Resident urges Wapello County to end Flock Safety contract over data and audit concerns
Eric Sutherland, a resident, told supervisors he believes the county's Flock Safety automated license‑plate reader (ALPR) participation exposes vehicle location data to a national network and that changing vendor terms and restricted audit logs could conceal misuse; he urged the board to end the county's contract.
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Eric Sutherland, who said he grew up in Ottumwa and now lives in West Saint Paul, Minnesota, told the board he had become involved after noticing an ALPR site south of Eddyville. "Wapelo County's audit logs indicate that you have opted in to Flock Safety's national LPR network," Sutherland said, adding that tens of thousands of law‑enforcement officers nationwide could query that network to find where a vehicle had been without a warrant.
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