Routt sheriff to cancel Flock camera contract

The Routt County sheriff will cancel the county’s contract with Flock after records showed that local cameras were included in 8 million searches.

The decision

The sheriff’s decision ends the county’s contractual relationship with Flock. A date for the cancellation to take effect has not been announced.

The decision concerns the Sheriff’s Office and its use of the camera system. It is a county public-safety and contracting matter.

What the records showed

The records connected Routt County’s cameras to 8 million searches. That number refers to searches in which the local cameras were included, not the number of cameras in the county.

The size of that search activity prompted scrutiny of how the cameras were being used beyond Routt County. The sheriff responded by deciding to cancel the contract.

What comes next

The next steps are the formal cancellation of the contract and an explanation of when that cancellation will take effect. It also remains to be seen when the cameras will stop operating under the arrangement and how records connected to the system will be handled.

The Yampa Valley Bugle reported the development.