Flock Camera Contract

At a glance

• What: Council is examining the City's Flock license plate camera agreement. A committee met September 17, 2026, and R-435-26 on the October 20 agenda requests termination and non-renewal of City agreements with Flock Group, Inc., removal of equipment and deletion of its data.
• Where it stands: R-435-26 (end all Flock Group agreements) FAILED on passage at the November 4 Council meeting after being held from October 20, per the Legistar event-item record (provisional; minutes with the vote count are not yet posted). A separate ordinance, O-460-26 (Councilman Martinez), on prohibited uses of police technology and data-sharing restrictions, was referred.
• Next: Confirm the roll call when the November 4 minutes are posted; watch for further action on O-460-26. The Flock agreements remain in place for now.

Public Safety Committee, September 17, 2026

• Present: Chair Hobbs, Vice Chair Williams, Kramer and Sarantou. Absent: McPherson, Melden and Morris.
• Agenda: Municipal Court Diversion Study update and a Flock camera discussion. Attachments: O-286-26 (Flock camera agreement), O-307-26 (application for safety cameras), R-398-26 (Flock audit request) and a presentation.
• The posted minutes list only attendance and attachments. What was said, any public comment and any direction to staff are not recorded.

Sources

• Public Safety & Criminal Justice Reform Committee minutes, September 17, 2026: https://legistar2.granicus.com/toledo/meetings/2026/9/4099_M_Public_Safety___Criminal_Justice_Reform_Committee_26-09-17_Meeting_Minutes.pdf
• City Council agenda, October 20, 2026: https://toledo.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1455038&GUID=02030B67-FB7E-4D96-BCF8-45174B87E578
• City Council meeting detail, November 4, 2026 (event-item actions, provisional): https://toledo.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1457619&GUID=64C2DAE6-9854-4AB4-BD65-06842E1FA10D
• City Council agenda, November 4, 2026: https://legistar2.granicus.com/toledo/meetings/2026/11/4117_A_City_Council_26-11-04_Formal_Agenda.pdf

Log

2026-10-20 - City Council agenda

R-435-26 requesting termination of Flock Group agreements listed.

2026-09-17 - Public Safety & Criminal Justice Reform Committee

Flock camera discussion with a diversion study update; no action recorded.

2026-11-04 - City Council

R-435-26, held October 20, is on the November 4 agenda (reviewed October 27); sponsors listed as Komives, Driscoll, Gadus, Jones and Kramer. Agenda-review listing: 2026-10-27 - City Council Agenda Review.

2026-11-04 result

R-435-26 failed on passage (provisional, from the Legistar event-item record; minutes not yet posted). O-460-26 (Martinez), prohibited uses of police technology and data-sharing restrictions, was referred.