# Benton County SO Camera Locations and System Status
On 2026-07-22, the [[Benton County Sheriff's Office]] supplied eight exact Flock coordinate/site records and brief status statements after consulting its I.T. staff. On 2026-08-03 it clarified site operation, produced the P1873 permit packet, reported active Motorola/WatchGuard model counts, and identified County custodians for contracts and drones (Gmail messages `19f8a34219dd9e6f` and `19fc92818daf13aa`).
## Flock camera/site records
The agency introduced the list as “The locations of our flock cameras are as follows.” Its August 3 follow-up says the two `"not installed/in permitting"` points remain uninstalled and `"all others are installed and operational"`. That is an agency status statement, not independent device-health or as-built verification.
| Site record | Exact disclosed coordinate | Direction as disclosed | Evidence reading |
|---:|---|---|---|
| 1 | `36.277285, -94.580981` | East bound | Agency says installed and operational as of 2026-08-03; not independently verified |
| 2 | `36.180664, -94.498697` | East Bound | Agency says installed and operational as of 2026-08-03; not independently verified |
| 3 | `36.337569, -94.460463` | North Bound | Agency says installed and operational as of 2026-08-03; not independently verified |
| 4 | `36.334058, -94.445344` | East Bound | **“Not installed in permitting”** |
| 5 | `36.325075, -94.456793` | “Sount Bound” | **“Not installed in permitting”**; source typo preserved, normalized to southbound only in explanatory prose |
| 6 | `36.342074, -94.061816` | East and West Bound | Agency says installed and operational; one coordinate with two directions; device count still not stated |
| 7 | `36.294304, -94.110522` | North Bound | Agency says installed and operational as of 2026-08-03; not independently verified |
| 8 | `36.374460, -94.098512` | North Bound | Agency says installed and operational as of 2026-08-03; not independently verified |
Source: Gmail thread `19f89ef48ae73103`, messages `19f8a34219dd9e6f` and `19fc92818daf13aa`.
### P1873 identifies a BCSO/Flock relocation plan, not a crosswalk to site record 1
[[Benton County P1873 Flock Relocation Permit]] supplies the missing permit and plan. Its `#07 W HWY 12 @ GENTRY - RELOCATION` point is `36.276600, -94.579146`, looking southeast (`P1873...Signed.pdf`, p. 11). That point is **7.2 meters** from ARDOT's P1873 GIS row `36.276654, -94.579190`, but **181.3 meters** from BCSO site record 1. The permit therefore identifies the ARDOT row's BCSO/Flock project without establishing that site record 1 is the same camera, an old position, or a replacement position.
## Sharing statement
BCSO wrote: “All flock cameras are shared to all other Arkansas agencies that have flock also.” The attached [[SharedNetworks 2026-07-22 Snapshot]] is broader than that sentence: it contains Arkansas reciprocal relationships, but also many configured outbound relationships to out-of-state, federal, private, and community-labeled organizations. The sentence is therefore treated as a nonexclusive description of statewide sharing, not as a certification that Arkansas peers are the only recipients.
## WatchGuard / Motorola video
The agency says its in-car and body-worn “Watchguard (now Motorola)” cameras are not connected to cloud services and “download locally via Wi-Fi to on prim storage.” On August 3 it reported `"47 m500’s 73 4re’s and 164 v300 or v700 that show active"` while saying it has no body-camera inventory beyond those counts and that Motorola contracts are held by the County Judge (Gmail message `19fc92818daf13aa`). The statement does not split V300 from V700 or provide a native inventory, serials, assignments, dates, retention, server architecture, or contract terms.
## Drones and aviation
BCSO says its drones are deployed ad hoc for operations, are not connected to ALPR cloud services, are not fed to cloud-based programs, and are not part of a Drone as First Responder auto-launch system. The August 3 response adds, `"EMA under the county judge has the drones"` (Gmail message `19fc92818daf13aa`). It separately says its OH-58 fleet has no downlink capability; one older FLIR8500 is installed on N134SD, while N131SD has only a spotlight. These are capability/status and custody statements, not substitute inventories, flight logs, policies, FAA records, procurement files, or deployment histories.
## Marine Division and sonar
> [!contradiction] Boat-camera status is unresolved
> The FOIA email states, “our marine division does not have cameras on our boats.” The official Marine Unit page, metadata-modified 2026-03-25 and still live on 2026-07-22, says the unit uses “boat-mounted radar, infrared cameras, and underwater sonar” (primary public record, [official Marine Unit page](../../../../web%20archive/2026-07-22/sheriff.bentoncountyar.gov/marine-unit.md)). Asked to reconcile the two, the custodian replied, `"No records found, it will most likely just need to be updated"` (Gmail message `19fc92818daf13aa`). Stale web copy is now the leading explanation, but no dated inventory, removal, disposal, or maintenance record was produced. See [[T015 - Benton County Marine Camera Status]].
The email also says sonar has not been deployed since a linked missing-kayaker incident. That statement concerns use since an incident, while the official page concerns capability; it is not by itself a separate contradiction.
## 1033 assets
BCSO identifies one Oshkosh M-ATV and one MRAP as the material 1033-program assets, apart from Conex storage boxes and small tools. No transfer documents, serial/asset identifiers, acquisition dates, disposition records, or equipment inventories accompanied the statement.
## Coverage boundary
The August 3 supplement resolves the P1873 request in part and identifies County custodians for Motorola contracts and EMA drones. It offers current or historical SharedNetworks/Network Audit exports and six-month ALPR reports on USB, but those files remain undelivered. Complete device inventories, WatchGuard procurement and policy records, P1873 closeout/as-built records, drone/aviation/marine inventories and logs, 1033 transfer records, architecture, procurement, and bounded communications remain unproduced or referred elsewhere.