WNC Surveillance Watch.

Region Vendors Briefings Act Reference

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Meetings

Asheville City Council meetings and briefings on these systems, reconstructed from the city’s own video, newest first.

In this section

2026-09-24: Asheville Public Safety Committee, no camera itemNo RTIC, plate-reader or audit item. One caller asked the committee to have the Axon quote published and to take up the Resolution 26-180 review; no member or staff member responded. APD reported drone coverage and drone detection at the G20 and the PGA Tour event, and a planned data exchange on juveniles with DJJ and the courts.
2026-09-16: Asheville City Council candidate forum, West AshevilleFive of the six council candidates on surveillance and the Flock vote, and on three-person council check-ins held out of public view, from an audience recording this site holds. Each candidate's answer in their own words, with audio.
2026-08-25: Asheville City Council, Flock termination voteCouncil voted 5 to 2 to terminate the Flock contract; a motion to pause new plate-reader purchases during the review failed for lack of a second. The Axon contract covers stationary plate readers; the city manager's assurance that none go up before a community conversation was given verbally.
2026-08-20: Asheville City Council agenda briefing, Flock termination resolutionThe agenda briefing for the Aug 25 vote: Flock's 10-camera minimum for network access, the cameras as Flock's property, the staff memo on expanding Axon plate readers, and the mayor's statement that replacements are "in the pipeline."
2026-05-12: Asheville City Council, RTIC grant and Axon contract voteThe May 12, 2026 meeting, minute by minute from the city's video: public comment, the 6 to 1 votes on the RTIC grant and the Axon contract, and the vote taken off-microphone.
2026-05-07: Asheville City Council agenda briefing, Axon contract and FlockFive days before the vote, the city manager confirmed the Axon contract had not been written; the "keep one Flock camera" plan was explained as a network-access subscription. Timestamped from the city's video.
2026-04-28: Asheville City Council work session with Flock and AxonThe committee work session with Axon and Flock representatives and APD, no public comment taken; the claims made, verbatim from the city's video, with the record beside each.
2025-03-25: Asheville City Council, RTIC grant on the consent agendaThe first RTIC grant, $71,999, approved 6 to 1 on the consent agenda after Roney pulled it for discussion. Timestamped from the city's video.
2025-03-07: Asheville City Council agenda briefing, license-plate readersCouncil's first briefing on the plate-reader network, requested by Kim Roney: mobile readers had run about a year and stationary cameras about two. Timestamped from the city's video.

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