West Des Moines City Council
Item 2, Public Forum
Spoke in opposition to the city's use of Flock Safety cameras, said the 2023 contract was approved without public discussion, and asked that the next renewal allow for public discussion.
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Jonathan Auberg, who reports for DSM Sentinel, has spoken and filed complaints in public on the subjects Sentinel covers. Articles on the same jurisdiction or topic disclose these acts. Records requests are newsgathering and are not listed. See also the standing disclosure.
West Des Moines City Council
Item 2, Citizens Forum
Followed up on park cameras, the 2023 consent-agenda approval, audit logs and contractor licensing, and asked three questions, starting with whether the city would provide a written reconciliation of the police department's camera denial with a 2022 engineering document. The mayor referred the questions to the June 5 Public Safety Subcommittee.
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Chapter 100C alarm-contractor complaint concerning Flock Group Inc.
Filed a Chapter 100C alarm-contractor complaint concerning Flock Group Inc.; the Department referred it to the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing, with no determination on the merits.
Iowa Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division
Consumer complaint concerning Flock Group Inc.
Filed a consumer complaint concerning Flock Group Inc.; the Division declined it and referred the complainant to the Iowa Office of Ombudsman, with no determination on the merits.
West Des Moines City Council
Item 2, Citizens Forum
Presented findings on the 2023 consent-agenda approval, contract signing dates, ALPR policy, park cameras, data sharing and Flock's state licensing, and asked what council action authorized the expansion beyond Jordan Creek. The mayor said the city would respond.
Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing
Iowa Code chapter 91C contractor-registration complaint concerning Flock Group Inc.
Emailed a complaint to the Department's contractor registration office under Iowa Code chapter 91C concerning Flock Group Inc. On April 24 the Department replied that it had contacted Flock about the need for a contractor license; on May 4 it closed the matter after Flock completed registration.
Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing
Request for determination on past unlicensed work by Flock Group Inc. (Iowa Code chapter 91C)
Sent the Department a request for determination on past unlicensed work by Flock Group Inc., questioning closure of the matter on a prospective-only basis and asking for the statutory authority and for clarification of the authority having jurisdiction. On May 4 the Department wrote that Flock had completed the requirements and a license was issued April 30, 2026.
West Des Moines City Council
Item 2, Citizen Forum
Identified the speaker as running DSM Sentinel, described blank reason fields in a public search-audit export, said a blank field does not establish misconduct, and asked what the June 5 subcommittee concluded, what the monthly audit examines, and where the reason field becomes blank.
Waukee City Council
Open Forum
Described the West Des Moines investigation and dsmsentinel.org, and asked whether the city checks the licensure of vendors placed on consent agendas.
Waukee City Council
Open Forum
Spoke on how the 2023 Flock approval, funding including a donation earmarked for the program, permits and policy fit together, said none of those steps was being claimed improper, and asked the council to keep a plain-language public overview of authorization, policy, retention, cost and oversight.
Urbandale City Council
Public forum, before adoption of minutes
Asked about a Flock payment on the Aug. 13 bill list that the list already recorded as paid, asked the council to pull the item, and asked that the executed agreement, the renewal document and the outbound-sharing policy be made public. Gave the clerk a printed copy.
Urbandale City Council
Item 4, Public Forum
Spoke with questions regarding payments to Flock and the city's use of automated license plate readers.
Urbandale City Council
Public forum
Asked for the executed ALPR authorization documents with a camera-by-camera crosswalk, the records behind the city's ALPR control and outcome claims, and the public portions of the Multi-Hazards Emergency Operations Plan (item 9.1). The clerk treated this as a spoken records request.
Urbandale City Council
Consent item 6.11 (Resolution 253-2026), video-redaction fee agreement
Emailed written comment to the mayor and council members asking that item 6.11 be removed from the consent agenda for separate discussion, citing concern about access to public records.
Carlisle City Council
Citizen Participation
Presented requests for Flock transparency and oversight, with written materials. The council voted 3-0 for the clerk to receive and file them.
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Item 33, entertainment-district planning agreement
Said the speaker was not against planning around the event center, asked who owns the study-area land, for a not-to-exceed amount, for confirmation that a supervisor keeps no financial interest in the consulting firm, and whether work was done before approval, and asked the board to defer item 33 until the answers are public or are put in the motion.