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Who approved this?
Approved by Bay St. Louis City Council on September 3, 2024.
WLOX reported that Bay St. Louis council members approved a contract bringing FLOCK cameras to the city on September 3, 2024. The approved contract is a 2 year lease, after which the city will decide whether to keep using the technology. The cameras were paid for through a grant from the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security. The report does not give a camera count, a dollar amount or a vote tally.
Renewal date pending
The contract end date has not yet been confirmed from records.
The money
- Term: 24 months
- Funding source: Other grant
Not yet in the sources: the contract amount and the camera count. Bay St. Louis City 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
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
On September 3, 2024, Bay St. Louis City Council approved the contract. It passed as a council vote item. City of Bay St. Louis operates the program.
The agreement spans 2 years. It was paid for via Grant from the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security.
The contract is active.
1 source backs this record; it is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified September 23, 2026. The Mississippi hub holds the state records; the tracker holds them all.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Bay St. Louis, MS Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 7, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/ms-bay-st-louis/.
Related
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- Camera locations near Bay St. Louis: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock