 30-day vendor deletion. No fee. Request summary · MuckRock

  17. Resident letters → Mayor + Council; mayor replies

    Resident emailed Mayor and Council to terminate Flock contracts and set governance limits. Mayor replied the same day (plate-only / “generally positive” wording). Full quotes and Freeform contrast: Community · Letters.

  18. Chatrie v. United States (comparative)

    Supreme Court held that acquiring Google Location History is a Fourth Amendment search, building on Carpenter (2018) cell-site location privacy. Phone-records holding; context for ALPR movement maps and retention: Sunshine · Location privacy · Opinion PDF

  19. Public speaker: Porter against Flock

    Brandon Porter spoke in absolute opposition. No substantive Council reply on the floor. Community · Transcript · Meeting video · Minutes

  20. City tracking 211-2026 opened; resident sources letter

    Three concurrent Public Records Request forms covering Council materials (2025 and later), performance and use (2023 and later), and policies and governance. July 10: same resident emailed Mayor and Council with oversight sources (Ventura, Flock guardrails, ACLU vendor-cred piece, Weston); no Council reply found here. Request summary · Community · Jul 10 · City how-to: How to Request a Public Record.

  21. Answer to forms 1-3; form 4 filed; resident Council follow-up

    Police records custodian answered tracking number 211-2026: 618,781 alerts as of July 15, 2026; “No Preexisting documents” for listed evaluation and many outcome categories; several policy topics sent to Flock’s portal. Same day: tracking number 248-2026 opened (2025 expansion emails). Same day resident follow-up to Mayor and Council on what those “No Preexisting documents” categories imply; no reply found as of August 24, 2026. Full answer tables · 248-2026 · Community · Aug 4

  22. Form 4 fee, scope reply, police web route

    City Clerk fee estimate for tracking number 248-2026: $109.47; letter invited alternative search terms. Later that day the requester refined keywords and custodians before payment and asked for a revised fee estimate and timeline. The police website menu item “Flock Safety” was documented sending visitors to Flock’s portal. 248-2026 · City Flock Safety link · Flock portal.

  23. 248-2026 revised fee

    City Clerk accepted the requester’s revised email search terms for tracking number 248-2026, estimated staff time cut in half, and issued a revised fee of $54.74. The close-of-business August 21, 2026 production target remained unchanged. Payment and production still pending. 248-2026

  24. KSHB 41 metro story · Blue Springs on record

    Isabella Ledonne’s metro Flock piece covers company policy changes and Blue Springs’ Safe City path. Summary: Coverage · KSHB 41.

  25. Proposed fiscal year 2026–27 budget

    City proposal (August 2026 package) describes further Flock camera expansion, Drone as First Responder, and Real Time Crime Center staffing growth. Council held a FY 2026–27 budget work session August 13; hearings described on the City budget page for September. Adopted on second reading September 21, 2026 (City YouTube: ordinance number 5527 assigned on the floor). Annual City Budget · Budget Message PDF · Budget in Brief PDF · Library

  26. Portal snapshot (earlier capture)

    Earlier browser capture of the city-referred Flock portal (prior to the Sep 22 snapshot). Numbers and retention notes: Sunshine · Portal.

  27. Resident Council follow-up

    Same resident emailed Mayor and Council again, replying to the unanswered Aug 4 send. Asks terminate or non-continue the Flock / Safe City path given 211 evaluation gaps; public agenda review; city-held analyses for RES 87 and 108; condition FY 2026–27 expansion on inspectable outcomes. Community · Aug 24

  28. Missouri Sen. Hawley opens Flock investigation

    Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley a formal investigation letter on collection, retention, and dissemination of Flock camera data, with document demands due September 8, 2026. The letter’s first misuse example is St. Charles County. Hawley release · Letter (DocumentCloud) · National / Congress

  29. Portal snapshot (earlier capture)

    Another prior capture; after Flock’s announced 7-day default the city-referred page still showed 30-day retention. Latest numbers: Sep 22 snapshot.

  30. Other Missouri and Kansas communities pause or end Flock

    Willard, Bolivar, Pulaski, St. Charles, Seneca, Dutchtown CID, Louisiana, Henry County, Platte City, Wellsville, Gardner, and others paused or ended city Flock use in this period (peer press only). Named table: Peers.

  31. Ralls County sheriff pauses Flock

    Sheriff Brian Allen covered the county’s U.S. 61 camera and parked a trailer unit pending Flock answers on retention, access, and whether data is sold. KOMU · Peers

  32. Hawley expands ALPR probe; House Flock-Off bill introduced

    Sen. Hawley sent parallel investigation letters to the CEOs of Motorola Solutions, Verkada, and Axon, due September 16, still leading with St. Charles County. Same day: H.R. 10221 (Flock-Off Act) introduced (Missouri Rep. Eric Burlison a lead co-sponsor). Hawley expansion · H.R. 10221 · National / Congress

  33. Parkville suspends Flock cameras

    The City of Parkville turned cameras off while it reviews privacy, data access, data sharing, and system controls after Sept 10 information sessions. Officials said they have not determined Parkville’s system was misused; the stated concern was how data may be accessed or shared outside the community. Platte County Landmark · KSHB · Peers

  34. KCTV5: resident Sunshine questions, Chief Muenz on record

    Morgan Riddell reports resident Sunshine questions; Chief Muenz on bi-weekly audits and the vendor portal. Coverage · KCTV5 · 166-2026.

  35. City tracking 323-2026 · same audit exports, different close

    Kansas City DSA asked again for Flock Organization Audit and Network Audit exports, network-share settings, and Flock purchase contracts. Captain Don Rapp attached Resolution 108-2025, pointed to the vendor portal, wrote that there are no individual data-sharing agreements and that sharing is elective, and stated that answering the audit exports would create a new record. Request summary · 166-2026 · MuckRock

  36. Governor Kehoe signs Executive Order 26-18 on ALPR

    Statewide order for state agencies and state-funded local ALPR users: 30-day deletion of non-target images, agency data ownership, search logging with case number or specific justification, discipline for misuse. Whether Blue Springs is covered depends on state funding. Local coverage and PD response: Coverage · SOS order text.

  37. Sens. Wyden and Schiff letter to Flock CEO

    Sens. Ron Wyden and Adam Schiff wrote Flock CEO Garrett Langley seeking information on misuse safeguards and related topics; response requested by September 25, 2026. Wyden release · Letter (PDF) · National / Congress

  38. Hawley invites ALPR CEOs to a Senate hearing

    Sen. Hawley invited Flock, Axon, Motorola, and Verkada CEOs to testify September 23. Hawley release · National / Congress

  39. Public speakers: Jestus and Adrian on Flock

    Jestus and Adrian on Flock at Council open mic; mayor reply on the floor. Community · Transcript · Meeting video

  40. Public Safety Citizen Advisory Board

    Board meeting held. No public recording. Community

  41. KSHB 41 covers Monday’s Flock transparency asks

    Isabella Ledonne covers Sep 21 Council open-mic Flock asks. Coverage · Speakers · KSHB 41.

  42. Portal snapshot

    September 22 portal snapshot used across this archive: 164 cameras; 838,945 detections; 446 search sessions; 68,672 hotlist hits; 30-day retention (still after Flock’s announced 7-day default). Detail: Sunshine · Portal · Location privacy.

  43. Senate Crime Subcommittee holds Flock hearing

    Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing: “Always Watching: Flock’s Nationwide AI Surveillance Network” (Dirksen 562). Witness list and testimony downloads on the Judiciary page. Hearing page · National / Congress

This site mirrors selected resolutions and minutes. For complete meeting packets, see the City Agenda Center and eCode360.