# Lafayette, Colorado, Weighs Ending Flock Contract

Lafayette, Colorado, has advanced the first reading of an ordinance to defund its Flock Safety automated license plate reader camera system, while city staff evaluates the contract’s next steps. The city council is scheduled to decide on October 20, 2026 (12 days from October 8); current funding runs through the end of January 2027. If the contract is canceled, the extracted signal says Flock Safety would remove the devices and offboard the system.

- **Why this matters:** The potential cancellation puts an active municipal technology contract, equipment removal, and system offboarding in view for the city and its incumbent contractor.
- Municipal procurement teams managing similar camera or surveillance technology contracts can review their termination, removal, and offboarding terms against this case.
- Contractors serving local governments should account for the pending October 20 decision and the funded period through January 2027 when planning contract operations and any transition work.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Public Safety, Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity
**Published:** October 07, 2026

### Government Entities
- City of Lafayette
- Lafayette Police Department

### Vendors
- Flock Safety (incumbent)

### Key Quotes
> I just think it's weird that you're being tracked when you've done nothing wrong. They don't need to know where I am at all times.
> — Chao Chen, member of Deflock Lafayette

> Each successive month we've gotten more and more reports that they are not as secure as we were told they were. We've heard of abuses, and the community has been outraged.
> — Kyle Beaulieu, Councilor

### Sources
- [City of Lafayette considering removing Flock cameras](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/city-lafayette-considering-removing-flock-232907816.html) - Yahoo