# Midland Terminates Flock Camera Contract

Midland City Council voted unanimously to end the city’s two-year subscription contract with Flock for 71 license plate recognition cameras, avoiding a **$225,500 second-year payment**. The agreement allowed termination with 60 days’ notice, and the cameras were scheduled for removal within that period. Council concerns included data transparency, privacy, and cybersecurity, while officials also acknowledged the cameras’ public-safety value. Odessa planned a workshop to discuss its own Flock contract; the signals identify no replacement solicitation or procurement in either city.

- Municipal buyers may reassess surveillance contracts for data handling, privacy, cybersecurity, and accountability provisions, alongside public-safety benefits.
- Flock and competing providers face increased cancellation risk; proposals should clearly address where data is stored, whether it is shared with third parties, and how the customer retains oversight and liability.
- Contractors offering surveillance alternatives or related data-governance and public-safety technology may find an opening if Midland or Odessa pursues a replacement, but no such procurement has been announced.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Public Safety, Information Technology
**Topics:** Digital Infrastructure, Regulatory Compliance, Cybersecurity
**Published:** October 14, 2026

### Government Entities
- City of Midland
- Midland City Council
- City of Odessa

### Vendors
- Flock (incumbent)

### Key Quotes
> We just need guarantees that this data is not being sold and passed along to third parties and that it stays put where it is and that we’re liable, not some corporation.
> — Jack Ladd, Councilman

> We’re still at the table to have further conversations to provide the technology needed to help those officers do their jobs well, but we want to make sure that we’re protecting individual liberty at the same time.
> — Lori Blong, Mayor

> I think we’ve had two instances in the last week where they were used to very quickly apprehend a suspect, but again, they are also very powerful if they are abused.
> — Brian Stubbs, Councilman

### Sources
- [Midland has become the latest city in Texas to get rid of Flock cameras after city council members voted unanimously on Tuesday to end their contract with the company. https://t.co/ZcTUBf15iL](https://x.com/fox7austin/status/2110177568791974168) - twitter-sled
- [Midland has become the latest city in Texas to get rid of Flock cameras after city council members voted unanimously on Tuesday to end their contract with the company. https://t.co/0vqtisXQb5](https://x.com/fox7austin/status/2110305919665897862) - twitter-sled
- [48 hours of people showing up:

Midland's council voted unanimously to end its Flock contract. About 70 city cameras come down within 60 days.
Nelson County, Va. dropped Flock effective immediately after a town hall.

Council meetings work.
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