Canceled
Who approved this?
No source names who approved this contract. That gap is common where a purchase cleared without a council vote.
Hancock sits in Washington County, Maryland. The Hancock News reported that town officials voted unanimously on November 18, 2025 to tell Flock Safety to take its equipment back after the trial period. Town Manager Mike Faith said the trial exposed the system's inability to share information with other municipalities. Because that vote ended the deployment rather than approving it, no approval roll call is recorded here. Maryland Bay News reported on July 11, 2026 that camera markers still appeared on crowdsourced maps and that removal remained unconfirmed. The Hancock News reported on August 18, 2026 that one camera was still standing downtown, was not working, and that officials had spent months trying to get it taken down. The 2 outlets give different camera counts, so no count is given. No contract amount, term length, approval date, retention schedule, or audit condition has been published.
Hancock 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. Hancock Mayor and Council 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
- The Hancock News: Town officials tell camera company to remove equipment after it fails trial period (November 18, 2025) thehancocknews.com
- Maryland Bay News: Maryland built a legal wall against ICE surveillance data (July 11, 2026) mdbaynews.com
- The Hancock News: Flock cameras in Hancock do not work, officials working to have them removed (August 18, 2026) thehancocknews.com
Last verified: September 8, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
Hancock Mayor and Council approved this Flock contract; the sources give no date. Hancock Police Department operates the program.
The status reads canceled.
3 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified September 8, 2026. Every Maryland record is listed on the Maryland hub; the tracker lists all of them.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Hancock, MD Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 8, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/md-hancock/.
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- Camera locations near Hancock: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock