San Mateo County, CA Flock Contract

Who approved this?

Approved 5-0 by Board of Supervisors on June 13, 2023.

The sheriff’s office runs Flock license plate readers under an ALPR policy that bars out-of-state and federal access to the data, and county supervisors reviewed the contract and a 3-year sharing audit in public session. The office publishes its own ALPR transparency page. The county's Legistar file documents the approval. San Mateo County Legistar file 23-412, adopted and passed on June 13, 2023, approved an appropriation transfer of Measure K district-discretionary funds not to exceed $220,000 from Non-Departmental Services to the Sheriff's Office for its Flock Safety reader project in unincorporated areas, sponsored by Supervisors Dave Pine and Warren Slocum and subject to a four-fifths vote requirement. The item covers at least 55 additional readers plus one year of operations. The $220,000 is the contract amount shown. No single camera count is given. The item funds at least 55 additional readers in unincorporated areas, while the 109 readers the 2026 civil grand jury counted for the Sheriff's Office also cover Portola Valley, San Carlos and Millbrae. Dividing one by the other would produce a per-camera price no document states.