Canceled
Who approved this?
No source names who approved this contract yet. The city clerk holds the approval file.
The Auburn Police Department ended its relationship with Flock Safety in August 2026, announcing the change at midnight on a Tuesday. The department attributed the decision to a contractual defect and did not say what the defect was. No camera count, contract value or contract end date has been published by the town. Boston 25 News and Boston.com both reported the announcement without those figures. The ACLU of Massachusetts logged the action in its August 2026 list. No Select Board or Town Meeting vote approving the original Flock purchase appears in the public record.
Auburn 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
- Boston.com: Auburn, Bellingham and Douglas join the list of Massachusetts towns cutting ties with Flock (August 26, 2026) boston.com
- Boston 25 News: 2 more Massachusetts police departments drop Flock license plate reading cameras (August 26, 2026) boston25news.com
Last verified: September 7, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
No source names the body that approved this contract. Auburn Police Department runs the cameras.
Status: canceled.
2 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified September 7, 2026. Every Massachusetts record is listed on the Massachusetts hub; the tracker lists all of them.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Auburn, MA Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 10, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/ma-auburn/.
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- Camera locations near Auburn: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock