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Who approved this?
No approval document for this contract has been found yet. The records request guide shows which office holds it.
The Rhode Island State Police hold a 3 year contract with Flock Safety valued at $597,000 covering 39 cameras. The first camera went up on June 25, 2026, and 22 readers were live on Rhode Island roads as of July 30, 2026. General Order 80-G, issued January 16, sets the agency rules for reader use and requires a 30 day purge, trained operators only, and audit trails on searches. Reporting counts nearly 300 Flock cameras operating statewide, with the 39 grant funded units spread across more than 20 communities at no local cost. The figure shown is the total stated for the whole 3 year term, because the document states it that way. No legislative roll call approved this contract, so none is given.
Renewal date pending
The contract end date has not yet been confirmed from records.
The money
- Contract amount: $597,000
- Cameras: 39
- Contract amount per camera: $15,308 (about $5,103 a year)
- Term: 36 months
- Funding source: Other grant
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
- Account of the Rhode Island State Police contract value, camera count and General Order 80-G (August 1, 2026) progressive-charlestown.com
- Rhode Island Current report on the federal grant behind 39 cameras and the statewide camera total (August 31, 2026) rhodeislandcurrent.com
Last verified: September 24, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
The sources do not say who approved this contract. Approval method: grant-driven. Operating agency: Rhode Island State Police.
The contract amount is $597,000. Term length: 3 years. The contract covers 39 cameras. That comes to about $15,308 per camera. The money: Reporting describes a federal grant that paid for 39 cameras placed across more than 20 Rhode Island communities at no local cost to those communities.
The contract is in force.
2 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified September 24, 2026. See the rest of Rhode Island on the Rhode Island hub, or browse the whole tracker.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Rhode Island State Police, RI Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 8, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/ri-rhode-island-state-police/.
Related
Read on
- All 11 Rhode Island records
- What these terms mean
- What a camera costs, record by record
- When no one voted
- Providence, RI Active
- Woonsocket, RI Active
- North Kingstown, RI Canceled
- Camera locations near Rhode Island State Police: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock