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Polk County approves use of Flock Cameras in unincorporated areas; police chief offers initial funding
Summary
The Polk County Board of Commissioners approved use of Flock Cameras by the Polk County Police Department in unincorporated areas and recorded that Chief Evans offered to use Drug Seizure Funds to pay for the first two years of service. The motion passed unanimously.
The Polk County Board of Commissioners voted to allow the Polk County Police Department to use Flock Cameras in unincorporated areas of the county at a called meeting on July 9, 2025.
Chief Evans told the board that she would use Drug Seizure Funds to cover the first two years of service for installing the Flock Cameras at strategic locations. Commissioner John Paschal moved to approve the use of Flock Cameras by the Polk County Police Department in unincorporated Polk County; Commissioner Linda Liles seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
The transcript records the board's approval and the source of initial funding as described by Chief Evans but does not include technical specifications, contract terms, deployment locations, data retention policies, or public comment about privacy implications. Those details, if prepared or discussed elsewhere, are not part of this meeting transcript.
