What Stockton Bought

Stockton started with 15 cameras, then added integration with our 911 response system and another 105 cameras. The latest contract adds drones, radar, a mobile trailer, and search tools that connect additional video streams. These are the contracted capabilities; the records do not establish that every item is operating.^{[5][6][3][1][2]}

On March 31, 2026, the current City Council approved an additional $3.15 million, extending Stockton’s contract with Flock through April 14, 2031.^[1][2]

Stockton has used state criminal-justice funds, a federal technology grant, and police funding for Flock. The 2026 plan anticipates later grants, but this funding will not last forever.^{[5][6][10][3][1]}

When grants end, keeping Flock means finding public money for subscriptions, staffing, training, and replacement equipment. The City can seek more funding or end the agreement. Each expansion ties us more closely to a private system that we fund but do not own or govern.

City staff argued that Flock’s tools fit the existing system and that switching vendors could duplicate equipment or create compatibility problems. Earlier purchases became the reason to buy more from the same company.^[3][1]

The drone addendum leaves ownership of its hardware with Flock and puts the risk of loss on Stockton after delivery. Flock reserves rights over operational and derived information, including aggregated or anonymized flight logs, telemetry, and usage data. The agreement excludes Customer Data from those specified rights.^[2]

Stockton City Council is making public safety operations depend on Flock’s technology, permissions, and contract terms.^[2]

The August 8, 2026 portal archive listed 320 sharing recipients, including the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, El Cajon police, university police, and an unidentified “Decommissioned Org.” A listed recipient is a sharing configuration, not proof of a search or disclosure.^[4]

The public audit included 40 searches labeled “USMS case,” but masked every user’s identity. The U.S. Marshals Service is separate from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Those labels do not establish who searched or received the records, and the archive does not establish a Stockton-to-ICE transfer.^[4][15]

A City records response says a Stockton police administrator authorized the University of the Pacific through Flock’s portal, with no written agreement located. Residents need to know who approved access and what limits apply; this response does not show that the university used it.^[16][17][18]