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Who approved this?
Approved by Burbank City Council on June 3, 2025.
Burbank police run 57 Flock Safety Falcon license plate reader cameras on a yearly subscription tied to the city fiscal year. The department public FAQ says the council signed off on the fiscal year 2024 to 2025 program at meetings on May 7, May 21 and June 4, 2024, and on the fiscal year 2025 to 2026 program on May 6, May 20 and June 3, 2025, all inside the annual budget process rather than as a standalone contract item. The Burbank Leader reported the council kept funding the cameras in June 2026 at about 170,000 dollars a year after residents asked for a contract review. Police Chief Rafael Quintero told the council that no alternative delivers the same public safety return for the money. Plate data is deleted automatically after 30 days. Because the approvals rode on budget adoption, no roll call tied to the Flock item alone appears in either record, and neither document states a contract end date.
Renewal date pending
The contract end date has not yet been confirmed from records.
The money
- Contract amount: $170,000
- Cameras: 57
- Contract amount per camera: $2,982 for a 12-month term
- Term: 12 months
What happens next
Renewals are decided in public. Residents can attend the meeting, speak during public comment, and write to the office above through official channels. The ACLU publishes a model cancellation resolution officials can adapt.
Sources
- City of Burbank Police Department FAQ on Flock Safety reader use, listing council approval dates (June 1, 2026) burbankca.gov
- Burbank Leader report on the council decision to keep funding the Flock program (June 1, 2026) outlooknewspapers.com
Last verified: September 8, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
On June 3, 2025, Burbank City Council approved the contract. It passed as a council vote item. Burbank Police Department runs the cameras.
The stated price: $170,000. The term runs 1 year. The network counts 57 cameras. That comes to about $2,982 per camera. Funding: The city says the program is an annual subscription aligned with the city fiscal year and approved through the annual budget process. No revenue source is named in the records reviewed..
The contract is active.
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Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Burbank, CA Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 10, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/ca-burbank/.
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- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock