# Resolution 16489 and the 30-Cameras Discrepancy This page documents a discrepancy in the February 2025 amendment to the Little Rock Police Department's Flock LPR resolution (an amendment to Resolution 16489). The public-facing resolution language and a citizen Freedom of Information Act request both describe "30 new cameras to be purchased under resolution 16,489," while internal LRPD emails from a department major and the finance/administrative-services manager insist no new cameras were being bought and that the amendment was a one-year subscription and software renewal. The record in this production states both framings within a two-day window in early February 2025 and shows LRPD staff flagging the resolution language as wrong before a Board of Directors agenda meeting. ## What's inside The relevant material appears in `chunk_01.txt` of the PDFOI-2026-1874 extraction (Emails 1-24.pdf). It includes: - A Board of Directors Communication agenda cover sheet and synopsis for the amendment to Resolution 16489 (pp. 101-102). - An internal email chain dated February 10, 2025, among Administrative Services Manager [[Latreasa Mullins-Sanders]], Police Major [[Jonathan Prater]], and the Office of the City Attorney (a paralegal), in which LRPD staff correct the Board agenda materials (pp. 103-104). - A citizen FOIA intake form submitted by a member of the public (Charles Wilson) on February 11, 2025, requesting records on the Flock purchase and "the 30 new cameras" (pp. 77-78). - A February 12, 2025 internal LRPD email referencing a separate FOIA (FOI #0450) that likewise asks for "payment of purchase for the 30 new cameras for the Flock System" (p. 83). The pages were exported from the LRPD mailbox of [[Domikia Davis]], whose name heads the printed pages in this chunk. ## Key takeaways - The amendment cover sheet authorizes the City Manager to contract with Insight Public to renew LRPD's Flock subscription in an amended amount, with vendor selection made through a cooperative purchasing vehicle: "A resolution to amended Resolution 16489 to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Insight Public to renew LRPD's flock subscription in the amended amount 362,000. Vendor selection was made though the OMINA [sic] Partners #23-6692-03" (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 101). The cover sheet lists the approver as "Emily Cox, Interim City Manager" (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 101). - The synopsis frames the action as a renewal and itemizes the increase: "Resolution 16489 included the renewal cost of $284,500. The amended amount is $362,000, including the cost of $77,500 to cover the license plate recognition camera with vehicle fingerprint software. The cost of the additional one-year renewal is $77,500." (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 102). The same page restates LRPD's vendor history: "Since 2020, Flock has been our provider for license plate readers..." (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 102). - Major [[Jonathan Prater]] internally challenged the resolution's wording: "I believe the language in the Flock resolution is wrong. I've looked back through my emails and this amount 77,500 should be for a one year renewal of our LPR software. I haven't seen anything requesting 30 new cameras." (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 103-104, email sent Feb. 10, 2025 3:18 PM). - [[Latreasa Mullins-Sanders]] forwarded a corrected Board Communication to the City Attorney's office, stating that the wrong document was posted online and that no new cameras were being bought: "The wrong BOD Communication is on the website for tomorrow's meeting (item #6)... [we] are not requesting to purchase any additional cameras, only to renew the subscription. Please see the comment below from our Headquarters Major, as well as the attached email." (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 103-104, email sent Feb. 10, 2025 3:42 PM). - The competing "30 new cameras" framing appears in a citizen FOIA intake form requesting, among other items, the "Most recent contract with Insight Public Sector to purchase Flock hardware and software. Location of the 30 new cameras to be purchased under resolution 16,489." (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 77-78). The form was submitted by a private individual; his contact details and residential address are present in the record but are not reproduced here. - A separate internal LRPD email (FOI #0450), sent Feb. 12, 2025 by a police sergeant to [[Latreasa Mullins-Sanders]], also adopts the new-cameras framing: "Can send me any documents of payment of purchase for the 30 new cameras for the Flock System? Thank you." (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 83). ## People and orgs mentioned - [[Jonathan Prater]] — LRPD Police Major (Headquarters); states the resolution language is wrong and that he has seen nothing requesting 30 new cameras (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 103-104). - [[Latreasa Mullins-Sanders]] — LRPD Administrative Services Manager; corrects the posted Board Communication and confirms the renewal-only position to the City Attorney's office (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 103-104). - Emily Cox — Interim City Manager, listed as approver on the amendment cover sheet (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 101). (No registry page; named here as a government employee in official role.) - A Little Rock Police Sergeant (Crystal Simmons) and a City Attorney's Office paralegal (Lynsey Russell) appear in the internal threads (Emails 1-24.pdf pp. 83, 103). Named as government employees in their work roles. - Charles Wilson — private citizen FOIA requester; named in the record but PII (email, phone, address) is not reproduced (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 77-78). - [[Domikia Davis]] — LRPD mailbox custodian whose name heads the exported pages in this chunk. - [[Flock Safety, Inc.]] — LPR vendor; the subscription being renewed (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 102). - [[Insight Public Sector, Inc.]] — reseller/procurement vehicle through which the Flock contract is routed (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 101). - [[City of Little Rock]] — Board of Directors, Office of the City Manager, and Office of the City Attorney all appear in the chain. - [[Little Rock Police Department]] — submitting department. ## Concepts invoked - [[Cooperative Purchasing Vehicle]] — vendor selection "made though the OMINA [sic] Partners #23-6692-03" via Insight Public (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 101). - [[Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR)]] — the underlying technology ("license plate readers (LPRs)"); the $77,500 add covers "the license plate recognition camera with vehicle fingerprint software" (Emails 1-24.pdf p. 102). ## Events documented - [[2025-02 Little Rock Amends Resolution 16489 Flock Renewal]] — the February 2025 amendment and its surrounding internal correction effort. ## Cross-references - Feeds tension [[T005 - Thirty New Cameras vs Renewal-Only]] (public/resolution "30 new cameras" language and citizen FOIA framing vs. internal LRPD insistence on subscription-only renewal). - Related to [[Flock LPR Deployment Expansion and Permitting Delays]] (LRPD's broader camera deployment and permitting record) and [[LRPD FOIA Handling and Disclosure Posture]] (how LRPD processed citizen Flock FOIAs). - The October 2025 Flock renewal is documented separately at [[2025-10 Little Rock Renews Flock LPR (Resolution 16846)]]. ## Open questions / follow-ups - What does the final, adopted text of the amended Resolution 16489 say? This production contains the draft Board Communication and the staff correction but not a confirmed adopted resolution; whether the public-facing "30 new cameras" language was corrected before adoption cannot be verified from these pages alone. - The synopsis states a $284,500 base and a $362,000 amended total with a $77,500 add ($284,500 + $77,500 = $362,000), but separately in this production Lt. [[Courtney Bewley]] references a Flock renewal "at a cost of over 200,000" (May 2024); reconciling these figures and timeframes against the underlying contract documents remains open. (Cross-reference per digest; the $77,500/$284,500/$362,000 figures here are verified at Emails 1-24.pdf pp. 101-102.) - Whether any physical cameras were in fact procured under this amendment (beyond the single LPR camera with vehicle-fingerprint software named in the synopsis) cannot be verified from this production; the internal emails assert none were.