Snapshot as of July 27, 2026. Live counts are on the tracker.
Flock publishes cooperative pricing of $2,500 to $3,000 per camera per year. Of the tracker’s 227 records, 34 state both a contract amount and a camera count, so those 20 are the only ones where the records support a per-camera figure. The amounts cover different terms and bundles, so the figures below are contract dollars divided by cameras, not annual prices.
- Redmond, WA: $146,000 for 24 cameras, $6,083 per camera.
- Denver, CO: $498,500 for 110 cameras, $4,532 per camera.
- Columbia Heights, MN: $49,000 for 12 cameras, $4,083 per camera.
- Berkeley, CA: $200,000 for 52 cameras, $3,846 per camera.
- Fort Wayne, IN: $120,250 for 36 cameras, $3,340 per camera.
- Marshalltown, IA: $190,000 for 58 cameras, $3,276 per camera.
- Cleveland, OH: $125,000 for about 100 cameras, $1,250 per camera, on a 6-month extension rather than a full year.
The spread runs from $1,250 to $6,083. The 193 other records state 1 figure or neither, which is itself a finding: most public records behind these contracts do not say what a camera costs. When a record gains both figures, this list updates. The dataset downloads as CSV or JSON.
Related: How Flock votes split and where the money comes from.
Updated July 24, 2026: the tracker then held 227 records, and 34 paired a stated amount with a camera count. Riverside County, CA has the lowest documented figure at about $944 per camera per year under its 2023 agreement. Camera counts added from agency transparency portals in July 2026 can cover more cameras than the cited contracts bought, so per-camera figures for those records are approximations.
Update, July 27, 2026: figures above date to the update note nearest them. Today the tracker holds 1,044 records with 172 documented roll calls.
Why 2 cameras cost different amounts
The dataset holds contracts priced 4 different ways, and comparing them without saying which is which produces nonsense. A 1-year subscription like Burnsville’s 65,000 dollars for 20 cameras prices a year of service. A multi-year cap like Springfield, Illinois’s 508,000 dollars covers 83 cameras across 2 years. A per-camera rate like Fort Worth’s roughly 2,000 dollars a year prices the unit. A bundle like Huntington’s package folds plate readers in with audio detection, live video, and drones, so no camera figure can be isolated from it.
What the price does not include
Exit cost sits outside every figure. Lynnwood forfeited the remaining value of its contract to end early, and Killingworth agreed to an exit fee the vendor had not stated when the town decided to leave. Removal can carry its own charge: Monroe County, Indiana accepted up to 3,000 dollars in removal fees when it terminated a 6-camera agreement.
The count on the invoice may not match the network
Vendor portals sometimes list more cameras than a city bought, because shared regional units appear on the portal too. Norfolk deployed 172 while its portal lists 175, and the record states which figure it uses and why. The ranked comparison, with the caveats written before the table, is on the cost per camera page.
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