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  "title": "The Des Moines Sentinel",
  "home_page_url": "https://dsmsentinel.org/",
  "feed_url": "https://dsmsentinel.org/feed.json",
  "description": "Independent Iowa reporting built from public records and primary sources.",
  "language": "en-US",
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "STORY-0004",
      "url": "https://dsmsentinel.org/articles/flock-camera-poles-contractor-registration-gap",
      "title": "West Des Moines Issued 16 Flock Camera-Pole Permits. The Company Wasn’t Yet Registered as an Iowa Contractor.",
      "summary": "Flock later obtained an Iowa contractor registration. But the records gathered by the Sentinel do not document a penalty for the earlier work, an electrical exemption determination or local enforcement.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-01T13:00:00Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-01T13:00:00Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Jonathan Auberg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Flock Safety",
        "Contractor Registration",
        "West Des Moines",
        "Surveillance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "STORY-0001",
      "url": "https://dsmsentinel.org/articles/before-the-vote-flock-wanted-a-signature",
      "title": "Before the Vote, Flock Was Already Asking West Des Moines for a Signature",
      "summary": "Emails show the surveillance vendor soliciting a pre-approval signature and discussing installation plans around the council vote. The available records do not establish that city officials signed early.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-01T09:00:00Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-01T09:00:00Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Jonathan Auberg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Flock Safety",
        "Procurement",
        "West Des Moines",
        "Surveillance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "STORY-0002",
      "url": "https://dsmsentinel.org/articles/west-des-moines-listed-clearview-ai",
      "title": "West Des Moines Listed Clearview AI. The Public Record Stops There.",
      "summary": "A 2023 police assessment names the facial-recognition company among department technologies. The records obtained so far do not establish its cost, procurement path, use, or current status.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-01T08:00:00Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-01T08:00:00Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Jonathan Auberg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Clearview AI",
        "Facial Recognition",
        "West Des Moines",
        "Records Watch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "STORY-0003",
      "url": "https://dsmsentinel.org/articles/thirty-day-window-surveillance-audits",
      "title": "A 30-Day Window Limits the Public View of Surveillance Searches",
      "summary": "Eight overlapping audit exports show whole rows turning over in a pattern consistent with a rolling window. The evidence does not show intentional alteration—but it exposes a serious obstacle to public oversight.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-01T07:00:00Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-08-01T07:00:00Z",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Jonathan Auberg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Audit Logs",
        "Public Records",
        "Flock Safety",
        "Data Retention"
      ]
    }
  ]
}