CollectionFlock Surveillance Collection

Flock data collection, system capabilities, and retention

A request seeking technical records about what the Flock system captures, stores, displays, and retains, including full-vehicle imagery, Vehicle Fingerprint data, audio or video capability, metadata, and the apparent difference between 30-day and one-year retention language.

Unified response received
Amador Transparency Project, “Flock Data Collection, System Capabilities, and Retention,” submitted to the Amador County Sheriff’s Office June 19, 2026, updated July 27, 2026.
SubmittedJune 19, 2026
AgencyAmador County Sheriff’s Office
StatusUnified response received; production reviewed
Format requestedElectronic records by email

July 28, 2026 update

The Sheriff’s Office combined this request with two related requests in a 37-item unified response. The complete production has been independently reviewed. This request remains materially incomplete in several categories.

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Production completeness

Agency statusAgency statement

Unified response issued July 28, 2026, with responsive records produced.

Archive assessmentPartially answered; retention conflict unresolved

The production provides product and training materials, but it does not provide the requested image specifications and does not reconcile Flock’s 30-day cloud retention with Policy 473.5’s one-year language or identify category-specific retention for searches, alerts, audit logs, metadata, downloads, flags, and case evidence.

Request summary

A request seeking technical records about what the Flock system captures, stores, displays, and retains, including full-vehicle imagery, Vehicle Fingerprint data, audio or video capability, metadata, and the apparent difference between 30-day and one-year retention language.

Records requested

  1. All categories of data captured, processed, stored, retained, or displayed through the Flock system.
  2. Whether Vehicle Fingerprint is used and which vehicle characteristics are searchable.
  3. Image resolution, dimensions, format, and quality.
  4. Screenshots, manuals, training material, and user guides showing reads, alerts, searches, and historical records.
  5. Whether the system captures cropped plates, full vehicles, multiple views, front, rear, or side images.
  6. Whether deployed devices can capture or process audio, video, continuous video, clips, still images, or other sensor data.
  7. Whether non-ALPR functions are enabled, licensed, subscribed to, or available.
  8. How images are generated, including whether they are still photographs or extracted from video.
  9. Vendor materials and representations concerning image capture, Vehicle Fingerprint, video, audio, and collected data.
  10. Retention periods, storage locations, and responsible custodian for each category of information.
  11. Records explaining the difference between the 30-day default described by the agency and the one-year language in Policy 473.5.

Response received; technical gaps remain

Agency responseOpen questions remain

The July 28 production has been reviewed. It confirms some Flock capabilities and the agency’s repeated 30-day statement, but it does not explain the one-year policy provision, local downloads or archival practices, or retention by data category.

Revision history
  1. Updated the request status after publication and independent review of the Sheriff’s unified response; replaced obsolete pending or awaiting-production language with the documented completeness assessment.
  2. Added standardized evidence labels, a completeness assessment, citation tools, and revision history.

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