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Council authorizes police to access Flock camera data on housing authority property
Summary
The council authorized the police chief to sign a memorandum of understanding allowing Enterprise Police Department access to video data from Flock camera systems installed on Enterprise Housing Authority property; council members noted prior concerns about surveillance cameras and clarified the city will not own the devices.
The Enterprise City Council voted to authorize the police chief to execute a memorandum of understanding (MOU) giving the police department access to video data from Flock Group camera systems that the Enterprise Housing Authority (EHA) is installing on its properties.
An exchange during the work session made clear the cameras are not being purchased by the City of Enterprise. The police chief said, “This is not something that the city of Enterprise is purchasing. This is through the, Enterprise Housing Authority. This would give our police department access to the data collected on those cameras.” A council member asked for confirmation that the cameras “are just on their property,” and the chief replied, “Just just on their property. Yes, sir. Yep.”
Council members acknowledged past concerns about camera deployments but did not record additional restrictions in the MOU during the meeting. The motion to authorize the police chief to execute the MOU passed on a voice vote; those present said “aye.”
The council record shows the MOU is between the Enterprise Police Department and Flock Group, Incorporated and that it was authorized to be executed on behalf of the Enterprise Housing Authority. The council did not include additional conditions on the public record during the vote.
No formal purchase by the city was authorized at the meeting, and the chief and staff noted that some subdivisions and an educational institution had independently purchased similar systems in the past.
The council’s authorization allows city police to have access to data from cameras located on EHA property under the terms of the MOU.
