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Research, policy & council record

Separate official statements, campus reporting, vendor material and community map data. The APD portal and current City Council roster were checked October 7, 2026.

What do they collect?

The APD-described data model.

APD’s July 23, 2026 statement describes what its Flock system captures and what it says the system does not do. This is APD’s description of its own deployment.

License plate numberThe characters visible on the passing vehicle’s plate.
Vehicle make, model & colorVehicle attributes associated with the image/scan.
Body styleVehicle category or body form.
Distinguishing featuresAPD cites items such as decals or vehicle damage.
Date & timeWhen the vehicle passed the fixed camera.
Camera locationThe fixed location where the vehicle was observed.

APD says its system does not:

Record conversations
Identify drivers or passengers
Use facial recognition
Continuously track a vehicle using GPS
Access personal information about vehicle owners
Search logging stated by APDAPD says searches are logged and auditable; this review does not certify that audits were performed or that misuse is impossible.
Read APD’s full statementACU LPR transparency
New policy entry point

Check APD’s current policy links.

The new City portal page links APD operating procedures, general policy and an ALPR policy. Current retention settings and sharing details were not independently extracted in this review. Consult those live disclosures before relying on the older D-34 document.

The March 2022 procedure is retained only as historical background. Its five-year provision is not presented here as the current fixed-Flock setting.

Open current APD policy links
ACU policy statement

30 days, with preservation exceptions

ACU’s published rule permits scans to be kept beyond 30 days for a criminal investigation, case or other legitimate law-enforcement purpose. It requires authorized access, documented search reasons and audit review. These are ACU’s stated safeguards, not an independent compliance finding.

Read ACU policy

A lack of continuous GPS tracking does not mean sightings cannot be searched across time and locations. Camera observations and continuous GPS are different data sources.

Council & authorization record

Who voted for the existing 13-camera deployment?

That individual roll call has not been established in the records reviewed for this build. The site does not assign a yes/no vote without a specific agenda, minutes, resolution, contract approval, or purchasing record.

September 24 meeting: the City agenda listed a Flock presentation and public hearing. APD subsequently announced its portal on September 29. Separately, local reporting describes approval of the Axon equipment package. These records do not establish who originally authorized the existing Flock deployment.

September 24 meeting archivePortal announcementAxon purchase reporting
Weldon W. HurtMayorExisting Flock authorization vote: not established in records reviewed
Shane PricePlace 1Existing Flock authorization vote: not established in records reviewed
Lynn BeardPlace 2Existing Flock authorization vote: not established in records reviewed
Jay PattersonPlace 3Existing Flock authorization vote: not established in records reviewed
Benjamin BaileyPlace 4Existing Flock authorization vote: not established in records reviewed
Miguel EspinozaPlace 5Existing Flock authorization vote: not established in records reviewed
Travis CraverPlace 6Existing Flock authorization vote: not established in records reviewed
Current roster

City Council

Council roster checked against the City’s directory on October 1, 2026.

Official Council page
Next record target

Find the authorization trail

Request the earliest Flock quote, contract, purchase order, invoice, signature page, cooperative-purchasing document, delegated authority, agenda item, minutes, resolution, and roll call connected to the current system.

Use the prepared request
Sources & methodology

Primary records first. Community mapping second.

Every major factual claim should carry a source and date. Community mapping is useful evidence but is not a substitute for contracts, inventories, policies, or agency records.

Current APD policy entry point

The City links operating procedures, general policy and ALPR policy. The older March 2022 D-34 is historical, not a verified current configuration.

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Request instructionsDesignated submission methods and requests for existing information.Texas AG
APD · July 23, 202613 fixed cameras; $70,000 annual program; $45,000 fixed-camera portion; APD description of captured data and access controls.Open
City Council · Sept. 24 agendaFlock Group Inc. presentation and public hearing; technology, sharing, access controls, auditing, privacy, retention.Open
City Council rosterCurrent mayor and six at-large Council members.Open
ACU / KACUFour campus cameras, locations, 30-day retention, case-by-case external access, and separate City camera near campus.Open
ACU transparencyACU’s stated 30-day retention with preservation exceptions, restricted access, query reasons and audit review.Open
FlockLocationsOriginal reports for the five disputed entries. The directory’s verification badges are not adopted by this site; see the correction register.Open

Community location snapshot

28 coordinate records retrieved October 1 from Flock Camera, attributed to OpenStreetMap / DeFlock community mapping. This is not a complete or verified camera census.

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September 25 · Axon reporting

KTAB/KRBC report: 28 Outpost units within the wider equipment package; locations not identified in that report.

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Location confidence

Confirmed location: device-level primary evidence checked against geography; a group count does not qualify. Community-reported: a third-party claim, even if its publisher uses a verification badge. Disputed: conflicting evidence; withheld from verified listings. Reported: credible but not independently established. Unknown: insufficient evidence.

Owner confidence

Tracked separately from location. A camera may be physically verified while its purchaser, operator, property owner, or data-access partners remain unresolved.

Corrections

Preserve the old claim, record the correction source, add a date, and update the confidence label rather than silently rewriting the history.

September 29 · Portal launch

Official APD announcement and direct portal destination.

Read source · Open portal

Hardware references

Product capabilities should not be generalized between vendors or models.

Axon Outpost · Flock LPR

Review limits · October 1

Portal launch verified; live dashboard values and linked policy PDFs not independently extracted. No new field inspections. Disputed entries remain excluded. Map refreshes can change the dataset.

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