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Public-safety technology contracts the Bell Gardens City Council took up since 2022. All Bell Gardens meetings.

Extracted automatically — check the source. These rows were read out of the cities' own agendas, staff reports and minutes by a language model (claude-haiku-5-5/v3) on 2026-10-19. Each amount links to the passage it came from and each row to the city's original file, which is the official record. Rows marked check had a problem the checks caught.
8actions
5vendors
$1,012,040approved (recorded vote)
$605,233proposed, no vote in the index

Dollar totals add the amount each action states: an amendment's new total can repeat an earlier award, and annual amounts are counted once. Use them as a rough size, the rows for detail.

Actions

DateVendorItemActionAmountOutcomeSources
2026-02-09Flock SafetyConsideration of Option of One-Year Extension of Agreement with Flock Group, Inc.
License plate readers
Renewal / extension$57,500Approved
4-1; Yes: Jorgei Chavez, Miguel De La Rosa, Dr. Francis De Leon Sanchez,…
minutes · packet · packet · packet · city original
2026-01-12Black & White Emergency VehiclesConsideration of a Resolution Approving a First Amendment to the Contract Services Agreement with Black & White Emergency Vehicles, LLC for the Continued Purcha
Bundles
Amendment$539,683
not to exceed
No vote recordedpacket · city original
2025-04-28Black & White Emergency VehiclesContract Services Agreement with Black & White Emergency Vehicles, LLC for purchase and installation of emergency vehicle equipment, not to exceed $328,808.11
Bundles
Award$328,808
not to exceed
Approvedpacket · city original
2023-08-28Black & White Emergency VehiclesApproval to enter into a contract with Black & White Emergency Vehicles, Inc.
Bundles
Sole-source award—Approvedpacket · city original
2023-02-27Insight Public SectorPURCHASE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER (ALPR) CAMERAS
License plate readers
Cooperative purchase$65,550
per year
No vote recordedpacket · city original
2023-02-27Flock SafetyPURCHASE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER (ALPR) CAMERAS check
License plate readers
Cooperative purchase$180,500Approvedminutes · packet · packet · packet · city original
2022-10-10AardvarkAdopt a resolution approving the purchase of Loki MK2 drone package for the Police Department
Drones
Sole-source award$13,834
not to exceed
Approved
5-0
minutes · packet · packet · city original
2022-08-22LensLockAPPROVAL OF CONTRACT FROM LENSLOCK INC. FOR BODY WORN IN, CAR, AND FIXED CAMERAS
Bundles
Sole-source award$431,398
not to exceed
Approvedminutes · packet · packet · city original