Chief of Police Todd Smith briefed council on the city's planned Flock Safety automated license‑plate reader (ALPR) deployment and the accompanying policy framework. Key points presented:

- Equipment and costs: The FY2024–25 budget included $34,050 for first‑year costs (installation of nine cameras). Estimated ongoing annual costs are approximately $27,000.
- Function and limits: The cameras capture rear vehicle images and plate data; the system can match plates to "hot lists" (stolen vehicles, missing persons, wanted vehicles). Chief emphasized the system will not be used for traffic citations, immigration enforcement or behavioral monitoring; it does not perform facial recognition.
- Access and governance: Access is restricted to authorized law‑enforcement personnel; officers will receive training; searches are limited (sergeants/lieutenant and CID will conduct searches, patrol officers receive alerts). Monthly audits will be conducted and data is retained 30 days unless retained as evidence for an active investigation.
- Public transparency and review: A public transparency portal will show aggregate camera activity and hit counts; staff plans to go live in August after testing and final policy adoption. The deployment is a one‑year contract, after which staff will perform a cost‑benefit analysis and report results to council.

Council members asked about search criteria, thresholds for activation, camera locations and cross‑jurisdictional data sharing; chief and staff explained operational safeguards, the ability to accept hot‑list data via NCIC/TCIC and the need to coordinate alerts with neighboring agencies for fast moving incidents. Council did not take a formal vote on the system at the meeting; the item was presented for review and policy feedback.