Suspended
Who approved this?
No source names who approved this contract yet. The city clerk holds the approval file.
Pensacola Police Department runs Flock Safety cameras under a $108,000 two year contract for 18 cameras approved in July 2025. The purchase never received a separate City Council vote because the money was already appropriated to the police department and opioid settlement guidelines allowed spending on investigative technology support for overdose and overdose death investigations. At its June 18 meeting the City Council voted unanimously to enter a $1.5 million settlement with Lupin Pharmaceuticals, and council members stated that new settlement money must return to the council for approval before it is spent. On September 2, 2026 the department turned off about 20 Flock cameras after the Florida Department of Transportation issued a memo denying future permits for license plate readers on state highways and requiring existing cameras to come down. The reporting reviewed does not state an exact contract start or end date, a per camera price, a retention period, or an audit or portal condition.
Use suspended
Camera use is suspended. The contract itself has not been reported terminated.
The money
- Contract amount: $108,000
- Cameras: 18
- Contract amount per camera: $6,000 (about $3,000 a year)
- Term: 24 months
- Funding source: Other grant
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
- Pensacola News Journal via AOL: the $108,000 two year contract for 18 cameras paid from opioid settlement funds, the July 2025 mayoral approval with no separate council vote, and the June 18 council vote on the Lupin settlement (June 19, 2026) aol.com
- FOX10 News: Pensacola Police pulled about 20 Flock cameras after the state transportation memo denied license plate reader permits on state highways (September 2, 2026) fox10tv.com
Last verified: September 7, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
Mayor of Pensacola approved the contract; the sources give no date. It passed as a grant-driven item. Pensacola Police Department runs the cameras.
The contract amount is $108,000. The agreement spans 2 years. The network counts 18 cameras. That comes to about $6,000 per camera. The money: National opioid litigation settlement funds already appropriated to the police department, spent under settlement guidelines allowing investigative technology support for overdose and overdose death investigations.
The status reads suspended.
2 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified September 7, 2026. See the rest of Florida on the Florida hub, or browse the whole tracker.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Pensacola, FL Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 10, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/fl-pensacola/.
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- Camera locations near Pensacola: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock