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What are Flock cameras and ALPRs?
ALPR stands for Automated License Plate Reader: a camera system that captures license plates and vehicle information and turns those observations into searchable data. Pleasanton currently uses Flock Safety ALPR technology.
Pleasanton at a Glance
These figures are tied to dated records. Where a current official record does not specify a future number, we say so rather than guess.
| Measure | Current / latest verified record | Future projection / status in the record | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flock / ALPR cameras | 54 replacement ALPR cameras were approved in the 2025 Flock replacement program. Pleasanton's July 2026 memo says replacement of the former Vigilant cameras with Flock had been largely completed. Put another way: Pleasanton has nearly 215 centerline miles of paved roads. Against the City's 54-camera replacement program, that's roughly one ALPR for every 4.0 miles (7,007 yards) of Pleasanton roads. City street-mileage source → | The July 2026 memo identifies three delayed Vigilant locations and says those cameras were deactivated July 8, 2026. It does not publish a new final Flock count beyond the 54-camera replacement program. | 2025 contract reporting 2026 official memo |
| Flock contract cost | Five years, up to $639,760 for the Flock agreement including 54 replacement ALPR cameras. This is the vendor agreement amount, not a demonstrated Total Cost of Ownership for Pleasanton's ALPR program. | No later source reviewed for this revision establishes a different maximum contract amount. | Pleasanton Weekly citing City staff report |
| Retention / searchable travel history | 30 days. Pleasanton's July 17, 2026 memo states that the current Flock system retains collected data for thirty days. | The July 2026 memo does not announce a shorter future Pleasanton retention period. | Official July 17, 2026 ALPR memo |
The contract price is not the Total Cost of Ownership.
The published figure of up to $639,760 over five years describes the Flock agreement identified in the records cited above. It should not be interpreted as the complete cost to Pleasanton taxpayers of operating an ALPR surveillance program.
Operating the program also consumes resources such as personnel time for administration, monitoring, investigations and dispatch; police and IT management; networking and communications; servers, storage and other IT infrastructure; cybersecurity; facilities and real estate; electricity and cooling; maintenance; training; records management; legal and compliance work; and other support.
Some of those people, buildings, systems and infrastructure may already exist and would continue to exist without Flock. Existing does not mean free. If the ALPR program consumes a portion of those shared resources, an appropriate portion of their cost contributes to the program's true Total Cost of Ownership.
There is an important distinction between incremental costs created specifically by the ALPR program and allocated costs representing the program's appropriate share of existing personnel, infrastructure, facilities and other resources. Both matter when determining what the program actually costs taxpayers.
The records currently cited here do not quantify all of those costs, so DeFlock Pleasanton will not guess at a number. But the absence of a published allocation does not make those consumed resources cost-free. The $639,760 vendor agreement should therefore not be presented as though it necessarily represents the complete taxpayer cost of Pleasanton's ALPR program.
Where are Flock cameras in and around Pleasanton?
This community-maintained DeFlock map shows reported automated license-plate-reader locations around Pleasanton. Camera locations can change, and a community map may not identify every camera.
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