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Palm Desert

Public-safety technology contracts the Palm Desert City Council took up since 2022. All Palm Desert 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.
9actions
3vendors
$4,382,350approved (recorded vote)
$620,975proposed, 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
2026-08-20Crosstown Electrical & DataPurchase and install five Bosch CCTV cameras at key El Paseo intersections to improve public safety monitoring
Surveillance cameras
Purchase order$83,320No vote recordedpacket · city original
2026-06-25VectorUSAAuthorize VectorUSA to purchase and install a replacement surveillance system at the Holocaust Memorial check
Surveillance cameras
Award$40,516No vote recordedpacket · city original
2026-06-11Flock SafetyApprove Flock Safety Amendment Order Form and Authorize Continued Expansion of the City's Public Safety Camera System Under Contract No. C47070 check
License plate readers
Amendment$2,500,000
not to exceed
Approved
Motion Carried (5 to 0)
agenda · minutes · packet · packet · packet
2025-04-10Flock SafetyAmendment No. 1 to Contract No. C47070 with Flock Safety for expansion of ALPR system; appropriation and use of SLESF funds check
License plate readers
Amendment$138,750Approved
Motion Carried (5 to 0)
agenda · minutes · packet · packet · packet
2024-02-15Flock SafetyAPPROVE AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK SAFETY FOR AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS
License plate readers
Award$1,412,500Approved
Motion Carried (5 to 0)
agenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original
2023-12-14Flock SafetyApprove Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. C43220 with Flock Safety for Phase 3 of a fixed location Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system check
License plate readers
Amendment$331,100
not to exceed
Approved
5 to 0
agenda · minutes · packet · packet · packet
2023-03-23Flock SafetyAPPROVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CONTRACT NO. C43220 WITH FLOCK SAFETY FOR PHASE 2 OF A FIXED LOCATION AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM
License plate readers
Amendment$151,050
per year
No vote recordedagenda · packet · city original
2022-08-25VectorUSAAWARD A CONTRACT TO VECTOR RESOURCE, INC., DBA VECTOR USA, FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SECURITY CAMERAS AT VARIOUS CITY-OWNED FACILITIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $206,039.2
Surveillance cameras
Award$206,039No vote recordedagenda · packet · city original
2022-06-09Flock SafetyAWARD CONTRACT TO FLOCK SAFETY FOR A FIXED LOCATION AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION (ALPR) SYSTEM
License plate readers
Award$140,050
per year
No vote recordedagenda · packet · city original