Riverside, CA Flock Contract

Who approved this?

No source names who approved this contract. That gap is common where a purchase cleared without a council vote.

Riverside Police Department filed 23-2349 for the purchase and installation of 80 Flock Falcon camera systems from Flock Group Inc of Atlanta, Georgia, and the file went on the City Council agenda for August 15, 2023. The file prints 213,500 dollars for the first year and 200,000 dollars for each additional year, for a total contract amount of 1,013,500 dollars, drawn from the Police Department Special Operations Division Professional Services Account. Those figures work out to a 5 year run, but no document prints a term length. An earlier file, 23-0263, agendized February 7, 2023, bought 23 Flock Falcon camera systems for 65,550 dollars on a 12 month term with annual renewals capped at 3 percent over the previous year total, and set total inventory at 40 cameras. The August 2023 file carries two attachments named in the Legistar record as an executed Flock Safety Government Agency Agreement and an Order Form 2023, which indicates the agreement was signed. Riverside publishes no action history and no vote tally in its Legistar records, and the August 15, 2023 council meeting shows a final minutes status with no minutes file posted, so no approval date or roll call is given. The 80 camera figure and the 1,013,500 dollar total are taken from the council file itself and not from any vendor portal.