Where everything on this site comes from.
Nothing here is anyone's opinion. Every quote is from a public document, a court record, a government audit, a published study, or a published statement — and every one of them is listed below.
The city documents
| Document | City | Date | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Council packet, including the Master Services Agreement and Order Form | Springdale | July 22, 2025 | City council packet, public record |
| Police Department Policy 10.14 (license plate readers) | Springdale | Eff. April 9, 2026 | Department policy, public record |
| Police & Fire Committee meeting recording | Springdale | July 14, 2025 | Public meeting recording — transcript |
| City Council packet, ordinance and Parks memo (Flock item, pp. 439–447) | Bentonville | May 14, 2024 | CivicClerk portal, public record |
| Board of Directors packet, Order Form, Statement of Work and staff report (pp. 62–76) | Siloam Springs | Dec 17, 2024 | Agenda Center, public record |
The public statements
| Statement | Who | City |
|---|---|---|
| "Dear Springdale Community" letter, on department letterhead | Chief of Police | Springdale |
| "Addressing Community Concerns Regarding Flock Cameras & Public Safety" | City Council member | Bentonville |
| Community letter, August 2026 | Police Department | Siloam Springs |
| Statements at the July 14, 2025 committee meeting | Flock Safety representative, Chief of Police, Chief of Staff, council members | Springdale |
The vendor's own published documents
- Data Ownership guide — flocksafety.com/legal/data-ownership, last updated August 21, 2026. The source of the "train the system" line.
- Terms & Conditions — flocksafety.com/terms-and-conditions, last updated August 21, 2026. Quoted on this site only as Flock's current public terms, never as any city's operative contract.
- State-specific contractual provisions — flocksafety.com/legal/state-required-provisions. Lists six states. Arkansas is not among them.
- Sole-source letters — included in the Bentonville and Siloam Springs council packets.
The statutes
Pulled from the official act PDFs published by the Arkansas General Assembly — Act 1491 of 2013 and Act 668 of 2025 — not from a commercial code website. Two sections in this subchapter were rewritten in 2025 and the commercial sites lagged. Read all 12 of them in full →
The research
The incidents
Every one of the 109 entries links to its own source — a court filing, a government audit, an agency press release, or a named news investigation. See them →
The meeting information
Each of the 18 governing bodies was checked against that city's own page, ordinance, or agenda PDF. A handful of city websites would not load; those entries say so and link to the page a person should open. See them →
Reports on this site
| Report | Published | What it is built on |
|---|---|---|
| ICE arrests in Northwest Arkansas 2026 | September 13, 2026 | DHS and ICE statistical releases, the Deportation Data Project, county jail rosters, the U.S. Marshals Service participant list, and Springdale, Arkansas police email produced under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act |
| Chief Derek Wright, email, “There are 142 city cameras integrated into Flock.” | August 31, 2026 | Springdale Police Department email to the publisher, in reply to an August 28, 2026 question. Printed as a document card on the hardware page. |
| Chief Derek Wright, email, “We do not have a copy of the agreement between Flock and AWS.” | August 27, 2026 | Springdale Police Department email to the publisher, in reply to an August 26, 2026 question. Printed as a document card on the data page. |
| Hardware v software: the camera count is the wrong question | September 13, 2026 | The Master Services Agreement, the Chief’s written camera count, City IT’s September 17, 2025 camera spreadsheet, Flock’s September 3, 2026 device inventory, and the September 2, 2026 City Hall DVR manifest |