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Contracts & cost
Procurement, pricing, renewals, and what taxpayers are paying.
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Sonoma City Council extends Flock contract for automated license plate readers
sonomanews.com
Sonoma's city council voted unanimously on 30 March 2026 to extend its Flock Safety contract three years through September 2028 at up to $50,500 annually, covering 16 cameras. Police Chief Brandon Cutting cited a September 2025 home invasion solved with the system and said data deletes after 30 days. The council separately approved $224,000 for Verkada cameras at city facilities.
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City Council expected to renew Flock Safety contract for automatic license plate readers
sonomanews.com
The Sonoma City Council was set to vote March 30 on a three-year, $50,000-per-year renewal with Flock Safety extending use of 16 fixed license plate cameras through September 2028. The proposed contract sets 30-day retention, limits access to three certified administrators tied to documented cases, and bars sharing with federal or out-of-state agencies under SB 34. Local group Wake Up Sonoma has urged a city ordinance codifying privacy rules and public disclosure of camera locations and audits.
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Petaluma latest Sonoma County city to debate use of license plate readers
pressdemocrat.com
Petaluma's Public Safety Advisory Committee took up the city's four Flock cameras, adding Petaluma to the list of Sonoma County jurisdictions reconsidering license plate readers. The Press Democrat covers the committee's deliberations and the arguments residents and police brought to them.
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Why some cities are canceling Flock license plate reader contracts
npr.org
NPR reports on municipalities ending Flock Safety agreements, with local officials citing the prospect of federal immigration agents reaching data collected on residents and a lack of transparency about who can search it. The piece covers both the reasoning of councils that voted to cancel and the responses of police departments that wanted the cameras kept.
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Public safety must-have or threat to civil liberties? Debate over Flock license plate reader cameras has taken hold in North Bay
pressdemocrat.com
The Press Democrat surveys Flock deployments across the North Bay and finds Santa Rosa running the largest network in the region: 129 cameras with four more awaiting installation, under two contracts worth $421,650 and $897,999 in state and federal money, on a 30-day retention window. Healdsburg and Rohnert Park operate 26 and 23 cameras respectively.
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Eugene and Springfield both announce end of Flock camera usage
opb.org
Eugene and Springfield, Oregon, announced they are ending use of Flock Safety license plate cameras, citing unspecified vulnerabilities and limitations affecting data security and operational control. Eugene terminated its contract outright, while Springfield will remove cameras that were never activated but said it may seek another ALPR vendor. Opponents cited federal surveillance risks; police had credited the cameras with faster stolen-vehicle recoveries.