Woodland, CA Flock Contract

Who approved this?

Approved 1-0 by Woodland City Council on February 3, 2026.

The Woodland City Council voted unanimously on February 3, 2026 to extend the Flock Safety contract for two more years at 300,000 dollars. The city pays about 148,000 dollars a year and four cannabis dispensaries each contribute 20,000 dollars a year toward the cost. Police Chief Ryan Kinnan told the council the system reads vehicles only, with no facial recognition or biometric tracking, and that data stays in California as SB 34 requires; he said the department gives ICE nothing. Woodland has run Flock readers since 2021 and moved to monthly audits in January 2026, above the annual review its policy requires, logging 5,647 database searches between January and June 2026. The city completed its own audit in May 2026 after a local group alleged federal and out of state agencies had searched local data. Camera counts differ across the sources: Government Technology reported 38 Flock cameras plus 1 Motorola Vigilant reader in its later story, 36 plate readers plus 5 security cameras in its February story, and CBS Sacramento reported 26; the 38 figure is used because it is the only count that separates Flock units from the single non-Flock reader. Two outlets date the meeting February 3, 2026 and one dates it February 4, so the Tuesday date is used.