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Who approved this?
No source names who approved this contract yet. The city clerk holds the approval file.
KCUR reported on September 21, 2026, in a story by Sam Zeff, that a KCUR analysis of Flock audit data found the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department database was queried almost 1.1 million times in one period this year, between April 24 and June 24. Officers from the Houston Police Department ran the most searches, and police in California and Texas searched the Kansas City, Kansas, data hundreds of thousands of times. Kansas City, Kansas, police ran 3,570 searches in the same period, and the analysis counted 141 freeform searches in Kansas City, Kansas. The article does not give a camera count, contract amount, approval date, term or funding source, and does not name a Unified Government vote.
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
Last verified: September 23, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
No source names the body that approved this contract. Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department operates the program.
The contract is in force.
1 source backs this record; it is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified September 23, 2026. The Kansas hub holds the state records; the tracker holds them all.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Kansas City, KS Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 10, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/ks-kansas-city/.
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