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Contract retainedColerain Township, Ohio

Colerain Township's cameras logged more than 40 million records and produced 44 arrests, and residents have started doing the division

Published by
WKRC Local 12
Author
James Pilcher
Date
Location
Colerain Township, Ohio
Status
Contract retained

Colerain Township bought into Flock in early 2025 after a triple shooting that killed two brothers, with trustees putting up $70,000 from their discretionary accounts. Eighteen months on, the township has 22 cameras, a second-year cost of $66,000, and a published set of results: more than 40 million records collected, 95 hits for possible wanted individuals, and 44 arrests. Residents have started setting those numbers against each other in public. Resident David Lemmink put it plainly at a meeting: "if you take 43 million records and lean that against 87 total hits...that's a pretty poor ratio." Trustee Dan Unger raised a separate objection, about the volume of data now held by a third-party vendor rather than the township. Flock's response, from spokesman Paris Lewbel, is that its cameras assist in around 20 per cent of arrests nationwide. This entry is on the desk because it is the argument the desk's own record says works second-best after data sharing, and it is the first place with the arithmetic published rather than estimated. Nothing has been cancelled and no vote is scheduled. Colerain still has its cameras.

From the reporting

  • 22 cameras. $70,000 in year one, $66,000 in year two.
  • More than 40 million records collected; 95 hits for possible wanted individuals; 44 arrests.
  • Resident David Lemmink: "if you take 43 million records and lean that against 87 total hits...that’s a pretty poor ratio." His figures differ from the ones reported; both are recorded here rather than reconciled.
  • Trustee Dan Unger objected to the amount of data held by a third-party vendor rather than by the township.
  • Flock spokesman Paris Lewbel says the company’s cameras assist in about 20 per cent of arrests nationwide.
  • The original purchase followed a triple shooting that killed two brothers; trustees funded it from discretionary accounts in January 2025.
  • No vote, review or contract decision is scheduled. Filed as retained because that is what it is.

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