Cleveland, OH Six-Month Flock Safety Renewal with New Data-Sharing Restrictions (2026)
Cleveland, OH · Cleveland, OH City Council 9-6 vote, July 15, 2026, six-month Flock Safety renewal with no-data-sharing and no-fusion-center conditions
Cleveland City Council voted 9-6 on July 15, 2026 to keep the city's Flock Safety license plate reader cameras for another six months — but attached new restrictions the prior contract lacked. Under the renewal, Flock data may not be shared with other governments or third parties, and access by the regional fusion center is cut off. The short six-month term functions as a probationary period. This entry indexes a surveillance deployment renewal; the new data-sharing restrictions are the operative oversight conditions.
Technical detail
Cleveland (OH) City Council 9-6 vote, July 15, 2026: six-month Flock Safety ALPR contract renewal conditioned on (1) no data sharing with other governments or third parties and (2) termination of fusion-center access. Six-month term implies expiration around mid-January 2027 (expires_date estimated 2027-01-15 from the vote date; confirm exact contract term). Surveillance-adoption entry with oversight conditions — strength 'limited'.
Who is protected: Cleveland residents and drivers — Flock data may not be shared with other governments or third parties, and fusion-center access is cut, limiting downstream use (including immigration-enforcement and out-of-jurisdiction queries)
Who must comply: City of Cleveland and Cleveland Division of Police (data-sharing restrictions); Flock Safety (vendor)
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | Cleveland, OH |
|---|---|
| Level | City / local |
| Status | In effect |
| Protection strength | Limited protection |
| Effective date | 2026-07-15 |
| Enacted | 2026-07-15 |
| Citation | Cleveland, OH City Council 9-6 vote, July 15, 2026, six-month Flock Safety renewal with no-data-sharing and no-fusion-center conditions |
| Enforced by | Cleveland City Council (contract conditions); Cleveland Division of Police (operational compliance) |
| Topics | consumer data privacy · police and surveillance AI · automated decision-making |
| Last verified | 2026-07-19 |
| Official source | Cleveland to keep Flock cameras, pause data center projects — Signal Cleveland ↗ |
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