Laredo, TX Flock Contract

Who approved this?

Approved on the consent agenda, without discussion, by Laredo City Council on August 5, 2024.

Laredo file 25-1618 asks the City Council to authorize annual recurring payments to Flock Safety of Atlanta, Georgia for license plate readers and fixed camera systems. The total is 4,042,599.40 dollars over four years, or 1,010,649.85 dollars a year, covering October 2025 through October 2028. The record states the council already approved the underlying purchase contract on August 5, 2024 under file 24-1409, and charges the cost to the Auto Theft Task Force Fund, which the fiscal impact section labels as grant money. File 25-1618 was placed on the consent agenda for the meeting of January 20, 2026 and Legistar still shows it as agenda ready with no recorded final action and no vote tally, so the approval date shown is the August 5, 2024 contract approval named in the file text. The Texas Tribune reported on August 28, 2026 that Laredo has 165 Flock cameras and that the network is entirely paid for by Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority grants, funded by a 1 dollar fee on Texas auto insurance policies. That report also notes Laredo Police Chief Miguel Rodriguez chairs the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority board that awards the grants. Neither the city file nor the reporting states a retention period, an audit right, a sharing limit or a public reporting condition.