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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — MAY 12, 2025 10 Sheriff to be effective, they need Flock in the areas where they will get the best reach. Having listened to Mounds View and North Oaks about the impact the Flock cameras have had, he would love to see that benefit for Arden Hills residents. Councilmember Rousseau said over 5 years it will go from $8,000 to $17,000. We're doubling the cost over 5 years. She would want to see the data flows, who has access and she would also recommend that it is written into that contract that if there is a merger, acquisition or bankruptcy that they get prior approval to have that data. She will need to see that information before making any decisions. She asked if this data is being combined with other data. Commander Hankee said if they get a hit and it helps them solve a crime. The investigator will put that data into the police report. Councilmember Rousseau asked if that information is under Statute 13 or 169. Commander Hankee said if it's a criminal matter it will be 169. The informaion will be in the investigative report for those deputies. Councilmember Rousseau asked if someone could do a data request. This is public data but now they're a vendor through other government entities. Commander Hankee said if there is a request made, and it's deemed to be information they can have, we are required to provide that information. Councilmember Rousseau asked if a Safe At Home participant can opt out. Commander Hankee said someone in the Safe At Home program, would be protected and that information would not be released. Councilmember Rousseau said that may need to be looked at closer. If 30-days worth of data is released, you could follow someone from White Bear Lake. She just needs a little more information. Councilmember Monson thinks this is a good conversation. We want to give our law enforcement the tools they need. Protecting the data is important. She would like see what North Oaks did. They probably went to levels that we would like to see. She would like to see where the other cameras are. She asked if they are charging the contract cities inappropriately if it really is a full county program. She would like to see that clarity. She asked who decides what gets picked up, what gets kept, what gets used. Do they just pick the serious ones? Or are the alerts only for serious issues? Commander Hankee said it is set up so the deputies select what they get hits on. So he could request major alerts. That could be a stolen vehicle, stolen license plates, they are wanted for a domestic crime. He doesn't get the revoked drivers license and he chooses not to receive them because his phone would be going off all the time. He assumes the deputies working the later hours are selecting a lot more catagories than the officers in the day time. At night, they might pick up a revoked driver and see what's going on. The information gets entered into the system from the BCA and NCIC through the FBI. If a domestic issue occurs, they would tell dispatch to enter it into the NCIC. Flock is fed into that.