CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland, Shaker Heights and Strongsville have authorized Flock Safety agreements ranging from $125,000 for six months to a five-year maximum of $204,550.
The amounts show how three cities are paying for automated license plate readers used in criminal investigations and vehicle searches. They are not direct price comparisons because the contracts cover different numbers of readers, time periods, equipment and services.
These are five takeaways from the original article, which examined the cities’ agreements and what the records do — and do not — reveal about public spending on the technology…