Ardmore, OK Flock Contract

Who approved this?

Approved by City Commission on August 17, 2026.

Ardmore city commissioners voted 4-1 on August 17, 2026 to renew a $70,000 Flock camera contract, after a meeting KXII described as carrying stern questioning and several interruptions. KTEN reports the renewal runs through June 2027 and that Flock data in Ardmore is kept for 30 days. Neither outlet names the commissioner who cast the single no vote, so no roll call is given. The Ardmore Leader reported on June 29, 2026 that the city operates 23 Flock cameras, 16 of them along or east of Washington Street, alongside 47 gunshot audio detectors. The same report put spending at about $265,000 across the two years since the program began in 2024, and counted nearly 138,000 logged searches of Ardmore data, of which 7,700 were by Ardmore police and the rest by outside agencies. The Leader also reported that city records show limited guardrails against misuse, and named Sgt. Matthew Dunn as the department's Flock administrator. The amount shown is the $70,000 renewal figure, not the $265,000 cumulative spend, because the 2 describe different periods.