Canceled
Who approved this?
No source names who approved this contract. That gap is common where a purchase cleared without a council vote.
Kent State ran a Flock Safety camera trial and ended it in spring 2026 without a contract. In May 2026 the university wrote that community feedback, including students who said the cameras made them feel less secure, informed the decision to end the program. Kent State's own pages establish that the university entered a partnership with Flock Safety, ran the cameras on an exploratory basis in spring 2026, and suspended the pilot on May 7, 2026 after community members said the cameras made them feel less secure. Both pages attribute the decision to the administration and name no approving body, no authorization date, no cost, no camera count and no contract term. No Board of Trustees resolution or agenda item referencing Flock is indexed.
Kent State ended its Flock contract
Contract ended a date pending 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
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
- Kent State (university statement ending the trial) (May 1, 2026) kent.edu
- Signal Ohio (July 15, 2026) signalohio.org
Last verified: August 20, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
The sources do not say who approved this contract. Kent State University Police Services runs the cameras.
The contract ended as canceled.
2 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified August 20, 2026. See the rest of Ohio on the Ohio hub, or browse the whole tracker.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Kent State, OH Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 8, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/kent-state-oh/.
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- Camera locations near Kent State: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock