Mayor Alan Davis Opening Remarks | Hayden City Council — Aug. 11, 2026

Our Take

Credit to Hayden Reporter for getting a camera in the room before the public comment period even started. Opening remarks from a mayor might seem like procedural throat-clearing, but in towns weighing a Flock Safety contract, those first few minutes often set the tone — who gets heard, how long they get, and whether council treats resident pushback as a nuisance or a legitimate check on power.

We don't have the full transcript here and we're not going to pretend we do. What we do know, from watching this play out in city after city, is that the procedural stuff matters as much as the vote itself. Mayors who frame public comment as a formality to get through tend to also treat the surveillance contract itself as a formality. Mayors who actually engage tend to leave room for residents to ask the hard questions: who audits camera access logs, how long is data retained, what happens when ICE or a neighboring department asks for a pull.

If Hayden is anywhere near a Flock decision, this meeting is worth watching start to finish, not just the mayor's preamble. Check whether your own town already has ALPR cameras up on our map, and if you want to show up to a council meeting like this one with a plan instead of just frustration, our take-action page has a rundown of what to ask for.