Open Records Questions
Open questions identify records that could be sought through Iowa Code Chapter 22; they have not been submitted by the investigator. Confirmed historical requests, if any, are shown separately by status. An entry is not itself an allegation against the receiving agency.
Open question — not submitted
National Security email batch (Flock Safety-related, 2025-11-01 to 2026-02-28)
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Potential records request; not submitted. Select and confirm one of the three search-scope/cost options the City proposed on 2026-04-08 for the 'National Security Disclosure' email search (request #2 of the lettered A-E bundle) -- Option 1: 20,392 emails/$21,607.36; Option 2: 1,070 emails/$1,133.77 (excludes 'Hotlist' subject); a third narrower option was also offered.
Complete Hayes-Warren/Scott procurement emails (gap-fill on 97-email batch)
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Potential records request; not submitted. File a follow-up Chapter 22 request for the Hayes-Warren/Scott procurement emails missing from the original 97-email batch.
AXIS contract/engineering bid (Jamie Hurd Amphitheater)
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Potential records request; not submitted. Identify the AXIS installer and file a Chapter 22 request for the contract/engineering bid records.
Public Safety Subcommittee minutes 2022-2026
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Potential records request; not submitted. File a Chapter 22 request for Public Safety Subcommittee minutes, 2022-2026.
CJIS Security Addendum + Management Control Agreement (WDM/Flock)
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Potential records request; not submitted. File a Chapter 22 request for the CJIS Security Addendum and Management Control Agreement to establish the NCIC access chain.
Clearview AI — all records
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Potential records request; not submitted. File the Clearview AI Chapter 22 request immediately (logs/prr_log.md marks this HIGH PRIORITY / highest publicity value).
JCTC/Brookfield data sharing agreement
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Potential records request; not submitted. File a Chapter 22 request for the WDM/JCTC/Brookfield data sharing agreement.
Iowa DPS Flock Safety MOU (2025-05-30) and formal contract (2025-06-04)
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Next action: Potential records request; not submitted. File a Chapter 22 request directly with Iowa DPS for the Flock Safety MOU and formal contract.
Van Pelt compliance request — Flock deployment map, ROW/permit and installation records, complete contract history (Iowa Code Ch. 22 + Van Pelt v. IPIB)
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Potential records request; not submitted. Review the City's 2026-04-01 cost estimate (1,491 emails; $1,579.86 legal/paralegal + $577.66 PD time) and decide whether to narrow scope or pay the required 25% deposit to proceed.
Flock Safety Surveillance Program records — 2020/2023 agreements, ALPR policy, deployment map, OWL camera audit logs, email search
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Potential records request; not submitted. Pay the two authorized fees ($62.30 multi-page deployment map, $102.78 email search; both fees authorized 2026-04-07), and respond to the City's 2026-04-08 question about the OWL camera audit-log request (the City disputes having OWL cameras and disputes that Flock provides 'footage').
Flock Safety camera deployment — supplemental request
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Potential records request; not submitted. Confirm agreement to pay the $135.92 staff-time fee quoted by the Police Department on 2026-04-08 so the City can proceed.
Chapter 22 PRRs A-E (Map Gaps bundle) and email productions
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Potential records request; not submitted. Review pricing/options for the outstanding lettered (A-E) requests in this bundle and confirm which to proceed with.
Sent
OWL camera product identification and removal records
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Awaiting the City's response; none had been received as of the materials reviewed here.
Flock Safety system audit and access records (Organization Audit Log, FlockOS)
West Des Moines City Clerk
Next action: Awaiting the City's response; none had been received as of the materials reviewed here.
Fulfilled
97-email batch (Flock Safety procurement correspondence)
West Des Moines City Clerk
Unknown
2023 contract instrument (signature pages)
West Des Moines City Clerk
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Scope Note
Open-question entries are potential records requests, not filed requests. The page publishes only structural fields — agency, topic, status, and dates — and does not publish internal analyst notes or file-path references.