# Arlington County Board Town Hall | October 26, 2026

The Arlington County Board held a town hall on October 26, 2026, with public comment on housing affordability and zoning, public safety and police accountability, automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), health services, transportation safety, and economic-development ethics. Procurement-related discussion focused on the Board’s previously announced termination of its Flock ALPR contract; speakers urged the County to ban ALPRs entirely or adopt controls on vendors and data use, while others defended the technology’s investigative value. No new contract award or procurement vote occurred at the town hall. Speakers also asked the County to terminate its deer-management contract with Wildlife Resources LLC, raised concerns about County negotiations with Medical Facilities of America over traffic management at a County-property site, and said strict qualifications made a Countywide training-services opportunity inaccessible to their organization. These were requests and concerns, not decisions made at this meeting.

The Board discussed possible next steps on police transparency, including a forthcoming body-camera release policy, a public forum on the fatal May 8 incident, and a requested briefing on the co-responder model. Members also acknowledged a prior $50,000 allocation for emergency assistance to families affected by immigration detentions and recognized growing demand for Arlington Free Clinic services, for which speakers requested sustained County funding. Housing comments addressed the Boston Park study, including preservation of 233 committed affordable units, and broader zoning and infrastructure concerns; a Board member said the study was intended to plan for the affordability expiration and cited a letter of intent pausing other redevelopment plans during the study. No motions or votes on these matters were recorded during the town hall.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Public Safety, Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** October 26, 2026

### Sources
- [Arlington County Board Town Hall | October 26, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW12SVeSJLk) - Arlington County, VA