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Who approved this?
Approved by Sioux Falls City Council.
The Sioux Falls City Council approved a $168,000 contract in early 2025 for the police department to buy and run Flock Safety software for 25 license plate cameras, South Dakota News Watch reported on November 25, 2025. Police Chief Jon Thum said the cameras cannot be used for facial recognition. South Dakota Searchlight reported on March 6, 2026 that the readers feed the city's Real Time Information Center along with its traffic cameras, and the department's Flock portal listed 33 cameras on July 24, 2026. The sources give no exact approval date, no roll call and no end date.
Renewal date pending
The contract end date has not yet been confirmed from records.
The money
- Contract amount: $168,000
- Cameras: 25
- Contract amount per camera: $6,720
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
- Dakota News Now: fact brief on South Dakota police use of license plate readers (November 26, 2025) dakotanewsnow.com
- South Dakota News Watch: fact brief on South Dakota police use of license plate readers (November 25, 2025) sdnewswatch.org
- Agency transparency portal: 33 cameras, 30-day retention (July 24, 2026) transparency.flocksafety.com
- South Dakota Searchlight: license plate imaging helps solve theft cases in Sioux Falls and Madison (March 6, 2026) southdakotasearchlight.com
Last verified: September 24, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
Sioux Falls City Council approved this Flock contract; the sources give no date. Approval method: council vote. Sioux Falls Police Department operates the program.
Public records put the cost at $168,000. Cameras: 25. That comes to about $6,720 per camera. The stated retention period is 30 days.
The contract is in force.
4 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified September 24, 2026. The South Dakota hub holds the state records; the tracker holds them all.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Sioux Falls, SD Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 10, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/sd-sioux-falls/.
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- Camera locations near Sioux Falls: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock