Blue Springs Flock RecordPublic document archive

Timeline

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

Flock Safety sells automatic license plate readers: cameras that log plate numbers, times, and places for police systems. Blue Springs went from a pilot to multi-year contracts and a 10-year Safe City package. Dates below point to council documents, police year-end reports, and Sunshine Law filings. Terms: Glossary.

  1. Public pilot coverage

    Local reporting described about 24 license plate reader cameras and a short evaluation window. Later contract materials refer to expansion after the pilot. FOX4 (Feb 8, 2023) · Resolution 22-2023 PDF

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Strategic Plan measure

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

  6. Resolution 87-2025: expansion

    Adds cameras and Freeform (a Flock product name) and raises the annual path toward about $208,350. Resolution 87-2025 · Minutes

  7. City tracking 238-2025 · broad Flock request

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

  8. 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 note a vendor presentation. Resolution 108-2025 · Minutes

  9. Implementation work session

    Work-session progress and capital project PS-23 language moving toward ordinance materials. March 30 work session · later: Ordinance 5512

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Resident letters → Mayor + Council; mayor replies

    A Blue Springs resident emailed the Mayor and all six Council seats asking to terminate Flock contracts and set governance limits. Same day the mayor replied: pilot 2023, effectiveness “first hand,” 30-day framing, and community feedback “generally positive” / “only a couple” residents with concern / “misinformation.” Evening: resident metrics questions. June 25 mayor: does not have that detail; points to Sunshine; Council “seems to agree” accountability is appropriate. Redacted log: Community · Letters.

  13. Public speaker: Porter against Flock

    Brandon Porter spoke in absolute opposition (not a transparency compromise). No substantive Council reply on the floor. Community · Transcript · Meeting video · Minutes

  14. 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 retained. Request summary · Community · Jul 10 · City how-to: How to Request a Public Record.

  15. 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 NPD categories imply; no reply retained as of August 7, 2026. Full answer tables · 248-2026 · Community · Aug 4

  16. Portal snapshot, police web route, form 4 fee and scope reply

    Portal activity figures from an August 6, 2026 browser capture are summarized on this site. 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: Portal snapshot · 248-2026 · City Flock Safety link · Flock portal.

  17. 248-2026 revised fee estimate

    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

  18. Proposed fiscal year 2026-27 budget

    City proposal (as of the August 2026 package) describes further Flock camera expansion, Drone as First Responder, and Real Time Crime Center staffing growth. Budget work session path August 13, 2026; hearings described on the City budget page for September. This package is proposed, not final, until Council adopts it. Annual City Budget · Budget Message PDF · Budget in Brief PDF

Signed resolutions and minutes on this site are a curated set. For complete meeting packets use the City Agenda Center and eCode360.