Contract & Procurement
Agency procurement records, pricing, and other shady deals.
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Flock Dodges Dunwoody Question with Demo Defense
Flock responds to allegations that its executives accessed cameras inside a community center gymnastics room — three months late, via blog post, and with a novel theory of what 'crime-solving' means.
Contract & ProcurementThe Dunwoody Drone Deal
Dunwoody tried to negotiate a Flock contract. The MSA won narrow concessions on data governance but left every structural problem intact. The drone program is ungoverned, Flock's liability in year two is $0, and sensitive law enforcement data is flowing to a third party under terms the MSA doesn't reach.
Contract & ProcurementNo Permit, No Problem: California Governor Hopeful Chad Bianco's 500+ Unauthorized Surveillance Cameras
Riverside County issued three encroachment permits for 500+ Flock surveillance cameras to the wrong permittee and based on incomplete applications. Then it let them lapse for over a year. Bianco and Flock continued to operate them.
Contract & ProcurementAll the Attorney General's Men: As Transparent as a One-Way Mirror
How a complaint to Iowa's AG about Coralville's unenforceable ALPR policy forced a choice—and revealed the AG's selective relationship with transparency.
Contract & ProcurementThe Deal has been Altered Further: Flock Publishes New Terms
Flock's terms got worse. All of them. The new terms add perpetual data licenses, mandatory Georgia arbitration, and potential constitutional problems for every city that signs.
Contract & Procurement"Official Police Business Only" Now Covers City Planning
The dropdown says more than the contract does.
Contract & ProcurementFlock is altering the deal. Pray it does not alter it further.
Flock customers are one signature away from losing data ownership.
Contract & ProcurementAll the Chief's Men: How Coralville's Flock Contract Bypassed Oversight
How Flock leveraged a dysfunctional city council to install surveillance cameras in Coralville, Iowa without proper oversight or approval.
Contract & ProcurementJohnson County, Iowa, Sheriff Botches $98,900 Tiffin Surveillance Deal
The Johnson County, Iowa, Sheriff's Office spent three months negotiating a $98,900 surveillance contract for another city—apparently without authorization from either government.