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Investigate Johnston Police Department Flock implementation

investigation-targetatlas-indexed-leadconfidence 0.82schema 0.9.0

Locality recursion target for Johnston Police Department in Johnston, Polk County, Iowa.

Metadata

StarIntel IDstarintel:investigation-target:aos015591:locality
Datasetflock-safety-national-state-locality-seed-2026-07-25
Schema0.9.0
Version1
Updated2026-07-25T17:58:54-04:00

Type-specific data

Actor

starintel-auto-dig

Breadth
10
Depth
2
Max Depth
3
Objectives
  • Find contracts, purchase orders, grants, renewals, prices, and resellers

  • Identify officials, administrators, records staff, vendor personnel, and lobbyists

  • Obtain policy, retention, sharing, user rosters, audits, misuse investigations, and termination records

Priority
0.742
Query

"Johnston Police Department" "Flock Safety" contract purchase council policy audit lobbyist

Required Dtypes
  • org

  • person

  • relation

  • contract

  • procurement

  • lobbying-filing

  • policy

  • event

  • analysis

  • investigation-target

Research Question

Who implemented, funded, approved, administered, audited, renewed, opposed, or terminated Flock Safety at Johnston Police Department, and what sharing relationships exist?

Scope Type

locality

Score
0.742
Seed Ids
  • starintel:investigation-target:flock-state:ia

  • starintel:org:flock-safety

  • starintel:source:atlas-of-surveillance-alpr-export-2026-07-25

Selection Reason
  • The Johnston Police Department operates 11 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of June 2025. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Status

queued

Target

Johnston Police Department Flock Safety implementation

Target Type

local-government-or-law-enforcement-implementation

Assessment

Confidence
0.82
Priority
0.742

Verification

Status

atlas-indexed-lead

Verified
False

Handling

Pii
False
Sensitive
False
Visibility

public

Workflow

Max Depth
3
Priority
0.742
Queue

flock-locality-ia

Recursion Depth
2
Research Status

queued

Root Target Id

starintel:investigation-target:flock-national

Selected From
  • starintel:investigation-target:flock-state:ia

Geospatial

City

Johnston

Country

United States

Country Code

US

County

Polk County

Jurisdiction

Johnston, Polk County, Iowa

State

Iowa

Extensions

Starintel.Atlas Seed
Agency

Johnston Police Department

Aos Number

AOS015591

Atlas Summary

The Johnston Police Department operates 11 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of June 2025. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

City

Johnston

County

Polk County

Ori9

IA0770700ALPR

Reported Camera Count
11
State Code

IA

Related records

Sources

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