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Why and how:

1

Our City officials do not understand this technology.

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“And I'm completely out of my depth when I'm talking about computers, but this is something I've talked to Mark, our IT director, about, and it's extremely cost prohibitive.”
Springdale Police Chief Derek Wright. Springdale City Council, 2:30:53, August 25, 2026.
“So I agree that we need to have those guardrails in place. And the way technology changes — you know a lot more about technology than I do — but as technology changes, we're going to find those gaps. We're going to find somebody who accessed the system who shouldn't have, and they'll be fired, and if they've done anything illegal they'll be prosecuted. But in the meantime, you're right, the damage is already done.”
Mayor of Springdale Doug Sprouse. Springdale City Council, 2:33:51, August 25, 2026.
2

The Money

Taxpayer-funded surveillance is estimated at $175 billion to $200 billion nationwide yearly. Yes, your money is helping pay for this.

Learn more about the money here

3

City officials and cops received media training on how to control the narrative and subdue the public.

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So I ask you: how can you safely implement technology you do not understand?

“the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil”
1 Timothy 6:10

Ask yourself why our taxes are being given to people who are already the richest in the world.

  1. It was passed covertly at city council under “hardware and software safety products for the police.” The agenda line read: “A Resolution entering into an agreement for hardware and software safety products for the Springdale Police Department.”
  2. City officials were then trained by Flock on how to sell it to the public. You will notice many lines they use are straight from Flock’s media training program. Check out the media training here.
  3. So to sum up. The Flock salesmen have taught the city, who is supposed to serve us, how to avoid questions and sell it to the citizens.
  4. What’s next? The Mayor and the Chief are already talking about drones.

Just in Springdale so far it is 142 connected cameras collecting data on us every time we leave home.

Springdale Police Chief Derek Wright. Email, dwright@springdalear.gov. August 31, 2026.

How it actually happened.

Act One

The money.

  1. Before any of it

    Flock publishes a guide teaching police how to pay for it.

    The company writes it for police departments and sheriff's offices. It names the federal programs by title, and it recommends asset forfeiture funds and jail commissary funds as ways to buy the cameras.

    “The Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) and COPS Technology Program are among the most widely used federal funding sources for law enforcement tech.”
    How to Fund a License Plate Reader (LPR) Program in 2026, published on flocksafety.com

    Where the money comes from

Act Two

The quiet purchase.

  1. July 14, 2025

    Flock pitches the committee.

    Flock presents to the Springdale Police & Fire Committee. A council member asks what share of passing cars the system reads.

    “A hundred percent.”
    Jordan, Flock Safety representative, answering a council member. Springdale Police & Fire Committee, July 14, 2025

    The whole meeting, in order

  2. July 22, 2025

    The Order Form is signed.

    Ten license plate readers, eight live video cameras, six community cameras, and twelve video integration gateways at sixteen streams each. $177,600 a year. $532,800 over three years.

    24 devices on the order form

    What it costs

  3. The Council vote

    It passes as safety software and hardware.

    The agenda line read: “A Resolution entering into an agreement for hardware and software safety products for the Springdale Police Department.”

Act Three

They were already buying the next one.

  1. June 24, 2026

    Flock emails the Mayor's Chief of Staff.

    The subject line is the company's, not this site's. What it is selling is drones.

    “An LPR Alert Is Only The Beginning”
    Flock, to Colby Fulfer, the Mayor's Chief of Staff. Subject line. June 24, 2026
  2. July 9, 2026

    Flock emails the Mayor directly.

    Subject: “Connected Coverage For 20 Square Miles.” Drones priced alongside the cameras the city already has.

  3. July 22, 2026 · 9:03 a.m.

    A third email arrives.

    “A More Connected Approach to Response.”

  4. 9:31 a.m.

    The Mayor forwards it to the Chief.

    Twenty-eight minutes after it arrived.

    “Chief, I'm sure you have been looking into this technology. I just wanted to pass this along in case we have an interest.”
    Mayor Doug Sprouse to Chief Derek Wright. July 22, 2026
  5. 9:35 a.m.

    Four minutes later, the Chief writes back.

    The city is already seeking grant money for the next system.

    “Thank you Mayor, there is definite interest. We are currently working on a grant to fund a project like this.”
    Chief Derek Wright, copying the Chief of Staff. July 22, 2026

    All five emails

  6. August 25, 2026

    The Chief presents to the full Council.

    In the department-head comments at the end of the agenda, after public comment has closed.

    Everything that was said

  7. August 27, 2026

    Asked who holds the data, the answer is nobody here.

    “We do not have a copy of the agreement between Flock and AWS.”
    Springdale Police Chief Derek Wright. Email, dwright@springdalear.gov. August 27, 2026

    Where the data lives

  8. August 31, 2026

    The size of it, in writing.

    Asked directly, the Chief puts a number on the network.

    “There are 142 city cameras integrated into Flock.”
    Springdale Police Chief Derek Wright. Email, dwright@springdalear.gov. August 31, 2026

    142 cameras integrated

24devices voted on
142cameras integrated

The twelve video gateways are how you get from one number to the other. Each one takes in sixteen streams.

“An LPR alert is only the beginning.”

Flock's own subject line, June 24, 2026

Combine this with all the other cities connected to the same system and you have a mass surveillance network that knows nearly everyone in this country's daily routines and habits.

How you can help

Read the contract yourself

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