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Jones County approves multiple law-enforcement technology agreements including TheSheriffApp and ALPR camera permissions
Summary
The Commissioners Court approved a memorandum of understanding joining the Texas Sheriff's App program and authorized multiple agreements to install license-plate recognition equipment alongside vendor contracts with Flock Safety System and TXDOT agreements.
The Jones County Commissioners Court on May 26 approved a package of law-enforcement technology agreements, including a memorandum of understanding to participate in the Texas Sheriff's App program and multiple approvals to deploy license-plate recognition equipment.
The court approved a memorandum of understanding confirming Jones County Sheriff's participation in the Texas Sheriff's App program, facilitated by the Sheriff's Association of Texas in association with vendors Appriss Insights, LLC (an Equifax company) and OCV, LLC (TheSheriffApp.com). Commissioner Roy Spalding moved to approve the MOU; Commissioner Joel Spraberry seconded and the court approved the motion unanimously.
The court also approved a multiple-use agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) that allows installation of automatic license plate reader (ALPR) equipment, a supplemental agreement permitting LPR cameras within the highway right-of-way, and agreements with Flock Safety System. Motions to approve those agreements were made by Commissioners Lonnie Vivian and Joel Spraberry and seconded by Commissioner Roy Spalding; each motion carried unanimously.
The meeting record references exhibits for the MOU and vendor agreements; the agenda did not record extended debate or public comment on the items. The record does not include implementation timelines, data-retention or privacy provisions, or cost figures in the minutes; those details are expected to be in the referenced exhibits.
