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Your data can live on third-party servers forever, and be used for anything they choose.

The Master Services Agreement between the City of Springdale and Flock Group Inc. says Flock may

access, share, view, record, duplicate, store, save, reproduce, modify, display and distribute

the data its cameras collect.

The right is perpetual. It is worldwide. The data sits in cloud storage, and the Agreement lets Flock pass it to “one or more third parties” it never names.

The resolution the Springdale City Council passed does not contain the word data.

The City points to the first sentence of § 4.1:

“all right, title and interest in the Customer Data, belong to and are retained solely by Customer.”

The second sentence of § 4.1 grants Flock an irrevocable licence to it.

They are the same paragraph.

The four sections that do the work, word for word.

Springdale Master Services Agreement § 4.4

“Customer hereby grants to Flock a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, perpetual license to access, share, view, record, duplicate, store, save, reproduce, modify, display, and distribute Customer Data and/or Integration Data, as required by the requested distribution. Customer acknowledges that such data may be viewed, recorded, duplicated, stored, saved, reproduced, modified, displayed, distributed, and retained by Recipient for a period longer than Flock’s standard retention period and hereby provides consent to such retention period.”

Springdale Master Services Agreement § 2.1

“Flock may use the services of one or more third parties to deliver any part of the Flock Services, (such as using a third party to host the Web Interface for cloud storage or a cell phone provider for wireless cellular coverage).”

Springdale Master Services Agreement § 4.3

“Customer hereby grants Flock a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free right to use and distribute such Anonymized Data to improve and enhance the Services and for other development, diagnostic and corrective purposes, and other Flock offerings.”

Springdale Master Services Agreement § 4.1

“As between Flock and Customer, all right, title and interest in the Customer Data, belong to and are retained solely by Customer. … Flock does not own and shall not sell Customer Data.”

Four sections of one agreement, quoted as written.

Nobody in Springdale voted for this.

The Springdale City Council did vote. On July 22, 2025 it passed a resolution authorising “the Mayor and City Clerk” to execute an agreement. This is the whole of what that resolution authorised:

“an agreement with Flock Safety, in the amount of $532,800, for hardware and software safety products, including implementation and training.”

Words that do not appear anywhere in it:

  • license
  • data
  • cloud
  • retention
  • third party
  • perpetual
  • irrevocable
  • worldwide
  • artificial intelligence

The cameras on Springdale’s roads are not the City’s. The Agreement says they are “owned and shall remain the exclusive property of Flock,” and that the Customer is “not permitted to remove, reposition, re-install, tamper with, alter, adjust or otherwise take possession or control” of them.

Three names are worth keeping straight. The resolution authorises an agreement with “Flock Safety.” The Agreement itself is with Flock Group Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia. And where the Order Form asks who the customer is, the answer is not the City of Springdale — it is “AR - Springdale PD.”

The two documents, side by side →
Springdale Data ownership
What was said
Springdale PD maintains absolute control over our local data.

Chief Derek Wright — "Dear Springdale Community," Springdale Police Department letterhead, Office of the Chief of Police. Emailed by the Chief to the Mayor as an attachment on July 31, 2026, and produced by the City under FOIA.

What the document says
Customer hereby grants Flock a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free right to use and distribute such Anonymized Data to improve and enhance the Services and for other development, diagnostic and corrective purposes, and other Flock offerings.

Master Services Agreement § 4.3 — City of Springdale, July 22, 2025 council packet. § 4.1 grants a limited, irrevocable, worldwide licence — limited to providing the Services. § 4.3, above, carries no such limit.

Where they meet, and where they don't

A right the City granted perpetual and irrevocable is, by the plain meaning of those two words, not a right the City can take back. The vendor's own use of anonymized and derived data is not a partner agency, is not bound by department standards, and is not revocable by the department.

The written question

Identify the provision under which the City may revoke, limit, or audit Flock's own use of data derived from Springdale — or confirm in writing that none exists.

A police department can control what its own officers do. That is real, and this site says so. What a department cannot do is take back a licence its city already granted in writing, forever.

Full contract text from FOIA

The Master Services Agreement between the City of Springdale and Flock Group Inc., and the Order Form that goes with it, as produced by the City in response to a public records request. Eleven articles, sixty-eight sections. Nothing summarised.

Read the contract yourself

Order Form

Customer
AR - Springdale PD
Legal Entity Name
AR - Springdale PD
Address
201 Spring St Springdale, Arkansas 72764
Initial Term
36 Months
Renewal Term
36 Months
Payment Terms
Net 30
Billing Frequency
Annual Plan - Invoiced at First Camera Validation.
Retention Period
30 Days
ItemQty
FlockOS Premium Solution1
FlockOS Premium1
Flock9111
Flock Safety LPR, fka Falcon10
Video Integration Gateway 2.0 - 16 Streams, fka Wing12
Flock Safety Video Camera PTZ w/ LTE Service, fka Condor8
Community Partnership Video Camera6
Flock Safety Platform - FreeForm Add-On1
Flock FreeForm™ - Included Integrated Video Streams10
Traffic Analytics Package1
Flock Nova - Customer Data1
Subtotal Year 1
$177,600.00
Annual Recurring Subtotal
$177,600.00
Discounts
$166,200.00
Contract Total
$532,800.00
Article 1. Definitions 17 sections
§ 1.1 — Agreement

“Agreement” means the order form (to be provided as Exhibit A, “Order Form”), these terms and conditions, and any document therein incorporated by reference in section 11.4.

§ 1.2 — Anonymized Data

“Anonymized Data” means Customer Data permanently stripped of identifying details and any potential personally identifiable information, by commercially available standards which irreversibly alters data in such a way that a data subject (i.e., individual person or entity) can no longer be identified directly or indirectly.

§ 1.3 — Authorized End User(s)

“Authorized End User(s)” means any individual employees, agents, or contractors of Customer accessing or using the Services, under the rights granted to Customer pursuant to this Agreement.

§ 1.4 — Customer Data

“Customer Data” means the data, media, and content provided by Customer through the Services. For the avoidance of doubt, the Customer Data will include the Footage.

§ 1.5 — Customer Hardware

“Customer Hardware” means the third-party camera owned or provided by Customer and any other physical elements that interact with the Embedded Software and the Web Interface to provide the Services.

§ 1.6 — Effective Date

“Effective Date” means the date this Agreement is mutually executed (valid and enforceable) by both Parties.

§ 1.7 — Embedded Software

“Embedded Software” means the Flock proprietary software and/or firmware integrated with or installed on the Flock Hardware or Customer Hardware.

§ 1.8 — Flock Hardware

“Flock Hardware” means the Flock device(s), which may include the pole, clamps, solar panel, installation components, and any other physical elements that interact with the Embedded Software and the Web Interface, to provide the Flock Services as specifically set forth in the applicable Order Form.

§ 1.9 — Flock IP

“Flock IP” means the Services, the Embedded Software, and any intellectual property or proprietary information therein or otherwise provided to Customer and/or its Authorized End Users. Flock IP does not include Footage (as defined below).

§ 1.10 — Flock Services

“Flock Services” means the provision of Flock’s software and hardware situational awareness solution, via the Web Interface, for automatic license plate detection, alerts, audio detection, searching image records, video and sharing Footage.

§ 1.11 — Footage

“Footage” means still images, video, audio, and other data captured by the Flock Hardware or Customer Hardware in the course of and provided via the Flock Services.

§ 1.12 — Integration Data

“Integration Data” means any distribution of data from a Customer requested third party integration.

§ 1.13 — Installation Services

“Installation Services” means the services provided by Flock for installation of Flock Services.

§ 1.14 — Permitted Purpose

“Permitted Purpose” means for legitimate public safety and/or business purpose, including but not limited to the awareness, prevention, and prosecution of crime; investigations; and prevention of commercial harm, to the extent permitted by law.

§ 1.15 — Retention Period

“Retention Period” means the time period that the Customer Data is stored within the cloud storage, as specified in the applicable Order Form. Flock deletes all Footage on a rolling thirty (30) day basis, except as otherwise stated on the Order Form. Customer shall be responsible for extracting, downloading and archiving Footage from the Flock Services on its own storage devices.

§ 1.16 — Term

“Term” means the date, unless otherwise stated in the Order Form, upon which the cameras are validated by both Parties as operational.

§ 1.17 — Web Interface

“Web Interface” means the website(s) or application(s) through which Customer and its Authorized End Users can access the Services.

Article 2. Services And Support 7 sections
§ 2.1 — Provision of Access

Flock hereby grants to Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access the features and functions of the Flock Services via the Web Interface during the Term, solely for the Authorized End Users. The Footage will be available for Authorized End Users to access and download via the Web Interface for the Retention Period. Authorized End Users will be required to sign up for an account and select a password and username (“User ID”). Customer shall be responsible for all acts and omissions of Authorized End Users. Customer shall undertake reasonable efforts to make all Authorized End Users aware of all applicable provisions of this Agreement and shall cause Authorized End Users to comply with such provisions. Flock may use the services of one or more third parties to deliver any part of the Flock Services, (such as using a third party to host the Web Interface for cloud storage or a cell phone provider for wireless cellular coverage).

§ 2.2 — Embedded Software License

Flock grants Customer a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable (except to the Authorized End Users), revocable right to use the Embedded Software as it pertains to Flock Services, solely as necessary for Customer to use the Flock Services.

§ 2.3 — Support Services

Flock shall monitor the Flock Services, and any applicable device health, in order to improve performance and functionality. Flock will use commercially reasonable efforts to respond to requests for support within seventy-two (72) hours. Flock will provide Customer with reasonable technical and on-site support and maintenance services in-person, via phone or by email at support@flocksafety.com (such services collectively referred to as “Support Services”).

§ 2.4 — Updates to Platform

Flock may make any updates to system or platform that it deems necessary or useful to (i) maintain or enhance the quality or delivery of Flock’s products or services to its agencies, the competitive strength of, or market for, Flock’s products or services, such platform or system’s cost efficiency or performance, or (ii) to comply with applicable law. Parties understand that such updates are necessary from time to time and will not diminish the quality of the services or materially change any terms or conditions within this Agreement.

§ 2.5 — Service Interruption

Services may be interrupted in the event that: (a) Flock’s provision of the Services to Customer or any Authorized End User is prohibited by applicable law; (b) any third-party services required for Services are interrupted; (c) if Services are being used for malicious, unlawful, or otherwise unauthorized use; (d) there is a threat or attack on any of the Flock IP by a third party; or (e) scheduled or emergency maintenance (“Service Interruption”). Flock will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide written notice of any Service Interruption to Customer, to provide updates, and to resume providing access to Flock Services as soon as reasonably possible after the event giving rise to the Service Interruption is cured. Flock will have no liability for any damage, liabilities, losses (including any loss of data or profits), or any other consequences that Customer or any Authorized End User may incur as a result of a Service Interruption. To the extent that the Service Interruption is not caused by Customer’s direct actions or by the actions of parties associated with the Customer, the time will be tolled by the duration of the Service Interruption (for any continuous suspension lasting at least one full day). For example, in the event of a Service Interruption lasting five (5) continuous days, Customer will receive a credit for five (5) free days at the end of the Term.

§ 2.6 — Service Suspension

Flock may temporarily suspend Customer’s and any Authorized End User’s access to any portion or all of the Flock IP or Flock Service if (a) there is a threat or attack on any of the Flock IP by Customer; (b) Customer’s or any Authorized End User’s use of the Flock IP disrupts or poses a security risk to the Flock IP or any other customer or vendor of Flock; (c) Customer or any Authorized End User is/are using the Flock IP for fraudulent or illegal activities; (d) Customer has violated any term of this provision, including, but not limited to, utilizing Flock Services for anything other than the Permitted Purpose; or (e) any unauthorized access to Flock Services through Customer’s account (“Service Suspension”). Customer shall not be entitled to any remedy for the Service Suspension period, including any reimbursement, tolling, or credit. If the Service Suspension was not caused by Customer, the Term will be tolled by the duration of the Service Suspension.

§ 2.7 — Hazardous Conditions

Flock Services do not contemplate hazardous materials, or other hazardous conditions, including, without limit, asbestos, lead, or toxic or flammable substances. In the event any such hazardous materials are discovered in the designated locations in which Flock is to perform services under this Agreement, Flock shall have the right to cease work immediately.

Article 3. Customer Obligations 2 sections
§ 3.1 — Customer Obligations

Flock will assist Customer Authorized End Users in the creation of a User ID. Authorized End Users agree to provide Flock with accurate, complete, and updated registration information. Authorized End Users may not select as their User ID, a name that they do not have the right to use, or any other name with the intent of impersonation. Customer and Authorized End Users may not transfer their account to anyone else without prior written permission of Flock. Authorized End Users shall not share their account username or password information and must protect the security of the username and password. Unless otherwise stated and defined in this Agreement, Customer shall not designate Authorized End Users for persons who are not officers, employees, or agents of Customer. Authorized End Users shall only use Customer-issued email addresses for the creation of their User ID. Customer is responsible for any Authorized End User activity associated with its account. Customer shall ensure that Customer provides Flock with up-to-date contact information at all times during the Term of this Agreement. Customer shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment and ancillary services needed to connect to, access or otherwise use the Flock Services (e.g., laptops, internet connection, mobile devices, etc.). Customer shall (at its own expense) provide Flock with reasonable access and use of Customer facilities and Customer personnel in order to enable Flock to perform Services (such obligations of Customer are collectively defined as “Customer Obligations”).

§ 3.2 — Customer Representations and Warranties

Customer represents, covenants, and warrants that Customer shall use Flock Services only in compliance with this Agreement and all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to any laws relating to the recording or sharing of data, video, photo, or audio content.

Article 4. Data Use And Licensing 4 sections
§ 4.1 — Customer Data

As between Flock and Customer, all right, title and interest in the Customer Data, belong to and are retained solely by Customer. Customer hereby grants to Flock a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide license to use the Customer Data and perform all acts as may be necessary for Flock to provide the Flock Services to Customer. Flock does not own and shall not sell Customer Data.

§ 4.2 — Customer Generated Data

Flock may provide Customer with the opportunity to post, upload, display, publish, distribute, transmit, broadcast, or otherwise make available, messages, text, illustrations, files, images, graphics, photos, comments, sounds, music, videos, information, content, ratings, reviews, data, questions, suggestions, or other information or materials produced by Customer (“Customer Generated Data”). Customer shall retain whatever legally cognizable right, title, and interest in Customer Generated Data. Customer understands and acknowledges that Flock has no obligation to monitor or enforce Customer’s intellectual property rights of Customer Generated Data. Customer grants Flock a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, license to use the Customer Generated Data for the purpose of providing Flock Services. Flock does not own and shall not sell Customer Generated Data.

§ 4.3 — Anonymized Data

Flock shall have the right to collect, analyze, and anonymize Customer Data and Customer Generated Data to the extent such anonymization renders the data non-identifiable to create Anonymized Data to use and perform the Services and related systems and technologies, including the training of machine learning algorithms. Customer hereby grants Flock a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free right to use and distribute such Anonymized Data to improve and enhance the Services and for other development, diagnostic and corrective purposes, and other Flock offerings. Parties understand that the aforementioned license is required for continuity of Services. Flock does not own and shall not sell Anonymized Data.

§ 4.4 — Data Distribution

Customer may, upon request, choose to integrate Flock Services with a third party to either distribute Integration Data or Customer Data (such third party, “Recipient”). Upon such request, Customer hereby grants to Flock a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, perpetual license to access, share, view, record, duplicate, store, save, reproduce, modify, display, and distribute Customer Data and/or Integration Data, as required by the requested distribution. Customer acknowledges that such data may be viewed, recorded, duplicated, stored, saved, reproduced, modified, displayed, distributed, and retained by Recipient for a period longer than Flock’s standard retention period and hereby provides consent to such retention period. Unless expressly listed in the Order Form, the provision, access, or use of any Application Programming Interfaces ("APIs") is not included under this Agreement. Any rights, licenses, or obligations related to APIs shall be governed solely by the terms set forth in the Order Form or a separate agreement between the parties.

Article 5. Confidentiality; Disclosures 3 sections
§ 5.1 — Confidentiality

To the extent required by any applicable public records requests, each Party (the “Receiving Party”) understands that the other Party (the “Disclosing Party”) has disclosed or may disclose business, technical or financial information relating to the Disclosing Party’s business (hereinafter referred to as “Proprietary Information” of the Disclosing Party). Proprietary Information of Flock includes non-public information provided by the Disclosing Party to the Receiving Party regarding features, functionality and performance of this Agreement. Proprietary Information of Customer includes non-public data provided by Customer to Flock or collected by Flock via Flock Services, which includes but is not limited to geolocation information and environmental data collected by sensors. The Receiving Party agrees: (i) to take the same security precautions to protect against disclosure or unauthorized use of such Proprietary Information that the Party takes with its own proprietary information, but in no event less than commercially reasonable precautions, and (ii) not to use (except in performance of the Services or as otherwise permitted herein) or divulge to any third person any such Proprietary Information. The Disclosing Party agrees that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to any information that the Receiving Party can document (a) is or becomes generally available to the public; or (b) was in its possession or known by it prior to receipt from the Disclosing Party; or (c) was rightfully disclosed to it without restriction by a third party; or (d) was independently developed without use of any Proprietary Information of the Disclosing Party. Nothing in this Agreement will prevent the Receiving Party from disclosing the Proprietary Information pursuant to any judicial or governmental order, provided that the Receiving Party gives the Disclosing Party reasonable prior notice of such disclosure to contest such order. At the termination of this Agreement, all Proprietary Information will be returned to the Disclosing Party, destroyed or erased (if recorded on an erasable storage medium), together with any copies thereof, when no longer needed for the purposes above, or upon request from the Disclosing Party, and in any case upon termination of the Agreement. Notwithstanding any termination, all confidentiality obligations of Proprietary Information that is trade secret shall continue in perpetuity or until such information is no longer trade secret.

§ 5.2 — Usage Restrictions on Flock IP

Flock and its licensors retain all right, title and interest in and to the Flock IP and its components, and Customer acknowledges that it neither owns nor acquires any additional rights in and to the foregoing not expressly granted by this Agreement. Customer further acknowledges that Flock retains the right to use the foregoing for any purpose in Flock’s sole discretion. Customer and Authorized End Users shall not: (i) directly or indirectly, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover, or recreate the source code, object code or underlying structure, ideas or algorithm of the Flock Services or any software provided hereunder; modify, translate, or create derivative works based on the Flock Services or any software provided hereunder, (ii) attempt to modify, alter, tamper with or repair any of the Flock IP, or attempt to create any derivative product from any of the foregoing; (iii) interfere or attempt to interfere in any manner with the functionality or proper working of any of the Flock IP; (iv) remove, obscure, or alter any notice of any intellectual property or proprietary right appearing on or contained within the Flock Services or Flock IP; (v) use the Flock Services for anything other than the Permitted Purpose; or (vi) assign, sublicense, sell, resell, lease, rent, or otherwise transfer, convey, pledge as security, or otherwise encumber, Customer’s rights. There are no implied rights.

§ 5.3 — Disclosure of Footage

Subject to and during the Retention Period, Flock may access, use, preserve and/or disclose the Footage to law enforcement authorities, government officials, and/or third parties, if legally required to do so or if Flock has a good faith belief that such access, use, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a legal process, enforce this Agreement, or detect, prevent or otherwise address security, privacy, fraud or technical issues, or emergency situations.

Article 6. Payment Of Fees 3 sections
§ 6.1 — Billing and Payment of Fees

Customer shall pay the fees set forth in the applicable Order Form based on the billing structure and payment terms as indicated in the Order Form. To the extent the Order Form is silent, Customer shall pay all invoices net thirty (30) days from the date of receipt. If Customer believes that Flock has billed Customer incorrectly, Customer must contact Flock no later than thirty (30) days after the closing date on the first invoice in which the error or problem appeared to receive an adjustment or credit. Customer acknowledges and agrees that a failure to contact Flock within this period will serve as a waiver of any claim. If any undisputed fee is more than thirty (30) days overdue, Flock may, without limiting its other rights and remedies, suspend delivery of its service until such undisputed invoice is paid in full. Flock shall provide at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Customer of the payment delinquency before exercising any suspension right.

§ 6.2 — Notice of Changes to Fees

In the event of any changes to fees, Flock shall provide Customer with sixty (60) days notice (email sufficient) prior to the end of the Initial Term or Renewal Term (as applicable). Any such changes to fees shall only impact subsequent Renewal Terms.

§ 6.3 — Taxes

To the extent Customer is not a tax exempt entity, Customer is responsible for all taxes, levies, or duties, excluding only taxes based on Flock’s net income, imposed by taxing authorities associated with the order. If Flock has the legal obligation to pay or collect taxes, including amount subsequently assessed by a taxing authority, for which Customer is responsible, the appropriate amount shall be invoice to and paid by Customer unless Customer provides Flock a legally sufficient tax exemption certificate and Flock shall not charge Customer any taxes from which it is exempt. If any deduction or withholding is required by law, Customer shall notify Flock and shall pay Flock any additional amounts necessary to ensure that the net amount that Flock receives, after any deduction and withholding, equals the amount Flock would have received if no deduction or withholding had been required.

Article 7. Term And Termination 3 sections
§ 7.1 — Term

The initial term of this Agreement shall be for the period of time set forth on the Order Form (the “Term”). Unless otherwise indicated on the Order Form, the Term shall commence upon first installation of Flock Hardware, as applicable. Following the Term, unless otherwise indicated on the Order Form, this Agreement will automatically renew for successive renewal terms of the greater of one year or the length set forth on the Order Form (each, a “Renewal Term”) unless either Party gives the other Party notice of non-renewal at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the then-current term.

§ 7.2 — Termination

Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, Flock will remove any applicable Flock Hardware at a commercially reasonable time period. In the event of any material breach of this Agreement, the non-breaching Party may terminate this Agreement prior to the end of the Term by giving thirty (30) days prior written notice to the breaching Party; provided, however, that this Agreement will not terminate if the breaching Party has cured the breach prior to the expiration of such thirty (30) day period (“Cure Period”). Either Party may terminate this Agreement (i) upon the institution by or against the other Party of insolvency, receivership or bankruptcy proceedings, (ii) upon the other Party's making an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iii) upon the other Party's dissolution or ceasing to do business. In the event of a material breach by Flock, and Flock is unable to cure within the Cure Period, Flock will refund Customer a pro-rata portion of the pre-paid fees for Services not received due to such termination.

§ 7.3 — Survival

The following Sections will survive termination: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8.3, 8.4, 9, 10.1 and 11.6.

Article 8. Remedy For Defect; Warranty And Disclaimer 6 sections
§ 8.1 — Manufacturer Defect

Upon a malfunction or failure of Flock Hardware or Embedded Software (a “Defect”), Customer must notify Flock’s technical support team. In the event of a Defect, Flock shall make a commercially reasonable attempt to repair or replace the defective Flock Hardware at no additional cost to the Customer. Flock reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to repair or replace such Defect, provided that Flock shall conduct inspection or testing within a commercially reasonable time, but no longer than seven (7) business days after Customer gives notice to Flock.

§ 8.2 — Replacements

In the event that Flock Hardware is lost, stolen, or damaged, Customer may request a replacement of Flock Hardware at a fee according to the reinstall fee schedule (https://www.flocksafety.com/reinstall-fee-schedule). In the event that Customer chooses not to replace lost, damaged, or stolen Flock Hardware, Customer understands and agrees that Flock is not liable for any resulting impact to Flock Service, nor shall Customer receive a refund for the lost, damaged, or stolen Flock Hardware.

§ 8.3 — Warranty

Flock shall use reasonable efforts consistent with prevailing industry standards to maintain the Services in a manner which minimizes errors and interruptions in the Services and shall perform the Installation Services in a professional and workmanlike manner. Services may be temporarily unavailable for scheduled maintenance or for unscheduled emergency maintenance, either by Flock or by third-party providers, or because of other causes beyond Flock’s reasonable control, but Flock shall use reasonable efforts to provide advance notice in writing or by e-mail of any scheduled service disruption.

§ 8.4 — Disclaimer

THE REMEDY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 8.1 ABOVE IS CUSTOMER’S SOLE REMEDY, AND FLOCK’S SOLE LIABILITY, WITH RESPECT TO DEFECTS. FLOCK IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR ISSUES ARISING FROM THIRD- PARTY DISTRIBUTIONS REQUESTED BY CUSTOMER. AFOREMENTIONED DISTRIBUTION IS AT CUSTOMER’S OWN RISK. FLOCK DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES IT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICES. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND FLOCK DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS DISCLAIMER ONLY APPLIES TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE GOVERNING LAW OF THE STATE MENTIONED IN SECTION 11.6.

§ 8.5 — Insurance

Flock will maintain commercial general liability policies to be provided as Exhibit B.

§ 8.6 — Force Majeure

Parties are not responsible or liable for any delays or failures in performance from any cause beyond their control, including, but not limited to acts of God, changes to law or regulations, embargoes, war, terrorist acts, pandemics (including the spread of variants), issues of national security, acts or omissions of third-party technology providers, riots, fires, earthquakes, floods, power blackouts, strikes, supply chain shortages of equipment or supplies, financial institution crisis, weather conditions or acts of hackers, internet service providers or any other third party acts or omissions.

Article 9. Limitation Of Liability; Indemnity 3 sections
§ 9.1 — Limitation of Liability

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, FLOCK, ITS OFFICERS, AFFILIATES, REPRESENTATIVES, CONTRACTORS AND EMPLOYEES SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT OR TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATED THERETO UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHER THEORY: (A) FOR LOSS OF REVENUE, BUSINESS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION; (B) INCOMPLETE, CORRUPT, OR INACCURATE DATA; (C) COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGY; (D) FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; (E) FOR ANY MATTER BEYOND FLOCK’S ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OR REASONABLE CONTROL INCLUDING REPEAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR INABILITY TO CAPTURE FOOTAGE; OR (F) FOR ANY AMOUNTS THAT, TOGETHER WITH AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OTHER CLAIMS, EXCEED THE FEES PAID AND/OR PAYABLE BY CUSTOMER TO FLOCK FOR THE SERVICES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACT OR OMISSION THAT GAVE RISE TO THE LIABILITY, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER OR NOT FLOCK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF SECTION ONLY APPLIES TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE GOVERNING LAW OF THE STATE REFERENCED IN SECTION 11.6. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SHALL NOT APPLY (I) IN THE EVENT OF GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR (II) INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS.

§ 9.2 — Responsibility

Each Party to this Agreement shall assume the responsibility and liability for the acts and omissions of its own employees, officers, or agents, in connection with the performance of their official duties under this Agreement. Each Party to this Agreement shall be liable for the torts of its own officers, agents, or employees.

§ 9.3 — Flock Indemnity

Flock shall indemnify and hold harmless Customer, its agents and employees, from liability of any kind, including claims, costs (including defense) and expenses, on account of: (i) any copyrighted material, patented or unpatented invention, articles, device or appliance manufactured or used in the performance of this Agreement; or (ii) any damage or injury to property or person directly caused by Flock’s installation of Flock Hardware, except for where such damage or injury was caused solely by the negligence of the Customer or its agents, officers or employees. Flock’s performance of this indemnity obligation shall not exceed the fees paid and/or payable for the services rendered under this Agreement in the preceding twelve (12) months.

Article 10. Installation Services And Obligations 5 sections
§ 10.1 — Ownership of Hardware

Flock Hardware is owned and shall remain the exclusive property of Flock. Title to any Flock Hardware shall not pass to Customer upon execution of this Agreement, except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, Customer is not permitted to remove, reposition, re-install, tamper with, alter, adjust or otherwise take possession or control of Flock Hardware. Customer agrees and understands that in the event Customer is found to engage in any of the foregoing restricted actions, all warranties herein shall be null and void, and this Agreement shall be subject to immediate termination for material breach by Customer. Customer shall not perform any acts which would interfere with the retention of title of the Flock Hardware by Flock. Should Customer default on any payment of the Flock Services, Flock may remove Flock Hardware at Flock’s discretion. Such removal, if made by Flock, shall not be deemed a waiver of Flock’s rights to any damages Flock may sustain as a result of Customer’s default and Flock shall have the right to enforce any other legal remedy or right.

§ 10.2 — Deployment Plan

Flock shall advise Customer on the location and positioning of the Flock Hardware for optimal product functionality, as conditions and locations allow. Flock will collaborate with Customer to design the strategic geographic mapping of the location(s) and implementation of Flock Hardware to create a deployment plan (“Deployment Plan”). In the event that Flock determines that Flock Hardware will not achieve optimal functionality at a designated location, Flock shall have final discretion to veto a specific location, and will provide alternative options to Customer.

§ 10.3 — Changes to Deployment Plan

After installation of Flock Hardware, any subsequent requested changes to the Deployment Plan, including, but not limited to, relocating, re-positioning, adjusting of the mounting, removing foliage, replacement, changes to heights of poles will incur a fee according to the reinstall fee schedule located at (https://www.flocksafety.com/reinstall-fee-schedule). Customer will receive prior notice and confirm approval of any such fees.

§ 10.4 — Customer Installation Obligations

Customer is responsible for any applicable supplementary cost as described in the Customer Implementation Guide, attached hereto as Exhibit C. Customer represents and warrants that it has, or shall lawfully obtain, all necessary right title and authority and hereby authorizes Flock to install the Flock Hardware at the designated locations and to make any necessary inspections or maintenance in connection with such installation.

§ 10.5 — Flock’s Obligations

Installation of any Flock Hardware shall be installed in a professional manner within a commercially reasonable time from the Effective Date of this Agreement. Upon removal of Flock Hardware, Flock shall restore the location to its original condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. Flock will continue to monitor the performance of Flock Hardware for the length of the Term. Flock may use a subcontractor or third party to perform certain obligations under this Agreement, provided that Flock’s use of such subcontractor or third party shall not release Flock from any duty or liability to fulfill Flock’s obligations under this Agreement.

Article 11. Miscellaneous 15 sections
§ 11.1 — Compliance with Laws

Parties shall comply with all applicable local, state and federal laws, regulations, policies and ordinances and their associated record retention schedules, including responding to any subpoena request(s).

§ 11.2 — Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement will otherwise remain in full force and effect.

§ 11.3 — Assignment

This Agreement is not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by either Party, without prior consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign this Agreement, without the other Party's consent, (i) to any parent, subsidiary, or affiliate entity, or (ii) to any purchaser of all or substantially all of such Party's assets or to any successor by way of merger, consolidation or similar transaction.

§ 11.4 — Entire Agreement

This Agreement, together with the Order Form(s), the reinstall fee schedule (https://www.flocksafety.com/reinstall-fee-schedule), and any attached exhibits are the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding of the Parties and supersedes and cancels all previous or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions or agreements, whether written and oral, communications and other understandings relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. All waivers and modifications must be in a writing signed by both Parties, except as otherwise provided herein. None of Customer’s purchase orders, authorizations or similar documents will alter the terms of this Agreement, and any such conflicting terms are expressly rejected. Any mutually agreed upon future purchase order is subject to these legal terms and does not alter the rights and obligations under this Agreement, except that future purchase orders may outline additional products, services, quantities and billing terms to be mutually accepted by Parties. In the event of any conflict of terms found in this Agreement or any other terms and conditions, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. Customer agrees that Customer’s purchase is neither contingent upon the delivery of any future functionality or features nor dependent upon any oral or written comments made by Flock with respect to future functionality or feature.

§ 11.5 — Relationship

No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of this Agreement and Parties do not have any authority of any kind to bind each other in any respect whatsoever. Flock shall at all times be and act as an independent contractor to Customer.

§ 11.6 — Governing Law; Venue

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state in which the Customer is located. The Parties hereto agree that venue would be proper in the chosen courts of the State of which the Customer is located. The Parties agree that the United Nations Convention for the International Sale of Goods is excluded in its entirety from this Agreement.

§ 11.7 — Special Terms

Flock may offer certain special terms which are indicated in the Order Form and will become part of this Agreement, upon Customer’s prior written consent and the mutual execution by authorized representatives (“Special Terms”). To the extent that any terms of this Agreement are inconsistent or conflict with the Special Terms, the Special Terms shall control.

§ 11.8 — Publicity

Upon prior written consent, Flock has the right to reference and use Customer’s name and disclose the nature of the Services in business and development and marketing efforts. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring on any Party, any right to use the other Party’s name as an endorsement of product/service.

§ 11.9 — Feedback

If Customer or Authorized End User provides any suggestions, ideas, enhancement requests, feedback, recommendations or other information relating to the subject matter hereunder, Customer or Authorized End User hereby assigns to Flock all right, title and interest (including intellectual property rights) with respect to or resulting from any of the foregoing.

§ 11.10 — Export

Customer may not remove or export from the United States or allow the export or re-export of the Flock IP or anything related thereto, or any direct product thereof in violation of any restrictions, laws or regulations of the United States Department of Commerce, the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, or any other United States or foreign Customer or authority. As defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”), section 2.101, the Services, the Flock Hardware and Documentation are “commercial items” and according to the Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (“DFAR”) section 252.2277014(a)(1) and are deemed to be “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation.” Flock is compliant with FAR Section 889 and does not contract or do business with, use any equipment, system, or service that uses the enumerated banned Chinese telecommunication companies, equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any Flock system. Consistent with DFAR section 227.7202 and FAR section 12.212, any use, modification, reproduction, release, performance, display, or disclosure of such commercial software or commercial software documentation by the U.S. Government will be governed solely by the terms of this Agreement and will be prohibited except to the extent expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

§ 11.11 — Headings

The headings are merely for organization and should not be construed as adding meaning to the Agreement or interpreting the associated sections.

§ 11.12 — Authority

Each of the below signers of this Agreement represent that they understand this Agreement and have the authority to sign on behalf of and bind the Parties they are representing upon the Effective Date.

§ 11.13 — Conflict

In the event there is a conflict between this Agreement and any applicable statement of work, or Customer purchase order, this Agreement controls unless explicitly stated otherwise.

§ 11.14 — Notices

All notices under this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when received, if personally delivered; when receipt is electronically confirmed, if transmitted by email; the day after it is sent, if sent for next day delivery by recognized overnight delivery service; and upon receipt to the address listed on the Order Form (or, if different, below), if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. All notices will be provided to the email or mailing address listed in the Order Form.

§ 11.15 — Non-Appropriation

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, all obligations of the Customer under this Agreement which require the expenditure of public funds are conditioned on the availability of said funds appropriated for that purpose. To the extent applicable, Customer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement for non-appropriation with thirty (30) days written notice without penalty or other cost. .

Where the data lives

The data can live forever in third-party servers.

“Customer acknowledges that such data may be viewed, recorded, duplicated, stored, saved, reproduced, modified, displayed, distributed, and retained by Recipient for a period longer than Flock’s standard retention period and hereby provides consent to such retention period.”
Master Services Agreement, City of Springdale and Flock Group Inc., § 4.4
  1. Retention periods

    “Retention Period” means the time period that the Customer Data is stored within the cloud storage, as specified in the applicable Order Form. Flock deletes all Footage on a rolling thirty (30) day basis, except as otherwise stated on the Order Form.

    Springdale Master Services Agreement § 1.15

  2. Where the data is held

    Flock may use the services of one or more third parties to deliver any part of the Flock Services, (such as using a third party to host the Web Interface for cloud storage or a cell phone provider for wireless cellular coverage).

    Springdale Master Services Agreement § 2.1

  3. Third-party recipients

    Customer hereby grants to Flock a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, perpetual license to access, share, view, record, duplicate, store, save, reproduce, modify, display, and distribute Customer Data and/or Integration Data, as required by the requested distribution. Customer acknowledges that such data may be viewed, recorded, duplicated, stored, saved, reproduced, modified, displayed, distributed, and retained by Recipient for a period longer than Flock's standard retention period and hereby provides consent to such retention period.

    Springdale Master Services Agreement § 4.4

  4. Machine-learning training

    Flock shall have the right to collect, analyze, and anonymize Customer Data and Customer Generated Data to the extent such anonymization renders the data non-identifiable to create Anonymized Data to use and perform the Services and related systems and technologies, including the training of machine learning algorithms.

    Springdale Master Services Agreement § 4.3

  5. Vendor disclosure

    Subject to and during the Retention Period, Flock may access, use, preserve and/or disclose the Footage to law enforcement authorities, government officials, and/or third parties, if legally required to do so or if Flock has a good faith belief that such access, use, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a legal process, enforce this Agreement, or detect, prevent or otherwise address security, privacy, fraud or technical issues, or emergency situations.

    Springdale Master Services Agreement § 5.3

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Does Flock work?

The federal government's own evidence rating for this technology is “Ineffective.”

Two randomized controlled trials tested license plate readers against a control group. Neither found a reduction in crime. The best peer-reviewed review found the technology did not contribute in any meaningful way in roughly three of every four cases where it was used.

NIJ CrimeSolutions (2013) · Lum et al. (2011) and Taylor, Koper & Woods (2012) · Lum, Koper, Lee, Nagin & Sherman (2025)

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Next meetings you can speak at
  • Springdale City Council — 2nd and 4th Tuesday, 6:00 p.m.
    City Council Chamber, 2nd floor, 201 Spring Street, Springdale

    No printed time limit.
  • Bentonville City Council — 2nd and 4th Tuesday, 6:00 p.m.
    Council Chambers, City Hall, 305 SW A Street, Bentonville

    Sign-up required. 3 minutes
  • Siloam Springs Board of Directors — 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
    City Administration Building, 400 N. Broadway, Siloam Springs

    No written public-comment rule published.
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Latest in Arkansas
  • Six Arkansas cities ended or let Flock contracts expire; a seventh suspended — Arkansas Advocate, August 19, 2026
  • Centerton City Council voted to remove its Flock cameras — NWA Democrat-Gazette; NWA Homepage (KNWA/KFTA), August 11, 2026
  • Searcy City Council voted unanimously to end its Flock contracts — Deltaplex News; KARK, August 13, 2026

3 of the Northwest Arkansas governing bodies listed on this site have already ended their contracts.