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Des Moines police outline Flock plate-reader program, propose online transparency portal
Summary
The police chief described the city’s Flock automated license-plate reader program, saying 15 cameras went live in June 2023, data are encrypted and retained 30 days, national searching was disabled, and staff recommended a public transparency portal showing camera locations and daily search logs.
The Des Moines Police Department briefed the City Council on the city’s automated license-plate reader (ALPR) system and recommended publishing a transparency portal that would let the public view camera locations, who can access data and daily search logs.
The chief, identified in the transcript only as “Chief,” said the city contracted with Flock and that the system was fully operational by June 2023 with 15 devices installed. He described two primary uses: a proactive hot-list alert that pings officers when a vehicle on a statewide hot list enters the city and an investigative tool that allows staff to search 30 days of cloud-stored images for specific criteria such as plate, state, body…
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