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Liberty Lake police outline how Flock license‑plate cameras are used, cite arrests and privacy safeguards
Summary
Police Chief Damon Simmons told the Liberty Lake Deep Dive podcast the city operates 19 Flock license‑plate readers, which produced about 1,000,000 unique plate reads in 2025; he said the system aided arrests and is limited to still images with 30‑day retention and restricted access.
Liberty Lake Police Chief Damon Simmons said the city operates 19 Flock license‑plate‑reading cameras and that the system has produced roughly 1,000,000 unique plate reads in 2025, a figure he said helped identify vehicles tied to crimes and led to arrests.
"The FLOCK camera takes a picture of the front or the rear of a vehicle and also the license plate. Still picture only. No video," Simmons said during a Liberty Lake Deep Dive podcast interview with host David Gaynor. He added: "You can't even tell who's in the vehicle sometime... It doesn't focus on occupants." Simmons described the images as focused on the vehicle and plate rather than people.
Simmons said the department logged more than 1,000,000 unique plate reads last year and that, over the past two years, Flock hits contributed to about 24 arrests for offenses ranging from stolen vehicles and stolen plates to suspects in serious felonies. He also said the department detected five…
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