What happened in Toledo?
13abc reported that Toledo City Council voted against terminating its contract with Flock Safety on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. The ordinance to end the agreement failed with six council members voting no.
The vote followed a heated debate. The cameras stay in place for now.
What would the ordinance have done?
A group of five council members introduced a resolution last month urging the mayor to end the city's agreement with the license plate reader company. The proposal also asked the city to:
- remove or deactivate all equipment
- purge stored data
- block future contract renewals
Because the ordinance failed, the city has not adopted that proposal.
Are Toledo's cameras still running?
Yes. 13abc reports that the cameras will remain active while the city auditor's review continues.
- Council has already ordered an independent review of raw data from the cameras.
- The city auditor asked for a 30-day extension to finish that report.
- Some council members tried to delay Wednesday's vote until the review was done. That motion also failed.
What changes for drivers?
The Toledo cameras keep running for now. If council later ends the contract, the proposal asked that the city's own equipment be removed or deactivated. The source does not say whether cameras run by neighboring cities, the county, the state, businesses or homeowners' associations are affected. A Toledo vote covers the city's agreement, so those cameras are not part of it.
You can check mapped cameras near you on the camera map. For background on how these systems work, read how plate readers work.
When will council vote again?
The report does not give a date for another vote. It says council could take another vote at an upcoming meeting, and the auditor's 30-day extension is the timeline to watch. The source does not name that meeting.