Flock trailers

Flock’s surveillance trailers, on the record.

Flock Safety rents police a camera you can tow: a video trailer and a plate-reader trailer. Flock keeps ownership, and the buyer pays if one is stolen or damaged.

At least 36 trailers across 24 buyers are on record, plus 4 pending proposals we list but do not count. That is a floor: no national count exists, and a place missing from this page has not been cleared.

We have read the council records of 416 of the 2,449 towns and counties where an agency runs Flock.

How to read this page

Every fact says where it came from.

Record means a government document. News means a press report. Flock says and Police say mark those parties’ own claims, which tell you what they said, not whether it is true. Prices and terms are quoted as the source states them, and a renewal date appears only where a source states both a start date and a term.

The ledger

Who rents them, and when the contracts renew.

  1. Bastrop County Sheriff's Office TXTrailers"a trailer"KindType not statedPrice as statedNot statedApprovalSole sourceRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: The commissioners court was asked on 2024-10-28 to exempt the Flock Safety service agreement from competitive procurement.

    Our summary of the funding: Texas SB 22 grant funds, in the 2024/2025 county budget.

    Sources
  2. Boyd Gaming Corporation VATrailersfour trailer locations; the number of trailers is not statedKindVideo trailerPrice as statedNot statedApprovalRight-of-way vote onlyRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: Norfolk City Council adopted Ordinance No. 50189 on 2025-11-18, granting Boyd Gaming a right-of-way encroachment for the trailers and four plate-reader poles.

    Our summary of the funding: Private; the staff letter says there is no financial impact to the city.

    Placements the sources state
    • “in and around the Norfolk Casino project”, per City of Norfolk, VA
    Caveats
    • The council voted on the right-of-way encroachment, not on surveillance.
    • A Boyd Gaming security official told WAVY that the Norfolk Police Department has access to its Flock camera system; the report does not say whether that includes the trailers.
    Sources
  3. City of Abilene TXTrailersone trailerKindVideo trailerPrice as stated$25,000 initially, followed by $25,000 to renew each yearApprovalNo voteRenewsNot statedStatusUnknown

    Our summary of the approval: A council member said the Flock contract had not come to council.

    Caveats
    • The stations received the December 2024 draft contract but no renewal invoices, so whether the trailer is still under contract is not known.
    Sources
  4. City of Bloomington INTrailersfour mobile trailers, under two contractsKindVideo trailerPrice as stated$90,000 for two trailersApprovalSole sourceRenewsNot statedStatusIn storage

    Our summary of the approval: The first contract (24-716, two trailers) went through as a sole source in November 2024, paid by the housing department and run by the police; a second agreement for two more was signed in October 2025.

    Our summary of the funding: Housing and Neighborhood Development (HAND) funds for the first contract.

    Caveats
    • Four combines two contracts: $50,000 in November 2024 for two trailers and $90,000 in October 2025 for two more, as the council packet quoted by WFIU states.
    • The city redacted the price for more than six months before releasing the contract.
    • WFIU reported on 2026-10-15 that the council had voted to ban plate readers; the ordinance awaits the mayor. A council member said the four units are in storage and she does not think they are deployed.
    Sources
  5. City of Commerce CATrailerscount not stated in the staff reportKindVideo trailerPrice as statedwill not exceed $75,000 for a twelve (12)-month periodApprovalCouncil voteRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: The council passed the first amendment to its Flock agreement, adding 12 months of trailer rentals, on 2026-03-10 (Legistar matter 14-5955).

    Our summary of the funding: Traffic Safety funds.

    Term as stated: a twelve (12)-month period

    Caveats
    • The sheriff places the trailers by crime trends.
    • At $25,000 a trailer-year, $75,000 would fit three trailers. That is our arithmetic; the staff report does not give the number.
    • The city replaced Backstreet Surveillance trailers it had rented since 2024 over reliability problems.
    Sources
  6. City of Florence SCTrailerstwo mobile security trailersKindVideo trailerPrice as statedNot statedApprovalNo voteRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: The city manager signed the contract, according to the report.

    Caveats
    • Inside a 10-year, $4 million Flock Safe City subscription.
    Sources
  7. City of Galveston TXTitled a purchase: may be another company's trailer with Flock equipmentTrailersthree speed alert trailers with plate readersKindSpeed or message trailer with a plate readerPrice as stated$109,060.00ApprovalApproval not foundRenewsNot statedStatusPending

    Our summary of the approval: Listed for council consideration on 2026-07-23 as item 11.FF; this record does not show the vote.

    Caveats
    • The title says "purchase", which does not fit Flock's rental terms; these may be another company's trailers carrying Flock readers.
    • No vote was found, so the row adds nothing to the totals.
    Sources
  8. City of Glen Cove NYTrailersone trailer, proposedKindVideo trailerPrice as statedan annual cost of $25,000ApprovalApproval not foundRenewsNot statedStatusPending

    Our summary of the approval: A resolution proposed for the 2026-06-23 council meeting; no recorded vote was found.

    Term as stated: an initial term of sixty (60) months

    Caveats
    • No recorded vote found.
    • The proposal includes a 30-day opt-out after the trailer is put into service.
    Sources
    • Record City of Glen Cove, NY: City Council meeting agenda, 2026-06-23, 2026-06-23
      • “a service agreement with Flock Group, Inc. for the use of one mobile security trailer and related camera equipment and software for an initial term of sixty (60) months at an annual cost of $25,000, with a thirty (30) day opt-out period after implementation date without penalty or fee”
  9. City of Harlingen TXTrailersone Mobile Security Trailer, proposedKindVideo trailerPrice as stated$25,000.00ApprovalApproval not foundRenewsNot statedStatusPending

    Our summary of the approval: Tabled by the City Commission on 2026-03-18 and taken up again on 2026-04-01; no recorded vote was found.

    Our summary of the funding: The police department's FY26 Operation Lonestar grant, which also buys plate readers ($75,200 in all).

    Caveats
    • No recorded vote found; the row adds nothing to the totals.
    Sources
  10. City of Shafter CATitled a purchase: may be another company's trailer with Flock equipmentTrailersone radar messaging trailerKindSpeed or message trailer with a plate readerPrice as stated$30,250ApprovalCouncil voteRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: The council approved the purchase on 2025-06-03, according to KGET.

    Caveats
    • The title says "purchase", which does not fit Flock's rental terms; this may be another company's trailer carrying Flock equipment.
    • The agenda gives $30,250; KGET gives $25,250 for the trailer plus a $5,000 annual camera fee.
    Sources
  11. City of Smyrna GATrailersone trailerKindVideo trailerPrice as statedNot statedApprovalCouncil voteRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: The council approved item ATH2025-173 with six votes in favour, none against and one absent.

    Term as stated: 10 year billing schedule

    Caveats
    • Inside a $5,717,500, 10-year Safe City Program.
    Sources
    • Record City of Smyrna, GA: City Council meeting minutes (compiled), 2025-12-15
      • “for subscription to the Flock Safety”
      • “cumulative total amount of $5,717,500.00 to be paid over a 10 year billing schedule”
      • “Live Video Cameras, a Mobile Security Trailer, and drones”
      • “The motion to approve carried with the following vote: Aye: 6”
  12. City of Tracy CATrailersone trailer already in the fleetKindVideo and plate readerPrice as statedNot statedApprovalSole sourceRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: Staff asked the council on 2026-07-07 to dispense with standard procurement for a new 44-month Flock master service agreement covering the existing cameras and trailer.

    Caveats
    • No per-trailer price; the new agreement is capped at $639,467 over 44 months.
    Sources
    • Record City of Tracy, CA: Staff report, agenda item 6.A, 2026-07-07, 2026-07-07
      • “collaborated with Flock to develop a plan for maintaining the City”
      • “and a trailer with attached ALPR and Condor PTZ Cameras”
      • “Determining That Compliance with Standard Procurement Processes Is Not In the Best Interests of the City”
  13. Clay County Sheriff's Office FLTrailerstwo plate-reader trailer bundles plus one Mobile Security TrailerKindVideo and plate readerPrice as statedNot statedApprovalApproval not foundRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: The article reports that three of the county's six Flock contracts were signed by the sheriff's office without a county commission vote; it does not say which contract covers the trailers.

    Caveats
    • The article does not name the state; Clay News & Views covers Clay County, Florida, and the parks it lists are there.
    Sources
  14. Collin County TXTrailersfour Mobile Security Trailer subscriptions on the order formKindVideo trailerPrice as statedNot statedApprovalCooperative contractRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: Bought through the OMNIA Partners cooperative contract R250203, on an order the commissioners court took up on 2025-11-10.

    Term as stated: Initial Term: 24 Months

    Caveats
    • The $572,000 two-year package also buys 48 plate readers, 2 LPR Flex cameras and 10 integrated video streams, so no per-trailer price is stated.
    Sources
  15. Commerce City Police Department COTrailerstwo mobile camera trailers, proposedKindVideo trailerPrice as statedNot statedApprovalApproval not foundRenewsNot statedStatusPending

    Our summary of the approval: A proposed expansion in a council presentation; no vote found.

    Caveats
    • A proposal; not counted in the totals.
    Sources
  16. DeKalb County Police Department GATrailersthree Mobile Security Trailer subscriptions on the order formKindVideo trailerPrice as statedNot statedApprovalSole sourceRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: Ordered as a change to a sole-source master agreement.

    Term as stated: Initial Term: 120 Months

    Caveats
    • Included in a $16.8 million, 120-month order with no per-trailer price.
    Sources
  17. Durango Police Department COVendor disputed: another report names a different companyTrailersone trailerKindType not statedPrice as statedNot statedApprovalApproval not foundRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: No approval record found.

    Placements the sources state
    • “currently at Schneider Park along the river trail, near a highway intersection” (2025-12), per KSUT
    • “present during the No Kings Protest in October” (2025-10), per KSUT
    Caveats
    • Vendor disputed in another report: the Durango Herald described the trailer it saw as a LiveView Technologies unit (not re-checked for this ledger).
    Sources
  18. East Lansing Police Department MITrailersone trailer, with a plate-reader camera for approved trailersKindVideo and plate readerPrice as stated$60,000.00ApprovalCouncil voteRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: Approved by the council in the FY2026 budget amendment on 2025-08-12.

    Term as stated: two-year lease agreement

    Placements the sources state
    • “stationed on medians on busy roadways”, per East Lansing Info
    Caveats
    • Outside agencies ran tens of thousands of searches in one month against fewer than 200 local ones; the article does not tie every search to the trailer, but the city had no other Flock camera.
    Sources
  19. Englewood Police Department COTrailersone trailerKindType not statedPrice as statedMobile Camera Trailer: $25,000ApprovalBudget lineRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: Added to the police department's existing Flock subscription in June 2025 and paid from Police Headquarters Bond Premium funds.

    Our summary of the funding: Police Headquarters Bond Premium funds.

    Caveats
    • City memos disagree on whether the trailer reads plates: the January 2025 memo describes it with plate-recognition technology, and the April 2026 cost memo lists it apart from the plate-reader cameras.
    • Staff wrote that the chief "misspoke" when he said the $65,000 annual expense was only for the trailer.
    • Staff said that if the city stopped paying, it would have to return the trailer to Flock Safety.
    Sources
  20. Hamilton County INTrailersfive "Flock trailer cameras": five trailers or five cameras on trailers; the record does not sayKindType not statedPrice as stated$125,000.00 which is an annual recurring costApprovalCouncil voteRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: The county commissioners approved the Flock Safety amendment unanimously on 2025-02-10.

    Our summary of the funding: Included in the existing budget, according to the minutes.

    Caveats
    • "Five additional Flock trailer cameras" could mean five trailers or five cameras on trailers, so the ledger counts the buyer and no trailers.
    • At about $25,000 a trailer-year, the price seen elsewhere, $125,000 a year would fit five trailers. That is our arithmetic, not the record.
    Sources
  21. Johnson City TNTrailerstwo mobile security trailersKindType not statedPrice as statedNot statedApprovalApproval not foundRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: The report gives the 10-year contract but not how it was approved.

    Caveats
    • The trailers are reported inside a 10-year Flock contract signed in 2025; no per-trailer price is given.
    Sources
  22. Laredo Police Department TXTrailerssix trailers, listed as "Solar Video Trailer"KindVideo trailerPrice as statedNot statedApprovalConsent agendaRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: Authorised on the consent agenda on 2024-08-05 (item 52, matter 24-1409) as a sole-source purchase of "license plate readers and fixed camera systems"; the attached Flock quote lists the Solar Video Trailers. The recurring payments for the later years were authorised on 2026-01-20.

    Our summary of the funding: The Auto Theft Task Force Fund, per both council items.

    Term as stated: Subscription Term: 60 Months

    Caveats
    • The trailers are lines inside a $5.2 million, 60-month Flock package with no per-trailer price.
    • The invoice notes that product codes were renamed, so its line prices may reflect an earlier product or a bundle discount.
    Sources
  23. Lompoc Police Department CATrailersone trailer at the eventKindType not statedPrice as statedNot statedApprovalApproval not foundRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: No approval record found.

    Placements the sources state
    • “the trailer parked among the floats and food booths” (2026-06), per Santa Maria Times
    Sources
  24. Middletown Police Department OHTrailersone trailerKindType not statedPrice as statedpriced at $25,000 per yearApprovalApproval not foundRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: No approval record found.

    Our summary of the funding: A $61,000 state grant from 2025 State Violent Crime Reduction funding.

    Sources
  25. New Bedford Police Department MATrailersone trailerKindType not statedPrice as statedNot statedApprovalBudget lineRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: Bought with Downtown Safety Initiative money; a police spokesperson said installing Flock cameras did not require a public input process.

    Our summary of the funding: The city Downtown Safety Initiative.

    Caveats
    • Residents demanded cancellation, and councillors filed motions to halt camera use.
    Sources
  26. Sunnyside Police Department WATrailersone trailerKindVideo trailerPrice as statedNot statedApprovalCouncil voteRenewsNot statedStatusEnded

    Our summary of the approval: The council voted 6-1 to end the trailer contract, according to the Sunnyside Sun.

    Our summary of the funding: Opioid settlement funds.

    Placements the sources state
    • “remained largely at its current location”, per Sunnyside Sun
    Caveats
    • The city planned to rotate the trailer among local hotels; it stayed largely at one privately owned hotel property, described here by type.
    • The police chief said the department had shared information directly with U.S. Border Patrol; the article does not say that data came from the trailer.
    Sources
  27. Washington County District Attorney ORTrailerscount not statedKindType not statedPrice as statednot to exceed $396,591ApprovalConsent agendaRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: Approved on the consent agenda on 2025-04-15 (MO 25-68) as a sole-source contract; the record lists no known community support or opposition.

    Our summary of the funding: Grant funded, per the record.

    Caveats
    • Count not stated.
    • At about $25,000 a trailer-year, $396,591 would cover roughly 16 trailer-years; the record does not say how many units or whether it buys or leases. That is our arithmetic.
    Sources
    • Record Washington County, OR: Board of Commissioners agenda item MO 25-68, 2025-04-15
      • “authorize a sole source contract in an amount not to exceed $396,591 to Flock Safety to procure surveillance trailers for use by law enforcement in retail theft investigations”
      • “Agenda Category: CONSENT AGENDA”
      • “Community Feedback (Known Support/Opposition): None”
      • “This procurement is grant funded”
  28. Yakima County WATrailerscount not stated; the article uses the pluralKindVideo trailerPrice as statedNot statedApprovalApproval not foundRenewsNot statedStatusActive

    Our summary of the approval: No approval record found.

    Placements the sources state
    • “at the Central Washington State Fair”, per Yakima Herald-Republic
    Caveats
    • The city police used the county's trailers at the fair.
    Sources
What we could not confirm
  • No verified case ties a Flock trailer to a protest arrest, an abortion clinic, a place of worship, an encampment sweep or an ICE action.
  • One report puts a Flock-linked trailer at the October 2025 No Kings protest in Durango, Colorado, but another report says the trailer it saw was a LiveView unit. The vendor is not confirmed.
  • Whether the video trailer records audio is unresolved: Sunnyside's paper said it can, and Flock lists only a speaker.
  • No national count of Flock trailers exists. Flock publishes none.
  • We found no statement from EFF, the ACLU or other major privacy groups about Flock's trailers specifically. Their criticism targets Flock's network as a whole.
Often mistaken for Flock
  • Blue-light solar trailers in Home Depot, Lowe's, Walmart and Kroger parking lots: Usually LiveView Technologies units, according to these sources. (Loss Prevention Media)(Wikipedia)
  • San Francisco police's mobile camera units: LiveView Technologies units. (CBS San Francisco)
  • Kansas City, Kansas mobile-trailer plate readers: Axon plate readers, by the police department's own account. (The Beacon)
  • Plate readers hidden in trailers and construction barrels on California highways: Federal plate readers that appear to be run by the Border Patrol and other federal agencies, placed under state highway permits. (CalMatters)
  • The Chicago Park District trailer at the Ronan Park encampment: A LiveView Technologies (LVT) unit, according to Block Club Chicago. (Block Club Chicago)
  • The Palm Springs police trailer: No source names the vendor. (Palm Springs Post)
Ask your town

Request your trailer’s placement log.

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Unreviewed mentions

These records mention a trailer near a surveillance word. We have not checked them, and many are other companies’ trailers.

Method

How this ledger is built.

Each row was built from council records, contracts and news reports, and each quote was checked against its source. Research began on October 15, 2026. A trailer appears only when a source names Flock; other vendors’ trailers are listed separately above.