ATTACHMENT B
Date of
Request
Information Requested Information Provided
7/22/2025 1. Organization Audit in
Flock.
2. Network Audit in Flock.
3. A list of network share
settings that include:
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/palo-alto-ca-pd
https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/Police/Public-Information-Portal/Automated-License-Plate-Recognition-ALPR https://www.paloalto.gov/News-Articles/Police-Department/Police-Receive-State-Grant-for-5M-to-Combat-Organized-Retail- Theft#:~:text=You%20Are%20Here%20:%20Home%20/%20Police, vehicles%20while%20committing%20their%20crimes. https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/administrative-services/budget-adjustments-and-monitoring/fy-2024-budget- adjustments/december/december-4th-ccm-item-4-staff-report.pdf 9/20/2025 1. Organization Audit in
Flock.
2. Network Audit in Flock.
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/palo-alto-ca-pd
11/5/2025 Name: C. Per
Org Name: Miami-Dade
FL SO
Total Networks Searched:
5889
Time Frame: 12/24/2024,
03:28:29 PM UTC
01/23/2025, 03:28:29 PM
UTC
Search Time:
01/23/2025, 03:28:36 PM
UTC
Name: T. Hut
Org Name: Palos Heights
IL PD
Total Networks Searched:
5927
Time Frame: 01/21/2025,
01:28:31 PM UTC
01/28/2025, 01:28:31 PM
UTC
Search Time:
01/28/2025, 01:28:38 PM
UTC
Name: L. Gut
Org Name: Marshall
County AL SO
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/palo-alto-ca-pd
Date of
Request
Information Requested Information Provided
Total Networks Searched:
6076
Time Frame: 01/30/2025,
02:26:12 PM UTC
01/31/2025, 02:26:12 PM
UTC
Search Time:
01/31/2025, 02:26:17 PM
UTC
11/11/2025 All images and/or video
recordings taken between
11/08/2025 and
11/10/2025 by the Flock
cameras at the following
two intersections: (1)
Alma Street and Palo Alto
Avenue (2) Middlefield
Road and Everett
Avenue.
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/palo-alto-ca-pd
Date of
Request
Information Requested Information Provided
11/11/2025 all of the images and data logs
created by all of the Flock Safety
cameras installed in the city
between 7:30 AM and 8:00 AM
on November 6, 2025
https://transparency.flocksafety.com/palo-alto-ca-pd
2/27/2026 1. Comprehensive Audit Logs
(CSV/Excel Format)
2. Aggregate Administrative
Reports
3. Directives on Redaction &
Data Integrity
The City has reviewed its files and has located records responsive to the request. Beginning this week, recognizing public interest on this topic, the Police Department will begin proactively posting on a monthly cadence partially redacted Flock search logs on the City’s ALPR website. These logs include information concerning ALPR queries performed by PAPD users, as well as queries performed by other agencies, that has not previously been released pursuant to a legal exemption.
Additionally, the City continues to use best practices to secure Palo Alto ALPR data, including a 30-day limit on data retention, requiring MOUs with other agencies for data sharing, and internal policy controls.
The audits have been published in a way that does not compromise law enforcement efforts of the Palo Alto Police Department and other law enforcement agencies. Certain data has been excluded from these audits to protect these interests pursuant to California Government Code sections 7922.000 and 7923.600. The City will not release any additional information beyond what has been published in these audit logs. Please access the Records Center at the following LINK to access records responsive to your request. You can also find this information by visiting the City's ALPR Website 3/4/2026 Attachments included in the
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The City has reviewed its files and has located records responsive to your request. Please log in to the Records Center at the following LINK to retrieve the appropriate response. Some records have been redacted to protect nonpublic contact information and/or other sensitive personal data pursuant to Gov. Code section 7922.000. Some records are exempt from disclosure pursuant to Evid. Code sections 1040 and 1041 and Gov. Code section 7927.705, under the official information privilege and/or confidential informant exemptions.
Date of
Request
Information Requested Information Provided
3/6/2026 1. A log of all queries by
outside police agencies into
the city's Flock Safety
database since the ALPR
cameras were turned on,
including the date of the query,
the reason for the query, the
date the query was fulfilled
and the name of the
requesting agency.
2. A list of settings that are
offered by Flock Safety
showing whether the police
department has enabled them
or not. Please show the
settings that were enabled on
March 1, 2026, and on March
1, 2025, to compare the two
dates.
3. Any audit reports on Flock
Safety and the ALPR data.
4. All emails between police
department employees and
Flock Safety employees since
Jan. 1, 2026.
“The City has reviewed its files and has located records responsive to the request. Beginning this week, recognizing public interest on this topic, the Police Department will begin proactively posting on a monthly cadence partially redacted Flock search logs on the City’s ALPR website. These logs include information concerning ALPR queries performed by PAPD users, as well as queries performed by other agencies, that has not previously been released pursuant to a legal exemption. Additionally, the City continues to use best practices to secure Palo Alto ALPR data, including a 30-day limit on data retention, requiring MOUs with other agencies for data sharing, and internal policy controls.
In late 2023, unbeknownst to many users including PAPD, Flock added a new “Nationwide Lookup” search feature. Using this feature, an out-of-state local law enforcement or federal agency could perform a broad search of data from Flock’s entire nationwide network of over 6000 cameras, including the 20 cameras then-deployed in Palo Alto. The feature did not enable targeted searches of any specific agency’s data. These searches could only be performed system-wide when a full 7-digit license plate number was known and only based on the articulation of a legitimate law enforcement purpose.
PAPD was first made aware of this issue in December of 2025 and subsequently learned that Flock had already disabled the feature for PAPD by late October 2024 and for all California law enforcement agencies by March 2025.
While its data was included in the “Nationwide Lookup” searchable dataset during this period, PAPD has worked with Flock to confirm that no PAPD data (i.e., license plates captured by Palo Alto cameras) was actually received by any out-of-state agency or federal agency as a result of any “Nationwide Lookup” search. In other words, PAPD had no records that matched the “Nationwide Lookup” searches performed by out of state or federal agencies.
Even though no PAPD data was shared, PAPD reviewed the searches performed by out-of-state local law enforcement and federal agencies via the “Nationwide Lookup” feature and found no instances where a search appeared to have been performed for an improper purpose. Additionally, PAPD found that no searches had been performed by ICE, Customs and Border Patrol, or the Department of Homeland Security, and that no searches appeared to be associated with immigration enforcement or reproductive rights enforcement.
In January 2026, the Department added initial information on this issue to its ALPR webpage and previously updated the information in February of 2026.
PAPD has been in contact with Flock’s executive leadership to express our concerns and, in response to PAPD’s suggestion, Flock has expressed a strong
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Request
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willingness to pursue third party verification that this issue has been resolved. While the City’s Auditor is unable to perform this task, work is underway to identify an alternate auditor. Our goal in this review would be to conduct a technical as well as operational review to confirm that Flock’s practices address the City’s expectations for security, transparency, and reporting of system features and changes.
The Department is confident that its training, Surveillance Use Policy, 30-day data retention period, and requirement of an MOU for each agency with which it shares, meet or exceed industry standards. With that, as recommended by the City Council’s Policy & Services Committee, PAPD has discussed with the Independent Police Auditor a review of its internal policies and procedures with an eye toward areas where we may be able to do even better.
Staff anticipates reporting to Council in early June with further updates on this topic.
James Reifschneider, Chief of Police”
The audits have been published in a way that does not compromise law enforcement efforts of the Palo Alto Police Department and other law enforcement agencies. Certain data has been excluded from these audits to protect these interests pursuant to California Government Code sections 7922.000 and 7923.600. Please access the Records Center at the following LINK to access records responsive to your request.
Date of
Request
Information Requested Information Provided
3/10/2026 The monthly network audit
and organization audit from
Flock Safety for each month
from Jan. 1, 2025, until March
10, 2026.
“The City has reviewed its files and has located records responsive to the request. Beginning this week, recognizing public interest on this topic, the Police Department will begin proactively posting on a monthly cadence partially redacted Flock search logs on the City’s ALPR website. These logs include information concerning ALPR queries performed by PAPD users, as well as queries performed by other agencies, that has not previously been released pursuant to a legal exemption. Additionally, the City continues to use best practices to secure Palo Alto ALPR data, including a 30-day limit on data retention, requiring MOUs with other agencies for data sharing, and internal policy controls. In late 2023, unbeknownst to many users including PAPD, Flock added a new “Nationwide Lookup” search feature. Using this feature, an out-of-state local law enforcement or federal agency could perform a broad search of data from Flock’s entire nationwide network of over 6000 cameras, including the 20 cameras then-deployed in Palo Alto. The feature did not enable targeted searches of any specific agency’s data. These searches could only be performed system-wide when a full 7-digit license plate number was known and only based on the articulation of a legitimate law enforcement purpose. PAPD was first made aware of this issue in December of 2025 and subsequently learned that Flock had already disabled the feature for PAPD by late October 2024 and for all California law enforcement agencies by March 2025. While its data was included in the “Nationwide Lookup” searchable dataset during this period, PAPD has worked with Flock to confirm that no PAPD data (i.e., license plates captured by Palo Alto cameras) was actually received by any out-of-state agency or federal agency as a result of any “Nationwide Lookup” search. In other words, PAPD had no records that matched the “Nationwide Lookup” searches performed by out of state or federal agencies. Even though no PAPD data was shared, PAPD reviewed the searches performed by out-of-state local law enforcement and federal agencies via the “Nationwide Lookup” feature and found no instances where a search appeared to have been performed for an improper purpose. Additionally, PAPD found that no searches had been performed by ICE, Customs and Border Patrol, or the Department of Homeland Security, and that no searches appeared to be associated with immigration enforcement or reproductive rights enforcement. In January 2026, the Department added initial information on this issue to its ALPR webpage and previously updated the information in February of 2026. PAPD has been in contact with Flock’s executive leadership to express our concerns and, in response to PAPD’s suggestion, Flock has expressed a strong willingness to pursue third party verification that this issue has been resolved. While the City’s Auditor is unable to perform this task, work is underway to identify an alternate auditor. Our goal in this review would be to conduct a technical as well as operational review to confirm that Flock’s practices address the City’s expectations for security, transparency, and reporting of system features and changes. The Department is confident that its training, Surveillance Use Policy, 30-day data retention period, and requirement of an MOU for eac
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Request
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h agency with which it shares, meet or exceed industry standards. With that, as recommended by the City Council’s Policy & Services Committee, PAPD has discussed with the Independent Police Auditor a review of its internal policies and procedures with an eye toward areas where we may be able to do even better. Staff anticipates reporting to Council in early June with further updates on this topic.James Reifschneider, Chief of Police”The audits have been published in a way that does not compromise law enforcement efforts of the Palo Alto Police Department and other law enforcement agencies. Certain data has been excluded from these audits to protect these interests pursuant to California Government Code sections 7922.000 and 7923.600. Please access the Records Center at the following LINK to access records responsive to your request. 3/13/2026 1. Organization Audit in Flock.
2. Network Audit in Flock.
3. A list of network share settings
The City has reviewed its files and has located records responsive to your request. Please log in to the Public Records Center at the following LINK to retrieve the appropriate response. In addition, the records mentioned in your request may also be found here: www.paloalto.gov/PAPDalpr
Date of
Request
Information Requested Information Provided
3/13/2026 All correspondence (email, text or otherwise) between March 1, 2024 and the date of this request between representatives of the Palo Alto Police Department and Flock Safety.
Various email messages
3/17/2026 Network Audit in Flock for the specific dates below:12/02/2024,12/04/2024,12/13/2024,01/15/2025,12/30/2024,01/24/2025,01/27/2025,01/08/2025,10/17/2024,11/09/2024,12/14/2024,05/20/20 25,04/29/2025,
The City has reviewed its files and has located
responsive records to your request. This request
is very similar to your request referenced
R000487-031326 and the records in this request
have been released in that request. Please log
in to the Public Records Center Portal at the
following LINK to retrieve the appropriate
responsive documents. The records mentioned
in this request may be found here
www.paloalto.gov/PAPDalpr
4/13/2026 The location of the Flock Camera within the city The City has reviewed your request and has determined that the records requested are
exempt from disclosure under the California
Public Records Act for the following reasons:
The City considers records showing the
locations of Flock ALPR cameras exempt from
disclosure pursuant to Gov. Code sections
7923.600 (Investigatory Records) and 7922.000
(Public Interest). The Palo Alto Police
Department considers these files exempt under
GC sec. 7923.600 because they are “records
of… investigations conducted by” PAPD,
”records of intelligence information” of PAPD,
and “investigatory… files” of PAPD. Releasing
the location of the ALPRs would severely
compromise ongoing investigations conducted
by the Department and are contained in records
of investigations conducted by PAPD. Releasing
ALPR locations publicly would allow suspected
criminals to evade areas monitored by PAPD’s
ALPRs, thus defeating their purpose. For the
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Request
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same reasons, records detailing the locations of
ALPRs are exempt from disclosure pursuant to
GC sec. 7922.000 because the public interest in
not disclosing the locations significantly
outweighs the public interest in disclosure.
There is a high public interest in stopping
criminal activity that occurs within the City of
Palo Alto and releasing ALPR locations would
severely hinder that public interest. For more
information on the City’s use of ALPRs, please
visit the City’s website
(https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/Police/P
ublic-Information-
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Portal/Automated-License-Plate-Recognition-ALPR) or the City’s Flock Transparency Portal (https://transparency.flocksafety.com/palo-alto-ca-pd)
4/20/2026 PAPD Flock Organization and Network
Audit Reports 2023 to 2026
“The City has reviewed its files and has located records responsive to the request. Beginning this week, recognizing public interest on this topic, the Police Department will begin proactively posting on a monthly cadence partially redacted Flock search logs on the City’s ALPR website. These logs include information concerning ALPR queries performed by PAPD users, as well as queries performed by other agencies, that has not previously been released pursuant to a legal exemption. Additionally, the City continues to use best practices to secure Palo Alto ALPR data, including a 30-day limit on data retention, requiring MOUs with other agencies for data sharing, and internal policy controls. In late 2023, unbeknownst to many users including PAPD, Flock added a new “Nationwide Lookup” search feature. Using this feature, an out-of-state local law enforcement or federal agency could perform a broad search of data from Flock’s entire nationwide network of over 6000 cameras, including the 20 cameras then-deployed in Palo Alto. The feature did not enable targeted searches of any specific agency’s data. These searches could only be performed system-wide when a full 7-digit license plate number was known and only based on the articulation of a legitimate law enforcement purpose. PAPD was first made aware of this issue in December of 2025 and subsequently learned that Flock had already disabled the feature for PAPD by late October 2024 and for all California law enforcement agencies by March 2025. While its data was included in the “Nationwide Lookup” searchable dataset during this period, PAPD has worked with Flock to confirm that no PAPD data (i.e., license plates captured by Palo Alto cameras) was actually received by any out-of-state agency or federal agency as a result of any “Nationwide Lookup” search. In other words, PAPD had no records that matched the “Nationwide Lookup” searches performed by out of state or federal agencies. Even though no PAPD data was shared, PAPD reviewed the searches performed by out-of-state local law enforcement and federal agencies via the “Nationwide Lookup” feature and found no instances where a search appeared to have been performed for an improper purpose. Additionally, PAPD found that no searches had been performed by ICE, Customs and Border Patrol, or the Department of Homeland Security, and that no searches appeared to be associated with immigration enforcement or reproductive rights enforcement. In January 2026, the Department added initial information on this issue to its ALPR webpage and previously updated the information in February of 2026.
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Request
Information Requested Information Provided
PAPD has been in contact with Flock’s executive leadership to express our concerns and, in response to PAPD’s suggestion, Flock has expressed a strong willingness to pursue third party verification that this issue has been resolved. While the City’s Auditor is unable to perform this task, work is underway to identify an alternate auditor. Our goal in this review would be to conduct a technical as well as operational review to confirm that Flock’s practices address the City’s expectations for security, transparency, and reporting of system features and changes. The Department is confident that its training, Surveillance Use Policy, 30-day data retention period, and requirement of an MOU for each agency with which it shares, meet or exceed industry standards. With that, as recommended by the City Council’s Policy & Services Committee, PAPD has discussed with the Independent Police Auditor a review of its internal policies and procedures with an eye toward areas where we may be able to do even better. Staff anticipates reporting to Council in early June with further updates on this topic.James Reifschneider, Chief of Police”The audits have been published in a way that does not compromise law enforcement efforts of the Palo Alto Police Department and other law enforcement agencies. Certain data has been excluded from these audits to protect these interests pursuant to California Government Code sections 7922.000 and 7923.600. Please access the Records Center at the following LINK to access records responsive to your request.
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4/28/2026 For the time period of January 1, 2023
to present:
1. Documents showing compliance with
Section 7 of the City’s Surveillance Use
Policy
2. The annual audits of the City’s Flock
system as required in Paragraph 7 of
the Surveillance Use policy and the
annual memos to Police Chief
prepared pursuant thereto;
3. For each search by an unauthorized
outside agency (defined as out-of-state
or federal or non public agency),
please submit the reason for the
search. (Note the search column in
previously produced audits was
improperly redacted in that the
searches did not appear to relate to
ongoing Palo Alto or even California
investigations.)
4. All communications between
representatives of PAPD and any Palo
Alto city councilmember regarding
Flock.
The Palo Alto Police Department has reviewed its files and has located responsive records to your request. The City will not be releasing the reason listed in the network Flock audit pursuant to Cal. Gov. Code § 7923.600(a) as the records are exempt from from the CPRA ad investigation conducted by any state or local police agency. Please direct your question to the agency you would like to obtain "reason for the search" information. The City is searching for records listed in your request #4 and will respond on or before May 26, 2026. Please log in to the Public Records Center at the following LINK to retrieve the appropriate responsive documents. 4/29/2026 Email correspondence related to a
webinar conducted by Flock Group Inc.
DBA Flock Safety with the subject line
containing "How to Speak to City
Councils: Meeting the Moment with
Confidence" and/or "Thank you for
registering" with
"[email protected]" in any
of the email headers.For this request,
please include records from the
following date range:March 1, 2026
through May 28, 2026.
The City has reviewed your request and has determined that the records requested are exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act for the following reasons: The City considers records showing the locations of Flock ALPR cameras exempt from disclosure pursuant to Gov. Code sections 7923.600 (Investigatory Records) and 7922.000 (Public Interest). The Palo Alto Police Department considers these files exempt under GC sec. 7923.600 because they are “records of… investigations conducted by” PAPD, ”records of intelligence information” of PAPD, and “investigatory… files” of PAPD. Releasing the location of the ALPRs would severely compromise ongoing investigations conducted by the Department and are contained in records of investigations conducted by PAPD. Releasing ALPR locations publicly would allow suspected criminals to evade areas monitored by PAPD’s ALPRs, thus defeating their purpose. For the same reasons, records detailing the locations of ALPRs are exempt from disclosure pursuant to GC sec. 7922.000 because the public interest in not disclosing the locations significantly outweighs the public interest in disclosure. There is a high public interest in stopping criminal activity that occurs within the City of Palo Alto and releasing ALPR locations would severely hinder that public interest. For more information on the City’s use of ALPRs, please visit the City’s website (https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/Police/Public-Information-Portal/Automated- License-Plate-Recognition-ALPR) or the City’s Flock Transparency Portal (https://transparency.flocksafety.com/palo- alto-ca-pd)
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Request
Information Requested Information Provided
5/28/2026 Email correspondence related to
a webinar conducted by Flock
Group Inc. DBA Flock Safety with
the subject line containing "How
to Speak to City Councils:
Meeting the Moment with
Confidence" and/or "Thank you
for registering" with
"[email protected]"
in any of the email headers.
For this request, please include
records from the following date
range:
March 1, 2026 through May 28,
2026.
The City has reviewed its files and has located records responsive to your request. These are all records the City has related to this Webinar. No staff member attended the webinar, so the invitations are the only relevant records. Please log in to the Records Center at the following LINK to retrieve the appropriate response. 6/4/2026 1. All Surveillance Reports as
required under PAMC Section
2.30.670 for Flock Safety ALPRs.
2. All documents related to a
webinar conducted by Flock
Group Inc. DBA Flock Safety
titled "How to Speak to City
Councils: Meeting the Moment
with Confidence", including an
Updated social toolkit for PIOs,
Chief-to-Council guide with added
trust and compliance guidance
and Objection-handling playbook,
including: Clear ways to reframe
common concerns and respond
to misinformation.
For this request, please include
records from the following date
range:
March 1, 2026 through May 28,
2026.
The City has reviewed its files and has located records responsive to your request. These are all records the City has related to this Webinar. No staff member attended the webinar, so the invitations are the only relevant records. Please log in to the Records Center at the following LINK to retrieve the appropriate response.
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6/15/2026 1. Organization Audit in Flock.
2. Network Audit in Flock.
The Palo Alto Police Department has reviewed its files and has located responsive records to your request. Please log in to the Public Records Center at the following Link
https://paloaltoca.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/_rs/(S(sfh1dmqmcw0w21dmxzr2rum3))/RequestEdit.aspx?sSessio… to retrieve the appropriate responsive documents. The City will not be releasing the reason data listed in the Network Flock audit pursuant to Cal. Gov. Code § 7923.600(a) as the data is exempt from the CPRA as investigation conducted by any state or local police agency. Please direct your question to the agency you would like to obtain "reason for the search" information.