Henrico CountyTuesday, November 3
Henrico crews removed more than 120 Flock cameras after the company missed its deadline
The 5AM Short Pump team
If you've spotted a Flock camera around Henrico, they're coming down. County crews removed more than 120 of the license plate reader cameras on Saturday, Oct. 31, after Flock missed its deadline to take them down. More than 100 Henrico Public Works employees started at opposite ends of the county and worked toward the middle, according to the county.
- Storage: the removed cameras will stay in storage until Flock retrieves them
- Poles: still up, and Flock must remove them and cover the county's costs
Henrico told Flock on Oct. 7 that its contract would end Oct. 14 and gave the company until Oct. 21 to remove the cameras. When that didn't happen, the county sent its own crews. WWBT reported that Flock hadn't met its "contractual obligation" to remove them.
Henrico ended its Flock contract and removed the cameras within a month
- Oct. 6Henrico announces it plans to end its relationship with Flock.
- Oct. 7Henrico notifies Flock its contract ends Oct. 14.
- Oct. 21Deadline for Flock to remove the cameras.
- Oct. 29Henrico Citizen reports all 128 cameras still up, though deactivated.
- Oct. 31County crews remove more than 120 cameras.
Sources: WTVR.com, Henrico Citizen
The cameras were already off. County Attorney Andrew Newby told the Henrico Citizen on Oct. 29 that all 128 were still up but deactivated: "They're not connected to anything." A Flock spokesperson told the Times-Dispatch on Friday that the cameras were no longer collecting or retaining images or data.
Henrico's Flock cameras by the numbers
- 128
- cameras still up on Oct. 29
- More than 120
- cameras removed on Oct. 31
- More than 100
- Public Works employees on the job
Sources: WTVR.com, Henrico Citizen
Sources: WTVR.com, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Henrico Citizen, WWBT