# Flock LPR Deployment Expansion and Permitting Delays This page documents the operational mechanics of the Little Rock Police Department's (LRPD) Flock automatic license plate reader (ALPR) fleet as recorded in the PDFOI-2026-1874 email production: an active vendor-named "expansion project," camera-by-camera deployment planning at named intersections, the Flock-to-Insight procurement quotes that sized the buildout, and a chronic City of Little Rock permitting bottleneck that left a dozen paid-for cameras uninstalled for roughly a year. The record is largely 2024 correspondence between LRPD Lt. Courtney Bewley and Flock Safety project staff, with later 2025 references confirming Flex cameras still in service. The material is drawn from "Emails 1-24.pdf" (pages 102-191). ## What's inside - Confirmation that LRPD has been a Flock LPR customer since 2020 and that Flock purchases route through the reseller Insight Public Sector under a cooperative purchasing vehicle. - Three Insight/Flock quotes that sized the LRPD Falcon and Flex deployment across 2024-2025 contract terms. - A camera-level deployment map: twelve numbered cameras pending at specific named intersections, plus an explicit "expansion project" framing by Flock's project manager. - Internal LRPD frustration that twelve devices the department paid for (about $27,000 at $2,250 per device) could not be accessed because they were stuck in city permitting for roughly a year, attributable to a single permit reviewer on medical leave. - Flock's forward-looking "Full City Coverage Plan (FCC)" and a documented intent to expand the LRPD Flock footprint through public-private partnerships. ## Key takeaways **Flock has been the LRPD LPR provider since 2020.** A staff recommendation in the production states: "Since 2020, Flock has been our provider for license plate readers, with this purchase the department will continue to have the necessary intelligence, preventive and investigate tools to apprehend criminals..." (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 102, "Since 2020, Flock has been our provider for license plate readers"). This anchors the deployment described here to a multi-year vendor relationship rather than a new acquisition. **Three Insight/Flock quotes sized the deployment.** A Flock email to "Sgt. Bewley" lists the quotes that scoped the buildout: "1. Q-80915 for 25 Falcons, 5/18/2024 to 5/17/2025"; "2. Q-82714 for 70 Falcons and 5 Flex, 6/9/2024 to 6/8/2025"; and "3. Q-84131 for 20 Falcons and 5 Flex, 9/5/2024 to 9/4/2025" (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 143, "Q-82714 for 70 Falcons and 5 Flex"). The same email notes that quote Q-82714 "Includes one-time credit, paid by Flock, for quantity 6 Falcons due to installation delays" (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 143, "one-time credit, paid by Flock, for quantity 6 Falcons due to installation delays"). The presence of "5 Flex" line items in two of the three quotes documents that Falcon Flex cameras were part of the LRPD order set. **Twelve cameras were pending at specific named intersections.** Flock project staff enumerated the locations then "currently in permitting," listing twelve numbered cameras at named intersections, including "#20 Chester St @ Arkansas River Trl SB," "#26 Main St SB @ W 12th St," "#42 S Pine St WB @ I-630," "#64 N Mississippi St NB @ W Markham St," and "#110 Rahling Rd @ Kirk Rd NE" (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 145, "The locations currently in permitting are as follows"). These are infrastructure locations, not PII; the full numbered list as recorded is reproduced in the cross-references note below. **A single city reviewer on medical leave was the bottleneck.** Flock staff reported: "We were told that Bennie Nicolo has been out on medical leave and should respond to us by the end of this week on the status of these permits. Bennie Nicolo is the sole reviewer for these permits..." (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 145, "Bennie Nicolo is the sole reviewer for these permits"). A related thread records the city-side response routed through city contact Vince Floriani: "Bennie Nicolo has been out of the office last week due to health reasons" (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 142, "Bennie Nicolo has been out of the office last week due to health reasons"). **LRPD paid roughly $27,000 for cameras it could not access.** Lt. Bewley's correspondence captures the department's frustration: "This turnaround time for install is not reasonable... At this point, at a cost of $2,250 per device, we have spent $27,000 on devices we have NEVER been able to access. I hope we can work quickly to resolve this, as it stands this is not a fair use of our city's funds and a disservice to the citizens we serve." (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 148, "we have spent $27,000 on devices we have NEVER been able to access"). The same passage states "I believe that Device #20 was supposed to be installed in early 2023" (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 148, "Device #20 was supposed to be installed in early 2023"), indicating the delay had run well over a year for at least one device. **The deployment is framed as an "expansion project."** Flock's project manager wrote: "For your expansion project, we have one outstanding location that is still in the permitting process. Camera location #110 Rahling Rd @ Kirk Rd NE is expected to have the permit issued 5/1/24." (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 150, "For your expansion project, we have one outstanding location that is still in the permitting process"). **City leadership was looped in on the permitting problem.** An LRPD-internal message states: "At one point Chief talked with Director Honeywell about this and he told us we shouldn't have any issues. If the permitting staff isn't responding, having those emails could help us ask Director Honeywell to hold the proper parties responsible." (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 190, "At one point Chief talked with Director Honeywell about this"). **Flock pitched a "Full City Coverage Plan" and public-private expansion.** A Flock recap of a meeting with LRPD records: "Expanding Flock coverage: we discussed ways to increase public-private partnerships to expand your Flock footprint" and, separately, "Full City Coverage Plan (FCC): I notified the Sales team that you are wanting to get this completed to present to the new administration." (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 191, "Full City Coverage Plan (FCC)"). This documents an intent toward citywide ALPR coverage and onboarding of private-business cameras into the LE network. ## Exact device and directional nomenclature register The production supplies sixteen device-level names with corridor and travel direction. It supplies no latitude/longitude field for these devices; “exact” below means the exact produced device nomenclature, including apparent street-name misspellings. | Device | Exact produced name | Evidence state | Citation | |---:|---|---|---| | #20 | `Chester St @ Arkansas River Trl SB` | In permitting / relocation list | `Emails 1-24.pdf`, pp. 145, 150 | | #26 | `Main St SB @ W 12th St` | In permitting | same file, p. 145 | | #27 | `Hinson Rd EB @ Bear Tree Dr` | In permitting | same | | #35 | `Rebsamen Park Rd @ Murray Park EB` | In permitting / relocation list | same file, pp. 145, 150 | | #42 | `S Pine St WB @ I-630` | In permitting | same file, p. 145 | | #54 | `John Barrow Rd NB @ W 36th St` | In permitting | same | | #57 | `Fair Park Blvd SB @ W 12th St` | In permitting | same | | #64 | `N Mississippi St NB @ W Markham St` | In permitting | same | | #70 | `Mabevale @ Aston EB -` | In permitting / relocation list | same file, pp. 145, 150 | | #76 | `Sardis Rd @ Alexander Rd NB` | In permitting / relocation list | same | | #86 | `Mablevale Cut Off Rd @ Geyser Spring Rd WB` | In permitting / relocation list | same | | #110 | `Rahling Rd @ Kirk Rd NE` | Expansion-project permitting; permit expected May 1, 2024 | same file, pp. 145, 150 | | #05 | `Geyer Springs and I-30 Frontage SB` | Completed maintenance record dated April 24, 2024 | same file, p. 336 | | #29 | `W Roosevelt Rd WB @ Main St` | Completed work-order/device-health record | same file, pp. 12-13 | | #115 | `Geyer Springs Rd @ Young Rd NB` | Scheduled/completed maintenance record dated April 11, 2024 | same file, pp. 172, 257 | | #122 / Flex #07 | `Eastbound Overlook Dr at Bridgeview LN` | August 2025 Flex image-quality support record | same file, p. 710 | Page 145 was visually checked against the source scan. It actually prints `Mabevale` for #70 and `Mablevale ... Geyser Spring` for #86; those forms are retained as the exact device names even though the likely real-world street names are Mabelvale and Geyer Springs. No unproduced coordinate is geocoded or inferred from the corridor text. ## People and orgs mentioned - [[Courtney Bewley]] — LRPD lieutenant (referenced as "Sgt. Bewley" in the 2024 correspondence) who is the department's point of contact on Flock installs, permitting, and the device-access dispute. - [[James Phillips]] — LRPD RTCC figure associated with the broader Flock program in this production (named in related deployment/RTCC correspondence). - [[Flock Safety, Inc.]] — ALPR vendor; project staff (named Flock employees) coordinated installs, quotes, the expansion project, and the FCC pitch. - [[Insight Public Sector, Inc.]] — reseller through which the Flock quotes (Q-80915, Q-82714, Q-84131) were issued to LRPD. - [[City of Little Rock]] — permitting authority; the bottleneck centered on a single city permit reviewer (Bennie Nicolo) on medical leave, with city contact Vince Floriani relaying status and a city "Director Honeywell" referenced as having intervened. - [[Debra Pitts]] — RTCC technician referenced elsewhere in this production for weekly Flock camera checks (context for ongoing fleet maintenance). Bennie Nicolo and Vince Floriani are City of Little Rock employees named in their official permitting/contact capacities; "Director Honeywell" is referenced by title. No personal contact details for any individual are reproduced. ## Concepts invoked - [[Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR)]] — the Falcon and Falcon Flex devices being deployed are fixed/location-flexible ALPR cameras. - [[Cooperative Purchasing Vehicle]] — Flock hardware is procured through Insight Public Sector rather than a standalone LRPD bid. ## Events documented - Active 2024 LRPD Flock "expansion project" with camera-level deployment planning (correspondence dated April-May 2024). - A roughly one-year permitting stall on twelve paid-for cameras, with at least one device (#20) originally slated for early-2023 install. - Flock's preparation of a "Full City Coverage Plan (FCC)" to present to a new city administration (2024 timeframe). ## Cross-references - For the formal procurement and the renewal-versus-new-cameras dispute, see the related source page Resolution 16489 and the 30-Cameras Discrepancy in this production, and the procurement page Flock LPR Renewal (Resolution 16846) in CLR-2026-778. - The complete sixteen-device register is above and is also integrated into [[Arkansas ALPR Camera Coordinates and Directional Nomenclature]]. - Flex cameras: the #122 / Flex #07 support thread confirms Falcon Flex cameras remained in LRPD service after the 2024 deployment window. ## Open questions / follow-ups - How many of the twelve permitted-stalled cameras ultimately came online, and on what dates? The production confirms #110 Rahling Rd @ Kirk Rd NE was expected to be permitted 5/1/24 but does not confirm completion of the full set. - Was the ~$27,000 in paid-for-but-inaccessible device cost ever credited, refunded, or otherwise reconciled with the city? The record states the frustration but does not document a resolution. - What is the present scope of the "Full City Coverage Plan (FCC)" and which, if any, public-private camera-sharing arrangements resulted? This production documents the pitch and intent, not the outcome. - The precise relationship between the three Insight quotes (Q-80915, Q-82714, Q-84131) and the formally approved resolution dollar figures is not fully reconciled within this page's source range; see the Resolution 16489 source page.