Canceled
Who approved this?
Approved 4-3 by Village Board.
Village Board voted 5-2 on August 5, 2025 to cancel the village's Flock contract outright, rejecting a 90-day pause; the 8 cameras stopped capturing August 6. As reported: trustees Leving Jacobson, Straw, Eder, and Enyia and President Scaman voted to cancel; Taglia and Wesley backed the pause. The board had renewed the contract in 2024 on a 4-3 vote. A village audit found Oak Park data in at least one immigration-related search, and the Illinois Secretary of State was investigating out-of-state searches of Illinois Flock data. Named roll call pending minutes verification.
| Official (as recorded) | Office | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Vicki Scaman | Village President | Yes |
| Jim Taglia | Village Trustee | Yes |
| Ravi Parakkat | Village Trustee | Yes |
| Lucia Robinson | Village Trustee | Yes |
| Susan Buchanan | Village Trustee | No |
| Chibuike Enyia | Village Trustee | No |
| Arti Walker-Peddakotla | Village Trustee | No |
Oak Park ended its Flock contract
Contract ended a date pending records.
The money
- Cameras: 8
What happens next
This decision already happened in public; the record and its sources are above. If the community revisits the question, that decision would follow the same public process: a noticed meeting, public comment, and a recorded outcome, all through official channels.
Sources
- Wednesday Journal: Oak Park terminates Flock contract (August 7, 2025) oakpark.com
- Wednesday Journal: why I voted to cancel (Trustee Eder) (September 2, 2025) oakpark.com
- Wednesday Journal report naming each vote on the April 4, 2022 Oak Park village board approval of 8 Flock cameras, 4 to 3 (April 5, 2022) oakpark.com
Last verified: September 8, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
Village Board approved this Flock contract; the sources give no date. It passed 4-3. The named yes votes: Vicki Scaman, Jim Taglia, Ravi Parakkat, Lucia Robinson. Voting no: Susan Buchanan, Chibuike Enyia, Arti Walker-Peddakotla. Approval method: council vote. Village of Oak Park runs the cameras.
Cameras: 8.
Status: canceled.
3 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified September 8, 2026. See the rest of Illinois on the Illinois hub, or browse the whole tracker.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Oak Park, IL Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 8, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/il-oak-park/.
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- Camera locations near Oak Park: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock