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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — MAY 12, 2025 11 Councilmember Monson asked if the alerts are for federal and state crimes. Commander Hankee confirmed. The license plate readers in the squad cars are also federal and state. Councilmember Holden asked about stolen license plates. Commander Hankee said they would get a hit on a reported stolen license plate. Councilmember Holden asked where that information comes from. Commander Hankee said it comes from the BCA. Councilmember Holden said she assumes they don't look at random license plates. She asked if they are going by only the vehicle registered to the known criminal. Do they look at a mother or a wife? Commander Hankee said if they were looking for a male and the pull up to a car and the driver is female, that's not who we're looking for. Councilmember Holden asked if they are only looking for licnese plates that are registered to the offender. Commander Hankee confirmed. He wanted to comment about an earlier statement that someone could follow someone from place to place. He said there are very tight controls over who can access that information. An investigator would have to tie it directly to a case number so they would have to say why they are going in there. Deputies that are on the streets day-to-day, just get the hits. They don't have access or ability to dive into the system. Mayor Grant summarized that he heard Council concerns regarding data safety. He understands that concern. The Flock system increases public safety. He does want to know the information on data safety, he falls on the side of public safety. After hearing Mounds View and North Oaks talk about it, he is definitely pro Flock. Councilmember Monson thinks we can have both. We can give the sheriffs a good tool and we can understand the data privacy. She doesn't think its one or the other. Mayor Grant said we need to decide, as a Council, where are we going. Do we need another work session or should it go to a Council Meeting? Councilmember Weber would like to see how the contract cities fit into the grand scheme of things. Why is this being pinned on to the cities, when he believes it is a County wide issue. He doesn't oppose the idea of the cameras. He thinks it should be billable to policing, as a whole, in the county. He would like to see that information. Councilmember Rousseau said we will be spending $70,000 on this over the next 5 years. We had a big discussion about spending $75,000 on a 20-year park master plan. That is how little funding we have. If we're going to spend money on this, we're doing it right. We won't have any liability if the Flock vendor ends up selling. She recognizes after the DNR incident where they