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Who approved this?
No source names who approved this contract yet. Contracts that arrive through procurement or a purchasing threshold often leave no vote to record.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported on September 17, 2026 that the University of Illinois Springfield is one of 5 Illinois public universities using Flock Safety cameras, based on public records requests, and that the 5 together spent more than 450,000 dollars on Flock services since 2021. The report gives no camera count and no separate figure for Springfield. The University of Illinois Springfield Police Department is the campus law enforcement agency. Its own site does not mention plate readers.
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
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Sources
- Chicago Sun-Times: 5 Illinois public universities use Flock cameras and spent more than 450,000 dollars since 2021 (September 17, 2026) chicago.suntimes.com
- University of Illinois Springfield Police Department: the agency name uis.edu
Last verified: September 22, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
No source names the body that approved this contract. Operating agency: University of Illinois Springfield Police Department.
The contract is active.
2 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified September 22, 2026. See the rest of Illinois on the Illinois hub, or browse the whole tracker.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "University of Illinois Springfield, IL Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 10, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/il-university-of-illinois-springfield/.
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- Camera locations near University of Illinois Springfield: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock