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Royal City police to pursue officer testing for regional TRT; camera proposal deferred to 2026 budget
Summary
Officer Bronn plans to test for the regional Tactical Response Team next week with Chief Rodriguez covering duties; Chief Rodriguez renewed a request for six Flock Safety cameras, saying vendor-held encrypted data would handle public-records requests and that the council will reevaluate the purchase during next year’s budget process.
Officer Bronn previously requested permission to join the area Tactical Response Team; at the Oct. 7 meeting Chief Rodriguez said Bronn will proceed with testing next week and that Rodriguez will cover duties when Bronn is in TRT training or called into service. Council agreed to discuss the request further at the next meeting when additional council members are present.
Chief Rodriguez also revisited a proposal to install six Flock Safety cameras around town. He summarized how the system works and said the vendor retains encrypted information and handles public records requests: “all information gathered electronically is encrypted, retained by Flock and public records requests would go through them.” The council agreed to reevaluate the camera purchase as part of the 2026 budget process, including any initial and ongoing costs and the operational impacts when an officer is off-site for TRT duties.
Why it matters: changes to police staffing deployments and the addition of automated camera surveillance affect department readiness, operating costs and public-records handling.
Next steps: Officer Bronn will test for TRT as planned; Council will revisit both the TRT staffing implications and any camera purchase during the 2026 budget discussions.
