JACKSON, Wyo. — At the Monday Town Council meeting, a motion was passed unanimously to address amending the contract between the Town and Flock Safety. The contract, which resulted in the installation of 28 license plate reader (LPR) cameras in town, was initially signed in June, 2023 and has been renewed once since.
The discussion began with Town Attorney Lea Colasuonno presenting a scoping report to negotiate amendments to the Flock Safety contract between the Town of Jackson and Flock Group Inc. Slightly different than a regular agenda item, scoping discussions do not talk about the substance of the item, but instead focus on time and staff capacity to complete a task or objective.
Simultaneously with the adoption and inception of the LPR cameras, the Town adopted a policy guiding access, use, dissemination and retention of information regarding the surveillance cameras.
“Ultimately, that ensures that Flock is used for legitimate law enforcement purposes only […] and that civil rights, privacy and civil liberties of individuals are protected,” Colasuonno said in her opening statement.
At the Dec. 1 Town Council meeting, Council passed a motion to direct staff to draft a scoping report about the time it would take to amend and bolster the current contract provisions around privacy and data security.
Staff estimated approximately 32 hours of work — with the bulk of the work falling on the shoulders of Colasuonno herself — to revisit and review the contract, negotiate with Flock and write reports. The work itself will likely occur in the first and second quarters of 2026.
During public comment resident Craig Logan asked to include the termination of the program in potential scoping, citing that increasing numbers of communities that had previously adopted the cameras are now rejecting them. He expressed concern for the level of access that different jurisdictions would have to the camera data, stating “best intentions in Jackson Hole can be greatly abused by other communities and other entities, … I think you guys really need to do a deep dive on this thing. It’s pretty insidious.”
