Collection status: Remaining cameras decommissioned September 29, 2026
Contract status: Under review; no termination decision verified
Council ordered the remaining cameras off.
Lincoln Park City Council passed a September 28 resolution directing that the remaining Flock cameras be covered and turned off. Police Chief Scott Lavis said Flock decommissioned them the next day.
Local 4: Lincoln Park cameras covered and decommissioned →
The city entered a five-year agreement in December 2023. The chief put the cost at $60,000 per year, or $2,500 per camera, and said the city had 24 cameras before multiple units were damaged or cut down.
A pause is not a termination.
The Public Safety Commission and Community Improvement Commission are expected to review the system and make recommendations before council decides whether to continue the contract.
That means the accurate status is:
new collection stopped; final contract decision pending.
Residents should ask for the meeting dates, written recommendations and a council vote before any reactivation.
Damage is not a campaign method.
The reported destruction of cameras is not a lawful or constructive way to change policy. DeFlock Metro Detroit does not encourage tampering, vandalism, trespass or interference with equipment. The durable path is public records, public meetings, contract action, account shutdown, data closeout and authorized removal.
Records needed before the next decision
- the signed five-year agreement and every order form;
- early-termination, nonrenewal and removal terms;
- the final list of decommissioned cameras and dates;
- the four federal agencies that reportedly had data access before shutdown;
- search, sharing and audit records;
- funding records, including forfeiture and Community Development Block Grant use;
- commission agendas, packets and recommendations;
- and any proposal to reactivate Flock or replace it with another ALPR system.
Ask council to convert the pause into termination, removal and verified data closeout.