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Money & authority

• Contracts and vendor agreementsThe actual deal. Ask for every name the paper might wear.low cost
• Invoices and payment recordsShows camera counts and what you are paying.low cost
• Funding sourcesGeneral fund, grants, forfeiture, donations.low cost
• Votes, ordinances, and resolutionsWho signed off.low cost

Deployment

• Camera countHow many devices are actually running.low cost
• Camera locations and mapsAddresses, intersections, GIS. Sometimes withheld as “security.”medium cost
• Installation permits and right-of-wayDOT / public-works paper often includes a map.medium cost
• Expansion plans and budget requestsWhat they want to add next.medium cost
• Cameras installed then removedUseful if a program was paused or cancelled.low cost

Policy

• Policies and legal authorityUse policy, Fourth Amendment memos, council rules.low cost
• Data retention and deletionHow long plates sit in the cloud.low cost
• Who may search, and with whose approvalSupervisor sign-off, permitted purposes, hotlists.low cost

Sharing

• Out-of-state and network sharing policyWho else can look through your cameras.low cost
• Federal MOUs (ICE, CBP, FBI, etc.)Written agreements with federal agencies.medium cost
• Federal agency queries of local dataWho actually searched. Often in Network Audit logs.high cost
• Vendor correspondence about federal accessEmails with Flock (or others) about ICE / CBP access.high cost
• Regional or national network participationLookup pools, Flock network, fusion centers.medium cost
• HOA, business, and private camera hookupsFlock and others sell into stores and neighborhoods.medium cost

Audit & systems

• Current network-share settings (CSV)Flock SharedNetworks.csv: who you share with, who shares with you.low cost
• Organization Audit log (agency searches)Who in the agency searched, which plate, what reason. CSV from Insights.high cost
• Network Audit log (outside searches)Other agencies searching your cameras.high cost
• Event logs and hotlist changesSystem activity, hotlist adds/removes.high cost
• Admin configuration screenshotsNCIC topics, live-view, sharing toggles. Not a downloadable file.medium cost
• NCIC / hotlist configurationWhich national lists are enabled.medium cost

Capabilities

• System capabilitiesVehicle fingerprint, face match, audio, RTCC, drones.medium cost
• Crime-reduction claims and evaluationsThe studies they cite at council.medium cost

Communications

• Email with the vendorSearch @flocksafety.com and similar. Costly if the date range is wide.high cost
• Internal email on expansion, privacy, oppositionThe most expensive item. Keep the window short.high cost

Plate-level data

• Hit counts / sample plate recordsOften exempt. Use with care. See the state warning.high cost

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