CollectionFlock Surveillance Collection

Board of Supervisors · August 11, 2026

Flock camera discussion

Sheriff presentation, Board questions, public comment, deliberation, votes, transcript files, and related records.

Meeting completedContract cancellation failed 2–3Renewal review motion passed 5–0
Meeting outcome

Program remained in place; Board directed a regular-agenda review near renewal

Supervisor Brian Oneto moved to cancel the Flock contract and Supervisor Logan Carnell seconded. The motion failed 2–3. A later motion to bring the item back for a regular-agenda review near renewal passed 5–0.

Consent-calendar acknowledgment

During the later Board discussion, Chairman Patrick Crew said the Board could “probably” agree the program should not have been placed on consent when it was originally approved in February 2025. The transcript records an audible agreement immediately afterward. This is preserved as meeting context; it is not presented as a legal finding.

Sheriff’s presentation and record comparison

The Sheriff discussed the program’s history, camera capabilities, retention, sharing, auditing, camera locations, case examples, and Fourth Amendment concerns. Several statements are consistent with released records; others require qualification or conflict with the signed contract, Policy 473, released alert reports, or the documented camera locations.

Transcript and original video

How the transcript was prepared

The transcript files were generated from YouTube automatic captions, then manually reviewed to add speaker names where reasonably clear and correct obvious caption, spelling, and transcription errors. Uncertain speakers were not guessed. They are working transcripts, not certified verbatim records.

Preparation correspondence

A July 22 email shows the Undersheriff asked Flock for materials, success stories, talking points, and other material for the Sheriff’s Board presentation. Flock responded with links to vendor materials and offered to tailor additional material to expected questions.

Public record ACSO–Flock Board preparation email

July 22–29, 2026 email chain produced with the August 10 focused response.

Open record page

Related February 2025 approval

The original Flock approval was on the February 25, 2025 consent calendar. The newly archived February transcript shows a public-comment period expressly limited to matters not on the agenda, followed by agenda approval and the immediate 5–0 consent vote. The separate Board-meeting review explains why that sequence raises a public-comment compliance question without treating it as a final legal conclusion.