Exclusive | Firm with $1B NYC traffic-camera contract appears to be trying to cover up ties to Flock

A company with a $1 billion city contract to oversee traffic-enforcement devices such as red-light cameras appears to be trying to cover up its relationship with the controversial surveillance firm Flock.Verra Mobility, a major Big Apple vendor for automated road-safety-enforcement systems, had been listed on Flock’s website as one of its partners up until earlier this year — and been joining forces on bidding for contracts as recently as 2025.“Verra Mobility provides automated traffic enforcement systems.Integration with Flock Safety’s platform helps communities enforce road safety more effectively,” read a blurb under Verra’s logo on Flock’s site this year — a post that has since been deleted.Verra also had previously touted its relationship with Flock while bidding on contracts for traffic-enforcement systems for schools and municipalities in Florida as recently as 2025.Verra, in seeking a contract with the city of Greenacres in Florida in April 2025 for a school-zone speed-safety camera setup, boasted that it was “integrated with Flock and other data providers,” according to a public-meeting agenda.But a representative for Verra recently told The Post that it has since stopped such Flock-involved Florida bids.

The rep meanwhile insisted that the company’s hardware has never been integrated with Flock’s.Localities have been facing panicked outrage to rip down Flock cameras out of concern the company is aiding federal immigration authorities and allowing cops to potentially abusing their powers with the tech.Law enforcement has been using Flock’s mounted license-plate readers and other cameras to track traffic on major thoroughfares to catch criminals for years.Verra noted to The Post that the five-year contract it has for automated enforcement cams in New York City specifies that the Big Apple’s Department of Transportation owns all the data collected by the cameras and that it can’t be shared with third parties such as Flock.State ...