City Council Study Session - 11 May 2026
The short version: Englewood, Colorado's city council will publicly review its Axon, Flock Safety, and Dronesense contracts, a rare chance to see surveillance spending debated in the open.
Our Take
Credit to the City of Englewood for at least putting this on camera: a study session where the police chief, deputy chief, and IT director have to sit across from elected officials and explain why taxpayer money is going to Axon, Flock Safety, and drone vendor Dronesense. Most of these contracts get rubber-stamped in consent-agenda purgatory with zero public scrutiny. A dedicated agenda item, even a low-key study session, is more transparency than most towns manage.
But don't mistake a briefing for accountability. These sessions are almost always framed by staff and vendors as routine renewals, not referendums on whether a city needs a network of always-on plate cameras feeding a private company's database, paired with police drones, in the first place. Watch for the language: 'force multiplier,' 'regional partnerships,' 'clearance rates.' What you rarely hear is who audits the data-sharing agreements, how long footage is retained, or which outside agencies get pinged when your plate rolls past a Flock camera in Englewood.
If you're in the Denver metro area, this is your cue to check whether Flock has already quietly wired up your own city — our map tracks known camera locations — and to push your council for the same kind of public contract review Englewood is holding. Don't wait for a study session to land on your agenda; here's how to start pushing back now.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of City of Englewood Colorado, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.