Duke W. Coon

The case against Mayor Coon

Coon’s support for Flock goes back further than 2026. On March 10, 2022, as a city councilman, he personally made the motion to approve a $120,965 expansion adding 22 more Flock cameras. It passed unanimously on the consent agenda, with no public debate.

On July 23, 2026, now as mayor, the City Council voted unanimously to table two proposals that would have given residents more oversight of the Flock surveillance program: a citizen advisory committee, and having the city attorney research a resident vote on the program.

Mayor Duke Coon told the council: “I support this Flock program. I’m going to support it until the moment [Police Chief Jon Buckholtz] tells me otherwise.”

Still all-in, five months later

At the September 11, 2026 budget meeting, the same fight played out again. Responding to the police chief’s comments defending the program, Coon told him, on the record:

“I appreciate your comments tonight and I support you fully on this issue. I want that on the record.”

Council adopted the new budget with Flock funding intact that same meeting, over continued resident pushback.

In his own words

At a Conroe City Council meeting, Coon addressed the recall effort directly:

“For all those who are involved in the recall, get to recalling.”

Video: Conroe City Council meeting broadcast.

Sources: Community Impact, “Conroe City Council indefinitely tables 2 Flock camera proposals” · City of Conroe, March 9–10, 2022 council meeting minutes (obtained via public records request) · Click2Houston, “Conroe keeps Flock camera funding in new budget as privacy debate grows across Texas”