Suspended
Who approved this?
No source names who approved this contract yet. Contracts that arrive through procurement or a purchasing threshold often leave no vote to record.
Princeton City Council accepted a state grant in 2025 that paid for six Flock Safety cameras, FOX 4 in Dallas reported on August 28, 2026. Mayor Eugene Escobar Jr. said the cameras were delivered but never put into service, and he asked the council to reconsider using them at all. He said the city cannot tell whether someone in Utah or New York is looking at data on Princeton residents. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fiscal 2026 grant listing records an award of 16,667 dollars to the City of Princeton under a program line named FLOCK, money that comes from the 1 dollar auto insurance policy fee created by Senate Bill 224 in 2023. FOX 4 reported that Princeton was the second Collin County city to step back from Flock, after Wylie declined a renewal earlier the same week. No vote tally, contract value, term length, retention period or council meeting date is documented in either source. This is Princeton in Collin County, Texas.
Use suspended
Camera use is suspended. The contract itself has not been reported terminated.
The money
- Cameras: 6
- 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
- Texas Department of Motor Vehicles: Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority FY 2026 grant listing txdmv.gov
- FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth: Princeton will not use Flock cameras bought with a state grant (August 28, 2026) fox4news.com
Last verified: September 8, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
Princeton City Council approved it; the sources give no date. The path was a grant-driven. Operating agency: Princeton Police Department.
The agency reports 6 cameras. Funding came through State grant accepted by the city council in 2025. The Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority fiscal 2026 grant listing records 16,667 dollars to the City of Princeton under a program line named FLOCK, drawn from the 1 dollar auto insurance policy fee created by Senate Bill 224 in 2023..
Status: suspended.
2 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified September 8, 2026. Every Texas record is listed on the Texas hub; the tracker lists all of them.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Princeton, TX Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 13, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/tx-princeton/.
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- Camera locations near Princeton: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock