Documents

Primary-source documents about the Flock ALPR deployment in Alamogordo. All of these are public records obtained from the City of Alamogordo or other public sources. Where possible, we link to the original posting; we also host copies on this site so they remain available even if the city website changes.

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City of Alamogordo · 4 May 2026

Budget Hearing Workshop Minutes (DRAFT)

This is the most useful document on this page. It contains the only substantive public discussion of the Flock contract that we have found to date, including the contract value (~$250,000/yr), the camera count (50–60), the funding split ($100K from opioid funds, ~$150K from the General Fund), and a direct exchange between Commissioner Rardin and Police Chief Kunihiro about the cost and impact of the system.

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City of Alamogordo · signed 26 December 2024

Flock Safety Statement of Work (signed) & Quotation

The actual contract documents. We obtained these in June 2026 in response to an IPRA request. The numbers tell the same story the May 2026 budget hearing did, but in primary-source form:

  • ~$250,000/year on a 24-month term (Year 1 $246,150; Year 2 $215,850; grand total $499,826.25 with NMGRT).
  • ~55 Flock cameras across six camera types (Falcon, Solar Falcon LR, Dual Solar Falcon, LPR Video Fixed, Condor PTZ, Solar Condor Fixed).
  • FlockOS Advanced + Community Rollover Program: up to 50 locations / 400 feeds, integrating privately-owned (Unifi) cameras into the same network.
  • Purchased via Insight Public Sector on the OMNIA Partners Cobb County cooperative contract. The city did not run a competitive bid.

Flock Quotation (signed PDF) · Flock Statement of Work (signed PDF) · Custodian's notes & full text (README)

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City Commission minutes (Flock-related)

The City of Alamogordo often posts the same meeting minutes under multiple filenames — an early DRAFT (posted a few days after the meeting), and later a FINAL version (approved at the next meeting, sometimes with different file sizes and dates). We host both where we have them so visitors comparing against the city's own pages can find the file they expect. See the City's official minutes archive (CivicClerk, filtered to Flock meetings) for the canonical versions.

  • 5 May 2026 — Budget Hearing Workshop (DRAFT)
    Contains the Flock contract discussion. · PDF · DRAFT only — the city has not yet posted a FINAL version for this meeting.
  • 6 May 2025 — Budget Hearing Workshop
    First public mention of Flock implementation progress ("46% live"). · DRAFT (PDF) · FINAL (PDF)
    Note: two files, different sizes (117 KB DRAFT vs 983 KB FINAL) — the city re-posted this meeting under two filenames. Both are the same meeting, the FINAL is the approved version with the full text.
  • 3 December 2024 — Regular Meeting
    Pre-dates the Flock discussion. Useful for context on the Commission's procedures. · DRAFT (PDF) · FINAL (PDF)
    Note: two files, very different sizes (192 KB DRAFT vs 1.6 MB FINAL) — the FINAL is the much longer approved version.

IPRA records received (June 2026)

On 8 June 2026 we received the following documents from the City of Alamogordo's IPRA office in response to a public-records request. The full return is in documents/foia-2026-06-09/; the README in that folder is the custodian's annotated index.

  • Flock Safety Quotation 0228029725 — City of Alamogordo (signed)
    Signed 27 December 2024 by Stephanie Hernandez, Acting City Manager · Insight Public Sector (OMNIA Partners Cobb County contract #23-6692-03) · PDF · plain-text fallback
    Itemizes all 55 cameras, Year 1 ($246,150) / Year 2 ($215,850), $30,300 in professional services, 24-month term from 2024-12-27.
  • Flock Safety Statement of Work v2.0 — City of Alamogordo (signed)
    Effective 16 December 2024; signed 26 December 2024 by Stephanie Hernandez · PDF · plain-text fallback
    Docusign envelope 1D116C6A-5F15-4D72-B7B1-5DD1C83DDC34. Scope: FlockOS Advanced + Community Rollover Program (50 locations / 400 feeds), Camera Registry Website, custom ESRI map layers, map attachments.
  • Flock Safety Master Services Agreement — City of Alamogordo
    Filed with the IPRA return · PDF
    Master agreement that the SOW references for general terms (privacy, data-sharing, indemnification). Price lives in the Quotation, not in this document.
  • APEX Technologies Service Agreement — Long-Term Storage Facility (signed)
    Signed 15 September 2023; $5,617.46 · David Kunihiro, Chief of Police · PDF · plain-text fallback
    Pre-Flock baseline: an NVR for a city "Long-Term Storage Facility" — i7-11700K, 64GB RAM, RTX 3060 12GB, 34TB. The GPU is over-spec for dumb recording. Useful context: Alamogordo was already building out analytics-capable, camera-extensible surveillance infrastructure for APD before Flock arrived.
  • APEX Technologies SSA — Evidence Room Upgrades, contract 24-066 (signed & redacted)
    Signed 18 March 2024; $9,364.36 · David Kunihiro, Chief of Police · PDF
    8 IP cameras + 2 RFID card readers + 2 UL electric door strikes installed in APD's evidence rooms. Includes a redaction log with one entry whose legal basis is "no reason" — see the README in this folder.
  • Custodian's notes & plain-text fallbacks
    Annotated index, full text for the Flock documents, Acroform-failed scan pages, and the readme README
    Includes a small procedural finding (a redaction log entry with no legal basis cited) and an Acrobat Sign audit-trail irregularity on contract 24-066. Worth reading before sending a follow-up IPRA.

External documents

  • License Plate Reader Technology (Flock Safety) — NM Legislative Finance Committee handout
    29 Jul 2025 · State of New Mexico · PDF on nmlegis.gov

Public records attempts (via MuckRock)

The following public-records requests were filed through MuckRock's Alamogordo Police Department archive. None produced the documents requested. We list them so visitors can see the paper trail of what was asked and what came back.

  • ALPR hotlist information — Alamogordo Police Department
    Filed via MuckRock · request for the hotlist of plates the ALPR system is configured to flag. · View on MuckRock
  • Flock audits — Alamogordo Police Department
    Filed via MuckRock · request for any internal audits of Flock ALPR use. · View on MuckRock

IPRA & FOIA request templates

⚠️ This template is a work in progress. It has been rewritten for New Mexico's IPRA but is not legal advice and has not been reviewed by an attorney. Please verify the address, statutes, and any case law against the latest version of the IPRA and the city's records-request page before submitting to an agency. See the NM AG IPRA guide and NMFOG for current authoritative guidance.

Filing a public-records request is the single most effective way to turn the items in "Documents we'd like to add" (below) into actual documents. These templates are ready to fill in and send:

  • IPRA Request for ALPR Records — City of Alamogordo (PDF / DOCX). Our own template for New Mexico. Cites the Inspection of Public Records Act (NMSA 1978 §§ 14-2-1 et seq.), is addressed to the City Clerk, asks for seven categories of records (contracts, policies, data-sharing, retention, deployment, costs, termination), and includes a public-interest fee-waiver request. Based on Business Reform's open-records template.
    Download PDF · Download DOCX · See Take Action page →

Want to file it through a hosted service that handles delivery, tracking, and appeals? Try MuckRock. There's an existing MuckRock request for APD Flock audits you can follow or amplify.

Documents we'd like to add

We don't have these yet. If you have them — or know how to request them — please email us.

  • The Flock Safety contract between Flock and the City of Alamogordo (now in hand — see the signed quotation and SOW under IPRA records received; we still don't have a fully-executed Master Services Agreement counter-signed by Flock, only the city's copy).
  • Any data-sharing agreements APD has signed with other agencies (federal, state, county, other municipalities).
  • APD's ALPR use policy, including retention period and access controls.
  • A list of camera locations (the police chief declined to share the count at the May 2026 budget workshop; a location list would require an IPRA request).
  • Cancellation provisions and termination costs in the contract. The Quotation lists a 24-month term but does not specify buyout or early-termination fees; the Master Services Agreement should, but we don't have the fully-executed copy.

How we source documents

All documents on this page are either:

  • Public records obtained directly from the City of Alamogordo (e.g. via IPRA, public comment at meetings, or the city's own website).
  • Publicly available documents hosted by a government agency (e.g. nmlegis.gov).

We do not publish documents obtained through private channels, leaked information, or anything that would identify a private individual.