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Who approved this?
Approved by Cheyenne City Council.
The Cheyenne City Council approved the purchase and installation in late 2024, paying for it with leftover COVID-19 relief money. Cowboy State Daily reports the council figure as $146,300; the contract states $143,450, which is the amount shown. The first cameras went up in April 2025 and all 23 were online by October 2025, placed on major thoroughfares with siting driven by crime statistics and traffic volume. Police Chief Mark Francisco says none sit inside residential neighborhoods and that plate data is kept 30 days. The department runs a public Flock transparency portal showing what the cameras detect, how many unique vehicles they read in the last 30 days, and how many hotlist hits they produce. The Laramie County Democrats gathered 779 signatures between December 29, 2025 and February 22, 2026 on a petition asking the city to halt expansion, remove cameras that watch residential streets, and pass an ordinance barring warrantless collection on innocent drivers and barring data sharing with federal agencies. Chairman Ted Hanlon read the petition into the record at a council meeting in late February 2026. A separate public forum organized by Rep. Daniel Singh and realtor Kathy Scigliano drew questions about retention, oversight, and who controls the data.
Renewal date pending
The contract end date has not yet been confirmed from records.
The money
- Contract amount: $143,450
- Cameras: 23
- Contract amount per camera: $6,237
- Funding source: ARPA
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
- Cowboy State Daily: approved November 2024, signed December 2024, ARPA funds (February 28, 2026) cowboystatedaily.com
- Wyoming Tribune Eagle: Cheyenne police host community meeting on Flock wyomingnews.com
- Agency transparency portal: 23 cameras, 30-day retention (July 24, 2026) transparency.flocksafety.com
Last verified: August 5, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
Cheyenne City Council approved the contract; the sources give no date. The path was a council vote. Cheyenne Police Department runs the cameras.
The contract amount is $143,450. The network counts 23 cameras. That comes to about $6,237 per camera. Images purge after 30 days. The money: Leftover COVID-19 relief funds.
The agreement remains in force.
3 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified August 5, 2026. See the rest of Wyoming on the Wyoming hub, or browse the whole tracker.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Cheyenne, WY Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 10, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/wy-cheyenne/.
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- Camera locations near Cheyenne: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock