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Who approved this?
No source names who approved this contract. That gap is common where a purchase cleared without a council vote.
The George Mason University Police Department uses Flock Safety license plate reader cameras among its investigative tools, per Fourth Estate coverage of the department. No cited source makes the contract terms public. The university police department's page states that Mason Police uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy, and describes retroactive search and real-time hotlist alerting. It gives no camera count, cost, contract term, start date or approving body, and carries no last-updated stamp. The department's policies are hosted off-site on a third-party platform, so no ALPR policy text or effective date is readable on a university host, and no Board of Visitors action or state procurement posting could be found.
Renewal date pending
The contract end date has not yet been confirmed from records.
Not yet in the sources: the contract amount, the camera count, and the approval date. The city or county clerk holds the approval file, and the records request guide gives the wording to ask for it. If you already hold the document, send it in.
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
- George Mason University Police Department Flock transparency page police.gmu.edu
- Fourth Estate: department uses Flock LPR cameras (November 14, 2025) gmufourthestate.com
Last verified: August 20, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
The sources do not say who approved this contract. George Mason University Police Department runs the cameras.
The contract is active.
2 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified August 20, 2026. More from the state: the Virginia hub. Everything: the tracker.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "George Mason University, VA Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 10, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/george-mason-university-va/.
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