· Inkster, MI · Expanding
Inkster, Michigan signs a 10-year Flock deal adding plate readers, gunshot detection and a police drone
While nearby Metro Detroit communities end their Flock contracts, Inkster announced on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026 that it is expanding its Flock Safety program under a 10-year contract that WXYZ reports will cost about $241,000 a year. The city will go from six license plate readers, first installed in 2023, to 20, and add five video security cameras, 48 gunshot detection devices, and a drone-as-first-responder program that police expect to launch between mid-November and early December. Flock told CBS News Detroit most of the new equipment is already installed. Police Chief Tamika Jenkins said officers must open a case before searching the system and that any employee found misusing it would be fired; the city says routine data is deleted after 30 days unless kept as evidence and that a public transparency portal will launch Nov. 1. A day later, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib announced her bill to bar federal funds for ALPRs at a news conference in Inkster and urged the city to reconsider.
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