# City of Little Rock `CLR-2026-778` — Production Overview The City of Little Rock's response to Arkansas FOIA request `CLR-2026-778`, completed 2026-06-04. This is the **first City of Little Rock production** in the corpus and the first to document a **major-city** police surveillance program — the [[Little Rock Police Department]]'s. Where the Conway productions centered on a single vendor (Flock) and a 20-camera deployment, this production is a **near-complete procurement map of an entire metropolitan surveillance and investigative-technology stack**: automatic license plate readers, gunshot detection, mobile-phone forensic extraction, digital-evidence management, a real-time crime center integration layer, in-car/body video, intelligence link-analysis, and the connectivity and background-investigation systems around them. 55 files / ~69 MB: 50 PDFs, 3 Outlook `.msg` emails, 2 Word `.docx`. Thirteen vendor subfolders plus root-level files. The records span **2022–2025**, with relationships reaching back to **2018** (ShotSpotter) and **2020** (Flock). ## The through-line: procurement by cooperative contract and sole-source exemption Two procurement mechanisms recur across nearly every vendor in this production, and together they are the structural story of how LRPD acquires surveillance technology: 1. **Cooperative-purchasing vehicles** ([[Cooperative Purchasing Vehicle]]) — Flock (OMNIA Partners / Cobb County #23-6692-03, via reseller Insight Public Sector), Cellebrite (OMNIA EDU R191902, via reseller Carahsoft), Motorola Watchguard (Sourcewell #101223-MOT). The City "piggybacks" another government's competitively-bid contract instead of bidding its own. 2. **Competitive-bid exemptions** ([[Competitive-Bid Exemption (Sole-Source Procurement)]]) — Cellebrite, NetMotion, and PowerDMS each ride a "Competitive Requirement Exemption Request" form claiming the Arkansas single-source exemption. The **same officer, [[Latreasa Mullins-Sanders]]**, signs these exemption requests. This is the structural counterpart — and in places the mirror image — of the Conway pattern documented in [[Sole-Source Procurement Language Avoidance]] and [[ALPR Procurement Below the Appropriation Line]]: where Conway's actors worked to *strip* sole-source language to avoid scrutiny, Little Rock's procurement *affirmatively files* single-source justifications and routes spend through co-op contracts that are exempt from local bidding. Each path reduces open competition; they differ in paperwork. ## What's inside — by vendor ### Automatic license plate readers — [[Flock Safety, Inc.]] (10 files) The headline. A **$690,000, two-year renewal** of **115 Flock Falcon LPR cameras** ($345,000/yr), authorized by **Resolution No. 16,846** (adopted Oct 21, 2025) and procured via reseller **Insight Public Sector** on an OMNIA co-op vehicle. LRPD has run Flock since **2020**. Anchored on [[Flock LPR Renewal (Resolution 16846)]]. - `2025.10.31 Flock Safety LPR Camera Software Quote 0228803339 and EULA - CM APPROVED.pdf` (Insight quote, 115× FLCK-FALCON-2-LE) — plus a near-identical second copy (`202510.31 ... Softw...`). - `2025.10.21 Resolution No. 16846.pdf` — Board authorization, $690,000. - `2025.10.31 CAO Memorandum regarding Flock Contract Renewal.pdf` — City Attorney (Sherri Latimer) EULA-risk memo to the City Manager. - `2025.09.30 IT Technology Approval Form for Flock LPR Contract Renewal.pdf`. - `2025.09.08` / `2025.09.09` / `2025.10.09 LRPD Memorandum regarding Flock ... Renewal.pdf` — the RTCC/Tech-Unit renewal memos up the chain of command. - `2024.10.15 Master Service Agreement - FULLY EXECUTED.pdf` and `Pilot Service Agreement 10.15.24 - FULLY EXECUTED.pdf` — the underlying Flock MSA (the two files have identical extracted text; apparent duplicate). ### Mobile-device forensic extraction — [[Cellebrite]] (5 files) — *deep-dive* Phone **unlocking and data extraction**. LRPD bought Cellebrite UFED / Inseyets software + Physical Analyzer + **40 cloud device "unlocks"** (~$20,709 via Carahsoft/OMNIA) and signed a 36-month **Advanced Services** lab agreement. Justified as **single-source**. Anchored on [[Cellebrite Inseyets-UFED Purchase (Carahsoft Quote 49570615)]] and [[Cellebrite Advanced Services Agreement]]. - `LRPD_Cellebrite_Approved_10.17.24_Comp. Exemption Form.pdf`, `Carahsoft_Cellebrite_Quote 49570615_2024 - 2025.pdf`, `Carasoft_Cellbrite/2024.10.07 Cellebrite General Terms and Conditions for Advanced Services - FULLY EXECUTED.pdf`, `RE_ For Vendor Execution_ Cellebrite ... FID41444_.msg`, `Email with Carahsoft Regarding Vendor Info_10.28.24.pdf`. ### Digital-evidence management — [[NICE Systems]] (2 files) — *deep-dive* **NICE Investigate** cloud — **$100,000/yr**, *"unlimited automatic transcription — all playable video/audio transcribed upon ingestion,"* geo-redundant storage, 9,423-case capacity. Anchored on [[NICE Investigate (MRA and Order 00479378)]]. - `NICE/2025.06.13 NICE Systems Inc. Master Relationship Agreement - FULLY EXECUTED.pdf`, `NICE/2025.06.13 NICE Systems Inc. Order 00479378 with Exhibits and Attachments - FULLY EXECUTED.pdf`. ### Real-time crime center integration — [[Fusus]] (2 files) A Fusus (now an [[Axon Enterprise, Inc.]] company) "video and data collaboration platform" — fususONE/CORE/VAULT, a **community camera registry**, 1,500 simultaneous public/private video feeds, a CJIS-compliant evidence vault. 36-month term; addressed (2022) to "Chief Wayne Bewley." - `Fusus + Little Rock contract - fully executed.pdf`, `Fusus/15763.pdf`. ### Gunshot detection — [[SoundThinking]] (formerly ShotSpotter) (3 files) ShotSpotter acoustic gunshot detection over a **two-square-mile** coverage area, operational since **Aug 10, 2018**; the 2025 First Amendment (Ordinance 22,602) adds **CaseBuilder** investigation-management software (~$188,000 total). - `SoundThinking/2025.05.19 First Amendment to the ShotSpotter Agreement ... - FULLY EXECUTED.pdf`, `SoundThinking/SoundThinking formerly Shotspotter Article.pdf`, `Resolution 16202.pdf` (the Jan 2024 $149,500 ShotSpotter extension). ### In-car video + evidence cloud — [[Motorola Solutions]] / Watchguard (8 files) Twenty additional **Watchguard M500** in-car video (MVR) kits — DVR + in-car cameras + docking — at **$129,996** via Sourcewell, plus the cloud video storage ("Evidence Library" / iCloud) for MVR & body-camera footage. - `Motorola_Watchguard/2025.06.16 Motorola Solutions Quote No. 3169422(208122.1).pdf`, `Motorola_Watchguard/2025.06.24 LRPD Memorandum ... M500 Vehicle Kits(208121.1).pdf`, `Watchguard M500 Vehicle Kit Purchase Resolution FINAL(205734.1).docx`, `Watchguard M500 Vehicle Kit Purchase Board Communication FINAL(205733.1).docx`, `Motorola contract review for iCloud purchase.pdf`, `Motorola_iCloud/2024 iCloud Storage Invoice Motorola.pdf`, `Resolution 22331 iCloud.pdf`, `RE APPROVED - Purchase Request of Cloud Video Storage for MVRs BWCs.pdf.msg`. ### Other surveillance & investigative systems - **[[Callyo]]** (2) — covert/undercover communications: `Callyo/2025.08.15 Callyo Proposal No. R21508 - APPROVED.pdf`, `Callyo/2025.08.15 Callyo Subscription Software Agreement - FULLY EXECUTED.pdf`. - **[[i2 Group]]** (1) — Analyst's Notebook + iBase **link analysis** for Special Investigations, Major Crimes, and the RTCC; $11,916.36/yr (vendor N. Harris Computer Corp): `i2 Renewal Quote 2024.pdf`. - **[[Guardian Alliance Technologies]]** (3) — applicant **background investigations**: `Guardian/Signed_ Background Solutions Agreements with Guardian Alliance Technologies.pdf`, `Dept. Approval Memo - Guardian Alliance.pdf`, `StrategicQuote_Guardian116820_Omnia.pdf`. - **[[NetMotion]]** (3) — mobile VPN for secure CJIS data / video offload (sole-source, $30,064.80/yr via reseller Aercor): `Competitive Exemption_LRPD_NetMotion_2024_Approved.pdf`, `Renewal Quote_03.12.24 - 03.22.25.pdf`, `Funding Source Renewal_03.12.21 - 03.22.25.pdf`. - **[[Utility Associates]]** (2) — Rocket Modems + Polaris in-vehicle connectivity for **225 patrol vehicles**, $79,000/yr: `Utility Associates/APPROVED - Request for Utility Renewal with Rocket Modems Polaris ($79000.00).pdf`, `Utility Associates/16787 Utility 2025.pdf`. ### State systems and administrative tooling (inventory; not vendor-paged in this first pass) - **ACIC** (1) — Arkansas Crime Information Center warrant/plate/gun query access, $43,950/yr (memo from Chief [[Heath Helton]]): `ACIC Renewal Quote 04.01.24 - 03.31.25.pdf`. See [[ACIC NCIC Hot-List Feed]]. - **PowerDMS** (1, policy-management; sole-source): `LRPD_PowerDMS_Comp Exemp Form_Approved_10.14.24.pdf`. - **JustFOIA** (1, records-request portal): `Just FOIA/2025.05.16 JustFOIA Proposal Quote No. 35880 ... - FULLY EXECUTED.pdf`. - **Fleetio** (1, fleet-maintenance): `Fleetio/2025.04.30 Fleetio Order Form and Terms of Service - FULLY EXECUTED.pdf`. - **First Arriving** (2, station dashboards): `First Arriving/2025.07.17 ... Order Form` and `... Master Services and Service Level Agreements - FULLY EXECUTED.pdf`. - **Apricot** (1, software approval): `Apricot Software Approval Request 2024.pdf`. - **SHI** (1, reseller quote): `SHI/SHI Quote-25196911.pdf`. - **Not yet matched to a specific subject** (best-effort): `Close Contract Request.msg`, `Competitive Exemption Form_Approved.pdf`, `Dept. Approval Quote_09.26.24 - 09.25.25.pdf`, `Dept. Approval Memo_2024.pdf`, `invoice_776457.pdf`, `Quote 2024.pdf`. ## Procurement summary (dollar figures stated in the records) | Vendor / system | What | Amount (per record) | Vehicle / basis | |---|---|---|---| | Flock Safety (Insight) | 115 Falcon LPR cameras, 2-yr renewal | **$690,000** ($345,000/yr) | OMNIA #23-6692-03; Res. 16,846 | | SoundThinking / ShotSpotter | Gunshot detection + CaseBuilder | **$188,000** (2025); $149,500/yr prior | Ord. 22,602; Res. 16,202 | | Motorola Watchguard | 20× M500 in-car kits + warranty + cloud | **$129,996** | Sourcewell #101223-MOT | | NICE Investigate | Digital-evidence-management cloud | **$100,000/yr** | MRA + Order 00479378 | | Utility Associates | Rocket Modems / Polaris, 225 vehicles | **$79,000/yr** | Existing agreement renewal | | ACIC | State warrant/plate/gun query access | **$43,950/yr** | State (sole source) | | NetMotion (Aercor) | Mobile VPN | **$30,064.80/yr** | Sole-source exemption | | Cellebrite (Carahsoft) | Phone extraction + 40 unlocks | **~$20,709**; exemption ~$21,136 | OMNIA R191902; sole-source | | i2 (N. Harris) | Link-analysis software | **$11,916.36/yr** | Renewal | ## FOIA correspondence trace Correspondence is in Gmail, not in `raw/` (per AGENTS.md). Sender: `[email protected]` (the City's JustFOIA portal). | Date / time (UTC) | Event | Gmail thread | |---|---|---| | 2026-05-27 16:04 | Request submitted; reference **`CLR-2026-778`**, security key `C530493F` | `19e6a2df41146ba9` | | 2026-06-04 20:20 (3:20 PM CDT) | Production **completed**; responsive records released on the portal | `19e944b0d480fc4f` | | 2026-06-04 ~17:13 (CDT, portal time) | `Records_Request_Download_CLR-2026-778_...zip` downloaded (~69 MB) | — | An 8-day turnaround. Distinct from the parallel **Little Rock Police** portal request `PDFOI-2026-1874` (filed 2026-05-20), which is still pending. ## Key takeaways - **This is a metro-scale surveillance architecture, not a single product.** The records document at least ten distinct surveillance/investigative systems in active service at LRPD, several of them feeding a **[[Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC)]]** that the Flock, i2, and Utility memos all reference. - **Two Israeli-headquartered vendors sit at the center of LRPD's data-extraction and evidence-management capability.** [[Cellebrite]] (phone unlocking/extraction) and [[NICE Systems]] (digital-evidence management with automatic transcription of all video/audio) are both documented here. The Cellebrite contract itself ties the technology to **Israeli export-control law** and permits cross-border transfer of extracted personal data; see [[Cellebrite Advanced Services Agreement]]. - **Procurement avoids open local bidding by design.** Every large purchase rides either a cooperative-purchasing vehicle ([[Cooperative Purchasing Vehicle]]) or a single-source exemption ([[Competitive-Bid Exemption (Sole-Source Procurement)]]). Board resolutions ratify; they do not competitively bid. - **Flock is older and larger here than in Conway.** 115 cameras since 2020 vs. Conway's 20 cameras since 2025. The renewal carries the same [[Non-Appropriation Clause as Sales Tool]] structure (Year 2 cancellable only on non-appropriation). - **The RTCC is the integrating hub.** [[Fusus]] (camera integration), [[Flock Safety, Inc.]] (LPR), [[i2 Group]] (link analysis), [[SoundThinking]] (gunshot detection) and [[Motorola Solutions]] (in-car video) all converge there — the architecture the synthesis [[Competing ALPR Vendors and the Real-Time Crime Center]] anticipates. ## People and orgs mentioned - [[Heath Helton]] — Chief of Police, LRPD. - [[Courtney Bewley]] — Lieutenant, Technology & Equipment Unit Commander; recurring renewal signatory. - [[James Phillips]] — Sergeant, Real-Time Crime Center; originates the Flock renewal memo. - [[Christna Plummer]] — Major; notice contact on the [[NICE Systems]] agreement. - [[William High]] — Detective; Cellebrite mobile-forensics requester. - [[Latreasa Mullins-Sanders]] — Administrative Services Finance Manager; signs the competitive-bid exemption requests (Cellebrite, NetMotion). - Other officials named (not individually paged this pass): Mayor Frank Scott, Jr.; City Manager Delphone Hubbard; City Attorney Thomas M. Carpenter; Sr. Deputy City Attorney Sherri Latimer; Senior Procurement Analyst Lisa King; Asst. Chiefs Troy Ellison and Micheal Miller; Majors Ty Tyrrell and Jonathan Prater; Lts. Natalie Ball and Kenneth Baker. - Vendors: [[Cellebrite]], [[NICE Systems]], [[Flock Safety, Inc.]], [[Fusus]], [[SoundThinking]], [[Motorola Solutions]], [[Callyo]], [[i2 Group]], [[Guardian Alliance Technologies]], [[NetMotion]], [[Utility Associates]]. Resellers / co-ops (overview only): Carahsoft, Insight Public Sector, SHI, Aercor, OMNIA Partners, Sourcewell. ## Concepts invoked - [[Competitive-Bid Exemption (Sole-Source Procurement)]] · [[Cooperative Purchasing Vehicle]] · [[Mobile Device Forensic Extraction]] · [[Digital Evidence Management Cloud]] - [[Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC)]] · [[Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR)]] · [[CJIS Compliance]] · [[ACIC NCIC Hot-List Feed]] · [[Non-Appropriation Clause as Sales Tool]] ## Events documented - [[2025-10 Little Rock Renews Flock LPR (Resolution 16846)]] - [[2024-10 Little Rock Contracts Cellebrite Phone Forensics (Sole-Source)]] - [[2025-06 Little Rock Adopts NICE Investigate Evidence Platform]] - [[2025-04 Little Rock Renews ShotSpotter and Adds CaseBuilder (Ordinance 22602)]] ## Surveillance-PII handling The production is a procurement record and contains little operational PII (no plate reads, hot lists, or audit logs appear). It does contain government employees' **work** contact details (officers' and procurement staff's office emails and phone numbers) and, on the payment/quote records, vendor banking and customer account identifiers. Per AGENTS.md, the wiki names officials by **name, title, and official role** but does not reproduce direct phone numbers, personal emails, or any bank-account / routing / payment-card numbers. Where a record carries such identifiers, the source page notes their presence without reproducing them. ## Open questions / follow-ups 1. **Scope of the request vs. the production.** The `CLR-2026-778` request text lives in Gmail and is not reproduced in `raw/`. The production reads as a broad surveillance/technology-procurement pull; whether it is complete for every vendor and year (e.g., the full Flock contract history 2020→2024, or all Cellebrite renewals) cannot be verified from the production alone. 2. **Where extracted phone data and evidence are stored.** The [[Cellebrite]] Advanced Services model sends devices/data to Cellebrite labs and permits cross-border transfer; the [[NICE Systems]] and Motorola clouds hold transcribed video/audio evidence. The records establish the contractual permissions but not the actual data-residency or retention practice. 3. **The full Flock history.** Resolution 16,846 references an initial 2020 contract and a Nov 2024 renewal (Res. 16,489) not produced here. The pre-2024 Flock record is referenced but not included. 4. ~~**Several administrative files are unidentified**~~ — **resolved 2026-06-05 on closer review.** The previously-flagged files now resolve as: - `Close Contract Request.msg` → **SHI Fusus Contract #1577 close-out** (Mullins-Sanders ↔ Lisa King 2024-10-08–10 thread documenting the post-Axon-acquisition transition to a direct-Axon Fusus contract). Anchored to [[Fusus]]. Surfaces a previously-unrecorded **Resolution 16,125 (October 2023)** — a supplemental Fusus appropriation not in the production. - `Competitive Exemption Form_Approved.pdf` → **[[i2 Group]] sole-source exemption (Lines 18 + 21)** signed by Amanda B. Jones, Grants Manager (not Mullins-Sanders), approved by Vitesh Patel, Procurement Manager (also not Lisa King). Different signature path because i2's procurement runs through Finance/Grants rather than LRPD/Procurement. - `Dept. Approval Quote_09.26.24 - 09.25.25.pdf` → **PowerDMS Annual Continuation Fee memo** ($23,161.97), Lt. J. Wheeler → Major J. Neufer. Documents shared LRPD/LRFD cost split for the policy/training management platform. - `Dept. Approval Memo_2024.pdf` → **Cellebrite direct quote memo** (2024-08-06), Sgt. [[Stephanie Whitaker]] direct Cellebrite Inc. Quote Q-404989-1 at $22,577.05 (subsequently superseded by the OMNIA-cooperative Carahsoft quote at $20,709.42). Memo also surfaces the LRPD-Cellebrite history "since 2018" and identifies the two certified operators (William High, Loni Lichti). - `invoice_776457.pdf` → **Fleetio invoice** for fleet-maintenance subscription ($25,992.00; the order form is `Fleetio/2025.04.30 Fleetio Order Form and Terms of Service - FULLY EXECUTED.pdf`). - `Quote 2024.pdf` → **CovertTrack Group, Inc. covert GPS stealth-tracking estimate** ($3,000 for 5 trackers, 2024 calendar year). A **14th vendor not surfaced in the initial inventory** — see [[CovertTrack Group, Inc]]. 5. **`PDFOI-2026-1874`** (the parallel Little Rock *Police* portal request) is still pending and may produce ALPR-specific operational records (audit logs, hot lists, sharing configurations) that this procurement production does not contain. ## Additional findings (2026-06-05) Several findings beyond the initial inventory's scope, surfaced on closer review: - **The Watchguard M500 procurement scaled to 36 kits / $233,992.80, not the 20 kits / $129,996 listed above.** The Motorola Solutions Quote No. 3169422 (2025-06-16) priced the initial 20-kit configuration; the **Board Communication** and the **Watchguard M500 Vehicle Kit Purchase Resolution** drafts both authorize **36 kits / $233,992.80**, split-funded from **State Asset Forfeiture Account No. 110520-60200** ($103,996.80) plus **Special Project Account No. S52C520 (LRPD Fencing Project surplus)** ($129,996.00). See [[Motorola Solutions]] for the full scope, and [[Asset-Forfeiture Funding for Surveillance Procurement]] for the funding-source pattern. - **Motorola's product line at LRPD is much broader than just Watchguard MVR + iCloud storage.** Quote-2064723 (the $850,520 sole-source quote underneath Ord. 22,331) provisions the full **CommandCentral** suite — Records Management, Field Response Application, Community Interaction Tool, CommandCentral Evidence Plus, plus 1000 GB CommandCentral Storage — across approximately 557 video devices. See [[Motorola Solutions]] for the breakdown. - **SoundThinking is ARPA-funded** (Federal American Rescue Funds Account No. 270529-G0601 AR52A per Resolution 16,202). The same federal funding source Conway used for its Flock LPR procurement (per Tiffany Maddox's reference). - **The Motorola iCloud Ord. 22,331 carries an emergency clause** — the procedural device that lets the sole-source ordinance take effect immediately upon Board passage, bypassing the usual 30-day waiting period. Year-3 invoice (2025-01-01, Transaction Number 1187138740) is **$390,715.00**. - **NetMotion sole-source is Arkansas exemption #26 (proprietary-software renewal), NOT #44 (single source).** The corpus shows three distinct sole-source-pattern tracks at LRPD: #18 (renewal, i2), #21 (single source, i2), #26 (proprietary-software renewal, NetMotion), and #44 (single source, Cellebrite Advanced Services + PowerDMS). See [[Competitive-Bid Exemption (Sole-Source Procurement)]] for the comparison. - **Apricot is a Bonterra/Social Solutions case-management product for the LRPD Community Response Team (social workers embedded with LRPD), not surveillance per se.** Funded from ARPA Social Workers (271529 G0316AR52A 63390). The SHI Quote 25196911 is a separate Bonterra product — Impact Management Enterprise, $44,516 on NASPO CTR060028. Two distinct Bonterra products are in the corpus. - **The LRPD staffing data surfaces on the Guardian Alliance Account Activation Request** (2024-07-08): 705 total personnel, 595 authorized sworn strength, 516 actual sworn officers. The corpus's clearest LRPD staffing-level documentary anchor. - **The Fusus 2022 contract is the original; Resolution 16,125 (October 2023) is a supplemental Fusus appropriation referenced but not in this production.** See [[Fusus]] for the full procurement chain through the 2024 post-Axon-acquisition transition. ## Anticipated future productions - The Conway PD `PD-2026-477` appeal response from Vickers (filed 2026-05-28, denying the items-D/G/H/I withholdings on substance and announcing a City-requested Arkansas AG opinion) was ingested 2026-06-05 — see [[2026-05-27 Conway PD Maintains Withholding on Appeal]]. - The parallel LRPD `PDFOI-2026-1874` Item 2 Flock-emails portion is due 2026-06-16 5:00 PM per Davis's 2026-05-26 § 25-19-105(e) certification. - The Pulaski County Government successor FOIA to the closed PCSO `#26-808` was submitted 2026-06-05 via the County's NextRequest portal. - The ASP rolling production is in flight after Roach's 2026-06-05 09:54 CDT substantive route map.