System status: Current Flock use supported by recent township records
Campaign status: Active research
Last verified: September 12, 2026
What we know
Redford renewed and expanded Flock in March 2025.
On March 25, 2025, the Redford Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved Motion 25:056.
The official minutes say the approved contract covered:
- renewal of 6 current Flock cameras;
- 3 additional Flock cameras;
- 2 Condor cameras;
- $41,550 total.
The vote recorded six ayes, no nays and one absent trustee.
Official March 25, 2025 Redford minutes
That appears to mean nine Flock vehicle cameras were covered by the 2025 action.
The motion describes six current Flock cameras plus three additional Flock cameras.
That tells us what the board approved.
It does not by itself prove all nine were installed, all nine remain operational today, their exact current locations or current configuration.
Those are separate questions to verify.
Redford also approved two Condor cameras.
Condor is a Flock video-surveillance product—not simply another plate reader. Flock describes its video cameras as providing live and recorded video, remote pan/tilt/zoom, people and vehicle alerts, cloud search, and integration with its LPR and other systems.
Flock’s Guardian Mode materials say Condor can automatically detect, follow and zoom toward people or vehicles in view. In December 2025, reporters also documented at least 60 Condor interfaces elsewhere that were exposed to the public internet without a login, including live and archived people footage. Flock said the limited carrier-testing configuration was corrected. We have no evidence that Redford’s cameras were part of that exposure; the incident shows why local model, feature, network, authentication, retention, vendor-access and security-notice records matter.
That matters because, when those products are connected, plate observations can be combined with scene video and alerts to build a broader account of which vehicles and people appeared around an event and what happened before or afterward. We have not yet verified which Condor model, analytics, integrations or search features Redford actually enabled; the current contract and configuration records must answer that.
The public-interest question is not limited to what officials say is enabled today. It also includes what the installed system can technically support later, who can turn features or integrations on, whether another public vote is required, and whether residents would receive notice. Capability is not proof of current use—but it is part of the risk residents are being asked to accept.
Learn what Condor and Raven can collect—and why connecting them to ALPR matters →
We do not automatically count those two as additional automated license plate readers.
They belong in the local surveillance picture because they are part of the same vendor relationship, but they are a different product category.
Nine Flock vehicle cameras plus two Condor cameras is more accurate than casually calling all eleven “Flock plate readers.”
We found newer evidence of a 2026-27 renewal.
Redford Township’s May 26, 2026 Board packet includes an accounts-payable entry dated May 12, 2026:
FLOCK GROUP INC.
2026 - 2027 FLOCK RENEWAL - POLICE DEPT.
$18,000.00
That is strong evidence that the township continued paying for Flock service into a 2026-27 renewal period.
Official May 26, 2026 Redford Board packet
What the $18,000 payment does not tell us
A payment description is valuable evidence.
It is not the executed agreement.
From the payment record alone, we do not assume we know:
- the exact contract start date;
- the exact expiration date;
- whether renewal is automatic;
- the nonrenewal notice period;
- whether the $18,000 covers all vehicle cameras;
- whether Condor is included;
- whether other software products are included;
- whether sharing settings changed;
- or what cancellation rights Redford currently has.
Those questions should be answered with the controlling agreement and related records.
The biggest missing document
The current executed 2026-27 Flock agreement.
This is the highest-priority Redford record.
We want the current executed contract, renewal, order form, addendum or other controlling document covering the township’s present Flock service.
The most important terms are:
Term - When does the current agreement begin and end?
Renewal - Does it renew automatically?
Notice - How much advance notice is required to stop renewal?
Termination - Can Redford end the agreement early, and under what conditions?
Products - Which cameras, software subscriptions and services are covered?
Cost - What is the full current annual cost?
Sharing - What provisions govern access and sharing?
Retention - What contractual terms apply to stored data?
Changes - Can software capabilities be added without another public board vote?
Those answers reveal the real campaign window.
Why the renewal date matters
A surveillance contract can feel permanent when nobody knows when the decision actually happens.
It is not permanent.
Somewhere there is a term, expiration, renewal mechanism or funding decision.
The May 2026 payment suggests a 2026-27 renewal period, but we do not publish a specific nonrenewal deadline until the controlling document establishes it.
Finding that deadline is more important right now than collecting another twenty interesting facts about Flock.
The contract tells us when concern can become a decision.
Current campaign question
When and how can Redford Township prevent the next Flock renewal?
To answer that responsibly, we first need the current agreement.
See the playbook for communities that already have Flock →
Our ultimate ask
We want Redford Township to:
- allow the current Flock agreement to expire or lawfully terminate it;
- decline replacement or expansion involving substantially similar mass vehicle-tracking technology;
- and remove the covered surveillance infrastructure.
Better policies are not our end goal.
Another vendor providing substantially the same tracking is not our end goal.
Removal and nonrenewal are.
What we still need to learn
The current agreement is the priority, but other useful questions include:
Current deployment
Are all nine Flock vehicle cameras referenced in the 2025 action installed and active? Where are they? Have any been added, removed or relocated?
Condor
Are both Condor cameras operating? Where? What local purpose and software configuration applies? Is Guardian Mode or another automatic person-tracking feature enabled? What external network endpoints, authentication controls, retention settings, vendor-access rules and security notices apply?
Read the full Condor and Raven product guide →
Retention
What retention settings currently apply?
Sharing
Which outside agencies can search Redford-generated information? Which outside data can Redford personnel search?
Products and features
Which Flock products and subscriptions are currently active? Are capabilities beyond standard LPR enabled?
Policy
What written rules govern searches, alerts, sharing, audits and misuse?
Actual use
How often is the system searched? What types of investigations account for those searches? What audit records exist?
What we are not going to do
We are not going to flood Redford Township with overlapping records requests.
We are not going to assume every Flock feature advertised nationally is being used here.
We are not going to call Condor an ALPR unless the evidence supports it.
We are not going to call the cameras illegal simply because we oppose them.
And we are not going to wait until the next renewal is already approved before paying attention.
The most useful next step
Right now:
Get the current Flock agreement.
If someone already has the current 2026-27 agreement, invoice, order form, policy or related correspondence, send it to us rather than filing another duplicate request.
Going to a Board of Trustees meeting?
Do not rely on this page for the next meeting date.
Use the township’s own current schedule and packets.
Official Redford agendas, minutes and packets
Need to request records?
Check what is already public and coordinate before filing a duplicate request.
For this campaign, the executed 2026-27 Flock renewal/agreement is the most obvious current gap.
Read our Michigan public-records guide →
Evidence timeline
March 25, 2025
Board approves Motion 25:056 covering six current Flock camera renewals, three additional Flock cameras, two Condor cameras and $41,550.
Status: Confirmed by official township minutes
May 12, 2026
Township financial record shows an $18,000 payment to Flock Group Inc. labeled “2026 - 2027 FLOCK RENEWAL - POLICE DEPT.”
Status: Confirmed by official township financial record
Current
Executed controlling agreement for the 2026-27 renewal: not yet obtained / verified
Exact expiration and nonrenewal deadline: unknown
Current product configuration and sharing: still researching
What success looks like
Not another policy.
Not a shorter retention period followed by automatic renewal.
Not replacing Flock with substantially the same surveillance under a different company name.
Success is:
Redford does not renew the covered mass vehicle-surveillance system. The cameras come down. The routine tracking ends.
Understand the decision behind the cameras
The Redford campaign is not only about finding camera locations. The current contract, renewal rules, sharing configuration and searchable access determine where the real decision points are.