Greer City Council meets Tuesday, Nov. 10, to discuss its Flock license plate cameras. The city covered them Aug. 21 for a 90-day review that ends in mid-November.

Greer City Council will hold a workshop on the city’s Flock Safety camera system at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at City Hall.

The city’s events calendar lists the one-hour session. It says the council “will hold a workshop to discuss the use of the Flock Safety system.”

The cameras have been off since August. The workshop falls about a week before the end of the city’s 90-day review.

Why the cameras are covered

Flock cameras read the license plates of passing vehicles. The city suspended its system on Aug. 21, 2026, for 90 days, according to a city notice that day.

The notice said:

  • staff access to the Flock system was suspended
  • cameras in the city were physically covered

“Public trust and public safety are of paramount importance in the City of Greer,” City Administrator Andrew Merriman said in the notice.

He said the city would use the 90 days to “conduct a data-driven analysis of the tool’s effectiveness, evaluate our training and implementation systems, and weigh privacy concerns with the benefit of using this technology to protect life and property in the City of Greer.”

Ninety days from Aug. 21 is Thursday, Nov. 19. The city has not said what happens to the cameras on that date.

Residents have raised it three times

The cameras have come up in the public forum at three straight regular council meetings, the council’s minutes and summary show:

  • Sept. 22: a resident spoke in opposition to Flock cameras.
  • Oct. 13: a resident gave the council written information about Flock cameras.
  • Oct. 27: a resident spoke about privacy and cameras in general.

The minutes for Sept. 22 and Oct. 13 are in the Oct. 27 agenda packet. The Oct. 27 topics are in the city’s meeting recap.

What it means for you

  • The cameras are still off. Nothing the city has published says the suspension has ended early.
  • You can attend. The workshop is at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at City Hall, 301 E. Poinsett St. The regular council meeting follows at 6:30 p.m., and it opens with a public forum.
  • The agendas are not up yet. The Oct. 27 agenda went up on the city’s CivicClerk portal the Friday before that meeting. We will add what the workshop covers when the city publishes it.

Who to call at City Hall, including the clerk’s office, is on our City Hall contacts page. Weekly police and fire items are in our Police and Fire log.