CollectionFlock Surveillance Collection

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Flock Surveillance Collection

A source-driven collection within the Amador Transparency Project’s public archive, covering Amador County records concerning Flock Safety automated license plate readers, approval, contracts, policies, camera locations, sharing, system activity, and public-records requests.

167Original files in latest production
146Emails converted and indexed
37Unified-response items reviewed
8Camera installations dated

Capabilities and expansion

What the records show Flock can offer

Product capability is not the same as an ACSO license or deployment. Each item below is labeled according to the evidence actually produced.

Current system documented

Fixed ALPR and Vehicle Fingerprint

The released records describe still-image ALPR reads, searchable vehicle characteristics, alerts, sharing, and historical searches. Exact image resolution, format, compression, and capture method remain unanswered.

Tailored offer after discussion

Live Video and Traffic Analytics

A July 2025 recap offered live video on existing LPR poles and described near-real-time traffic analysis. The production does not show that ACSO purchased or enabled either product.

Demonstration discussed

Flock Nova

Flock described Nova as combining LPR, video, CAD, RMS, public-record, and other investigative data. A demo was discussed, and a later account email referenced previous notes of ACSO interest.

Capability referenced; status unknown

Other products and integrations

Records reference possible in-car LPR integration and contain marketing or shared-network names associated with products such as Condor, Raven, PTZ, and VMS. Those references do not prove ACSO licensing or use.

Quick facts

What the released records show

Figures below are tied to official records; unresolved conflicts remain labeled.

Contract total$85,500

Two-year total stated in the executed order form.

Source contract
Initial term24 months

The order form also lists a 24-month renewal term.

Contract report
Cameras disclosed8

Eight units across five general location groups.

Camera locations
Retention statements30 days / 1 year

The agency response and Policy 473 contain different retention language.

Retention report
Released 30-day volume700,047

Total reads in the May 17–June 15, 2026 CSV.

Usage report

Newest report

Flock Event Log Explained

The dedicated report separates administrative actions from plate searches, ranks recorded activity by named user, identifies agency context, and catalogs outside organizations appearing in network-share events.

Read the event-log report

Open questions

What remains unresolved

  • What contractual or legal basis supported the 2023–2024 Flock access and searches.
  • Which competitor the Sheriff said was researched and what comparison was performed.
  • How Policy 473’s minimum one-year storage language is reconciled with Flock’s 30-day default.
  • Which sharing relationships were accepted, active, used or later revoked.