Council Approves Five-Year Lease Extension for Flock Cameras

Lexington Police Officer working in the Real Time Intelligence Center. Source: LexTV

Last Thursday, Council voted to approve a five-year lease extension for the 100 Flock license plate reader cameras operated by the Lexington Police Department. District 1 Councilmember Tayna Fogle was the only vote against the lease extension.

In Thursday’s Council Meeting, Council will have their final vote to approve a five-year lease extension for the 100 Flock license plate reader cameras currently operated by the Lexington Police Department. The first year of this lease will cost the City $352,404.11, with each subsequent year’s cost being $317,500 — bringing the five-year total cost to $1,622,404.11.

This five-year lease extension only pertains to the 100 cameras currently operated by LPD. The Mayor’s Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 has allocated $75,000 for 25 additional Flock cameras, but those additional cameras will not be acquired until the FY25 Budget is fully adopted by Council. There is no information as of yet regarding where the 25 additional cameras will be located.

You can review LPD’s License Plate Reader Transparency Page to learn the locations of Flock cameras, review statistics, and review LPD’s use policy for the cameras.