Flock Updates Privacy, Accountability, Security, and Transparency Safeguards
Publisher: Flock Safety
Dated vendor announcement changing Flock's recommended/default ALPR retention from 30 days to 7 days while preserving existing customer settings unless customers adopt the recommendation.
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Published 2026-08-13
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Flock announced a change from its 30-day recommendation/default to 7 days and stated that existing customers would keep their current retention periods unless they adopted the new recommendation. This source does not establish Mt. Juliet adoption or causation.
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What this source supports
On August 13, 2026, Flock changed its recommended/default ALPR retention period from 30 days to 7 days while stating that existing customers would keep their current periods unless they adopted the recommendation.
Claim scope: Flock vendor recommendation/default announced 2026-08-13; existing customers retained their existing periods unless they adopted the recommendation; not evidence of Mt. Juliet adoption
Claim period: Historical
Version: Published 2026-08-13 · Historical
Exact location: Section “Privacy”
Supports the vendor's recommendation/default change and its express existing-customer caveat; it does not establish a Mt. Juliet setting or policy decision.
What this source does not establish
The currently active MJPD ALPR retention configuration is not established by the reviewed public statements, written policy, ordinance, contract language, or vendor recommendation.
Status: Unresolved from reviewed records
Claim scope: Actual active vendor or system configuration as of the latest review
Claim period: Unknown
Version: Published 2026-08-13 · Historical
Exact location: Section “Privacy”
A vendor recommendation/default change does not establish whether an existing Mt. Juliet account adopted it.
Context
The current amended MJPD General Order 10D.6 sets a maximum seven-day retention period for license-plate reads unless they are retained as part of an ongoing investigation, subject to the policy's destruction conditions.
Claim scope: Current written departmental policy for license-plate reads, unless retained as part of an ongoing investigation and subject to the policy's destruction conditions; not proof of the live Flock configuration
Claim period: Current
Version: Published 2026-08-13 · Historical
Exact location: Section “Privacy”
The vendor announcement predates the identified policy amendment by six days, but does not establish that it caused the local amendment or that Mt. Juliet adopted a live configuration change.
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Flock announces a 7-day recommended/default ALPR retention period
Flock announced a change from its 30-day recommendation/default to 7 days while stating that existing customers would keep their existing periods unless they adopted the recommendation.