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Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM – 3A <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: May 27, 2025 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> <br />FROM: Jessica Jagoe, City Administrator <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office Flock Safety Camera Discussion <br /> <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br />N/A $4,183.80 General Fund <br /> <br />Council Should Consider <br /> <br />Council should review and discuss the proposal by the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office for the <br />installation of Flock LPR Safety Cameras as a budget amendment in 2025 for the contract cities. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />At the May 12th Work Session, the City Council reviewed the 2025 budget amendment proposal <br />from the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) for the installation of 19 Flock license plate <br />reader (LPR) cameras in the contract cities. Of those, three (3) would be installed in Arden Hills. <br />Safety camera locations were identified in high traffic areas/retail areas. The RCSO has stated <br />that this proposal provides good initial coverage and is representative of patrol allocation. Safety <br />cameras are located on the borders of the contract cities to provide for maximized coverage. <br /> <br />Council direction was given to table the LPR discussion to the next Work Session with a request <br />to the RCSO to provide additional information on the following items (RCSO responses <br />provided in italics): <br /> <br />• Policy or procedure for Flock cameras (i.e., use, access, data retention, auditing)? <br />o Provided by RCSO and included with this memo as Attachment C. <br /> <br />• Who has access to the data? <br />o Supervisors and investigators. Flock does not look at the data. <br />o Distinction Between Personal Information Captured Via this Website and <br />Customer Data Captured by Flock Hardware - Flock Hardware captures footage <br />of license plates via Flock devices. This is referred to in our terms and conditions <br />as Customer Data. Flock devices do not use facial recognition or capture any <br />personally identifiable information such as name, phone number, or address. <br />Rather, Flock captures such images in public spaces where there is no