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Franklin City Council receives briefing on Flock Safety license-plate readers; no action requested
Summary
City officials and a Flock Safety representative described how the city uses license-plate reader cameras for investigations, explained data access and retention rules, and said the contract decision rests with the Board of Works; council asked technical and privacy questions but took no vote.
Franklin City Council members on July 21, 2025, heard a 45-minute informational briefing on the city’s Flock Safety license-plate reader (LPR) system from City Attorney Lynn Gray, Police Chief Kirby Cochran and a Flock Safety representative, who said the technology aids investigations but that the council was not being asked to take any action.
The briefing followed a public-records request and constituent questions about whether a contract extension required council approval and about privacy protections. "This is something that we're not asking you to take any action on tonight, but this is for informational purposes only," City Attorney Lynn Gray told the council, explaining the presentation was intended to provide elected officials background to respond to constituent inquiries.
The nut of the presentation was that Franklin’s police use fixed LPR cameras to capture still images of license plates on public roads and then compare those images, in real time or during investigations, to databases such as…
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