Public money

Flock Spending

Public money, spent to surveil the public — and a bill that keeps climbing with each renewal and expansion. Every figure below is documented from proposals, contracts, amendments, invoices, purchase orders, and budget lines (which overlap, so they are not a running total).

Last updated July 2026

Spending and contract history

Each row is a specific record. The Kind column matters — a proposal is not an executed purchase, and renewals overlap across years.

2022

Proposed: $19,600.00

2023

Invoiced: $49,330.00

2024

Invoiced: $103,639.25

2025

Invoiced: $56,289.50

2026

Invoiced: $56,289.50
Proposed: $344,550.12
Committed: $154,000.00
Budgeted: $72,000.00

Invoiced: actually billed that year
Proposed: a quote, not a purchase
Committed: a purchase order
Budgeted: an approved budget line
Agreement: an aggregate contract value that overlaps the items above — shown for context, not added to totals

A contract and its later invoice describe the same purchase, so overlapping figures are not added together — the year totals count invoiced, proposed, committed, and budgeted amounts only.

2022

Year total $19,600.00

Proposal$19,600 (yr 1 if retained)
Six-camera proposal · 2022
Pilot pricing at $2,500/camera + $350 install/camera. A proposal, not the final 16-camera deployment.
2022 proposal

2023

Year total $49,330.00

Contract$48,100
City Contract 2023-151 · March 2023
16 Falcon cameras, Advanced Search, and implementation services. (Agreement value for the purchase invoiced as INV-21800.)
Contract 2023-151 (DOC-000477)
Amendment$46,100 (contract amount)
Amended order form · Sep 2023
Amended order amount recorded before the associated invoice and city accounting entries.
Amendment order (DOC-000487)
Invoice$49,330
Invoice INV-21800 · Sep 7, 2023
16 Falcon cameras, implementation services, and Advanced Search.
INV-21800

2024

Year total $103,639.25

Invoice$55,800.25
Invoice INV-41953 · Jun 17, 2024
16 Falcon cameras and Advanced Search licensing.
INV-41953
Invoice$47,839
Invoice INV-42684 · Jun 28, 2024
FlockOS Community, Wing Gateway, an Elite package, and professional services.
INV-42684

2025

Year total $56,289.50

Invoice$56,289.50
Invoice INV-67184 · Jun 16, 2025
2025–2026 renewal: platform, Advanced Search, and 16 LPR cameras.
INV-67184

2026

Year total $626,839.62

Invoice$56,289.50
Invoice INV-96579 · Jun 15, 2026
2026–2027 renewal: Advanced Search and Falcon hardware/services.
INV-96579
Purchase order$154,000
Purchase order 02270042 · Jul 1, 2026
Flock LPR and camera equipment under OMNIA contract R250203.
PO 02270042 (DOC-000498)
Budget line$72,000
Approved Expenditure List · FY2027 (approved Jun 2026)
FY2027 line item labeled “RTCC OS Software.”
FY2027 AEL
Proposal$344,550.12
Unsigned Flock order form (“Project Prove It”) · Undated in the supplied records
A vendor order form for a much larger deployment — 30 Falcon ALPR cameras plus a Solar Falcon LR, Condor fixed and PTZ video cameras, and implementation services — at $344,550.12 for year one and $291,250.12 annually thereafter. The signature block is blank: no names, titles, dates, or PO number. It is a proposal, not a purchase, and the supplied file carries no valid execution date.
unsigned order form (DOC-000472), PDF pp. 5–8

Effectiveness

What the program achieves is a separate question from what it costs. We separate independently verifiable metrics from City and vendor claims and from anecdotes, and avoid crediting ALPR with an outcome when it was one of several investigative tools.

Alerts generated

Independently verifiableUnknown

Value: no data yet
Period: TBD
Definition: Total system alerts (hits) in the period, before any human review.
Limitations: An alert is not an actionable event; many are false or stale.
If unavailable: Request the alert counts by period from the system’s reporting.
Source: source pending

Actionable alerts

Independently verifiableUnknown

Value: no data yet
Period: TBD
Definition: Alerts that were verified and acted upon.
Limitations: Definition of “actionable” must be stated by the source.
If unavailable: Request the count and definition of actionable alerts.
Source: source pending

Recoveries / arrests attributed

City claimUnknown

Value: no data yet
Period: TBD
Definition: Vehicle recoveries or arrests where ALPR is credited.
Limitations: ALPR is typically one of several investigative tools; attribution is not causation.
If unavailable: Request case-level records showing ALPR’s role, not just totals.
Source: source pending

Missing-person outcomes

AnecdoteUnknown

Value: no data yet
Period: TBD
Definition: Missing-person cases assisted by ALPR.
Limitations: Individual examples are not a rate; do not generalize from anecdotes.
If unavailable: Request aggregate counts with definitions, not single stories.
Source: source pending

False / stale alerts

Independently verifiableUnknown

Value: no data yet
Period: TBD
Definition: Alerts that were incorrect or based on outdated hot-list entries.
Limitations: Rarely reported; often must be inferred from audit logs.
If unavailable: Request audit data on false/stale alert rates.
Source: source pending