Harris County, TX Flock Contract

Who approved this?

No source names who approved this contract yet. The city clerk holds the approval file.

Harris County Commissioners Court renewed the county's Flock Safety agreement on May 28, 2026 for the year running June 6, 2026 to June 5, 2027, at $868,975. The recorded vote was 4-0 with County Judge Lina Hidalgo abstaining, on a motion by Commissioner Rodney Ellis seconded by Commissioner Adrian Garcia, with Commissioners Tom Ramsey and Lesley Briones also voting yes. On July 9, 2026 the court passed a follow-up amendment, file 26-4210, stating at no additional cost that the agreement is available county-wide for license plate reader and sound detection use; that vote was 5-0. The purchase runs under county job number 220336, which Commissioners Court cleared for a request for proposals on October 11, 2022, and the amendment history on that job shows $62,500 for June 6, 2023 to June 5, 2025, $223,000 for the 2025-26 year, $424,535 for additional readers and sound detection equipment, $225,000 more in January 2026 and $2,000,000 more in March 2026. Community Impact reports about 480 readers across the county, most owned by municipal utility districts, homeowners associations and commissioner precincts but administered by the Harris County Sheriff's Office, with data usable only for criminal investigations, deleted automatically after 30 days, and shared only with other law enforcement agencies that use Flock, the U.S. Postal Police being the only federal recipient. No county document states an original award amount or a camera count covered by the contract itself; the 480 figure counts devices the county does not all own. The amount shown is the 2026-27 renewal value.