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WinFort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne's council voted 8-0 against paying to maintain the plate readers it already has

Published by
Fort Wayne Business Weekly
Author
Lisa Esquivel Long
Date
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Status
Win

Fort Wayne City Council rejected a $120,250 Flock Safety maintenance contract on 25 August by eight votes to none, with one councilman absent. The money was for annual upkeep of cameras already installed around the city, which makes this a different kind of vote from most on this desk: not a decision about whether to buy plate readers, but a refusal to keep paying for the ones already there. Council members had raised oversight and accountability at a July meeting, and a companion bill dealt with data retention, storage and sharing. The police department says it will evaluate how to move forward, has announced no immediate action, and maintains the technology is a valuable investigative resource while saying it will support reasonable legislation governing its use. The department has not said how many cameras are installed, so what a unanimous refusal to fund maintenance means in practice is not yet clear.

From the reporting

  • Voted 8-0 against a $120,250 maintenance contract on 25 August 2026. Councilman Scott Myers (R-4th) was absent.
  • The contract covered annual maintenance of cameras already deployed, not a new purchase.
  • Council members raised oversight and accountability at a July meeting; a companion bill addressed data retention, storage and sharing.
  • The police department says it will evaluate how to proceed and has taken no immediate action.
  • The department has not disclosed how many cameras are installed in Fort Wayne.
  • Recorded as a win on the vote. Whether the cameras stop working is a separate question this desk cannot yet answer.

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