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Surveillance-tech report: Beacon Falls

Mentions current to 27 September 2026

This report covers meetings processed up to 2026-09-27. Anything newer shows up first in This Week in Surveillance.

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At a glance: Beacon Falls

999 licence-plate searches by Beacon Falls police in six towns' released Flock logs

999licence-plate searchesby Beacon Falls police, in six towns' released Flock logs · open the dashboard 12agenda & minutes mentionskeyword scan, not yet reviewed

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This report collects every mention of surveillance technology in Beacon Falls's public record that this project can read -- its recorded meetings once they are transcribed, its published agendas and minutes, and its police department's licence-plate search log where one has been released.

Start with Timeline to read the discussion in order, or Findings by topic to jump to one technology.

Mentions are found by keyword and are not individually verified. A mention means the words were spoken at a public meeting -- not that the town uses, bought, or approved the technology. Read the quote and watch the clip before drawing a conclusion.

Contents

Licence-plate searches by Beacon Falls police

Six Connecticut towns have released the Flock audit log of every search run against their cameras. Below is what that record holds for Beacon Falls's own police department -- not a finding, just the log.

Beacon Falls CT PD

  • 999 searches between 2024-07 and 2026-06 (24 months with at least one search)
  • 2,266 camera networks swept by the average single search
  • 97% of them reached beyond Beacon Falls's own cameras
  • The commonest stated reason is free text or a numeric code, rather than one of the preset categories Flock introduced in December 2025

Open Beacon Falls CT PD's search dashboard -- every one of those searches, filterable by month, stated reason, search type and how far it reached, with a How to read this tab covering what each field means and what the record cannot tell you.

A floor, not a total. The record only sees queries that reached those six towns' cameras. A single Flock query typically sweeps thousands of networks at once, so most of a Connecticut department's searching does land in it -- but the real count is higher. Nothing in it names an officer, shows a plate, or records what any search returned.

Mentions by topic: first seen / most recent

Back to the meetings. Everything above this point was about licence-plate searches -- what the town's police looked up. Everything below is about what was said: each mention is a moment in a recorded public meeting where a surveillance technology came up, with a link to that moment in the video.

No surveillance-technology mentions found in this town's transcribed meetings yet.

Timeline

No meetings have surfaced a finding yet.

Findings by topic

ai_data_fusion

(no findings)

alpr

(no findings)

biometrics_other

(no findings)

body_camera

(no findings)

cad

(no findings)

cell_site_sim

(no findings)

data_broker

(no findings)

doorbell_partnership

(no findings)

drone

(no findings)

facial_recognition

(no findings)

gunshot_detection

(no findings)

mobile_forensics

(no findings)

osint_social_monitor

(no findings)

predictive_policing

(no findings)

purchasing_broker

(no findings)

rtcc

(no findings)

surveillance_general

(no findings)

undercover_tools

(no findings)

vehicle_forensics

(no findings)

video_analytics

(no findings)

Agenda/minutes mentions (unreviewed -- live keyword scan, no human review queue yet)

ai_data_fusion

(no mentions)

alpr

  • [2026-01-13] (unassigned body) -- Board of Finance Agenda - 2026-01-13 (agenda)

    ... b. Procurement Waivers i. Senior Center patio project ii. Additional Vehicle for Senior Minibus iii. Flock Cameras for Police Department 11. Executive Session (if needed) 12. Comments from the Public 13. Adjournment

Respectfully submitted,

Erin Schwarz Financ... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-01-13] (unassigned body) -- Board of Finance Minutes - 2026-01-13 (minutes)

    ...ting mandatory procurement training for Senior Center, Public Works and Fire. The BOS approved these procurement waivers last night. They did not act on the procurement waiver for the Flock cameras. E. Schwarz explained that the cameras have been in place for over a year, and the Corporal’s memo explains why he chose this vendor. The annual amount is over $24,000, which ... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-10] (unassigned body) -- Board of Selectmen Minutes - 2026-08-10 (minutes)

    ...fee amounts versus potential full taxation and asked for technical distinction between and AI-Data Center and Non-AI Data Center. d. Jeff Roloff, Stoddard Place – Inquired about license-plate reader (Flock) cameras and the Town’s versus State Police role in placement and control. e. Ellie McAdams, Burton Road – Ellie noted a few facts regarding the noise implications of a data center. f. Kyle Bren... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-07-13] (unassigned body) -- Board of Selectmen Minutes - 2026-07-13 (minutes)

    ...newly submitted. PB seconded. All ayes. Submitted today due to calculation error. See Exhibit A.

  • Comments From the Public: a. David Manning – Oakwood Dr., Oxford – Expressed displeasure with the flock cameras. He inquired with the BOS if they would consider discontinuing use of flock surveillance.

  • Resident Trooper Report: MK motioned to approve the Trooper’s report as presented. PB second... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-01-12] (unassigned body) -- Board of Selectmen Minutes - 2026-01-12 (minutes)

    ... Re: Police Department License Plate Readers (LPRs)

I. Purpose This memorandum seeks approval to waive the standard competitive bidding process and authorize the Town to entered into a contract with Flock Safety for the implementation of a License Plate Reader (LPR) system. This request follows a successful pilot program and extensive market research.

II. Background & Fiscal Impact The Town appr... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-01-12] (unassigned body) -- Board of Selectmen Minutes - 2026-01-12 (minutes)

    ...ing a trial period (at a cost of $9,200) where the equipment’s functionality and reliability were verified, the department performed procurement research on four national leaders: Motorola, Leonardo, Rekor, and Flock Safety.

III. Cost Analysis & Comparison While research was conducted on four vendors, two primary quotes were sourced based on regional compatibility and factory authorization:

Floc... View document ▸ (term: alpr_vendor, unreviewed)

biometrics_other

(no mentions)

body_camera

  • [2026-08-10] (unassigned body) -- Board of Selectmen Agenda - 2026-08-10 (agenda)

    ...ection FM-2 [address redacted] new business inspection FM-2 FM request to assist Prospect FM at the scene of a structure fire on Rolling Ridge Dr FM-2 [address redacted] porch fire investigation FM-2 Body Cam Program was established within the Fire Marshals office. 1 supplied by BFPD issued to Deputy FM Brennan. Intend to purchase a second in the future. FM-2 Brush fire investigation on Hockanum G... View document ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

cad

(no mentions)

cell_site_sim

(no mentions)

data_broker

(no mentions)

doorbell_partnership

(no mentions)

drone

  • [2026-05-28] (unassigned body) -- Museum and Rimmon Schoolhouse Committee Minutes - 2026-05-28 (minutes)

    ... May 28, 2026 (Subject to Revision)

     a. Phase 1 – DiGiorgi
        i. Document before rehabilitation starts - photos, video, drone - The
           committee agreed that the building should be documented before
           rehabilitation begins. Volunteers will be sought to take photographs and
      ...

    View document ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2026-07-20] (unassigned body) -- Parks & Recreation Minutes - 2026-07-20 (minutes)

    ... received from a concerned resident pertaining to closing the whole park for Summer Camp.

    A concerned resident reached out stating fireworks trigger PTSD and the town should look into drone
shows.

Woodland Softball League sent an email thanking the board for all their wonderful, hard work.

Jeremy Rodorigo wants to do the haunted walk again this year as las...

    View document ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2026-03-16] (unassigned body) -- Parks & Recreation Minutes - 2026-03-16 (minutes)

    ...ound on May 17th, 2021. And I want to clarify it but put it on the record, I believe we made a motion to put $5,200 out of our special activities account which was for the drone show because finance told Selectman Krenesky we had $11,000 sitting unencumbered. It was motion made and accepted for the $5,200 to go to that. CB Motioned that the board gets visi... View document ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

facial_recognition

(no mentions)

gunshot_detection

(no mentions)

mobile_forensics

(no mentions)

osint_social_monitor

(no mentions)

predictive_policing

(no mentions)

purchasing_broker

(no mentions)

rtcc

(no mentions)

surveillance_general

  • [2026-07-13] (unassigned body) -- Board of Selectmen Agenda - 2026-07-13 (agenda)

    ...ntly all of the stations have a new or rebuilt pump ready for service.

Sewer repair : [address redacted]. had a root ball in their lateral, the repair was done on 5/30 by Green Construction Management

CCTV Sewer inspection: Main street has been completed , work had to be preformed during our low flow period over night for two consecutive evenings. SLR should have the report soon with their findi... View document ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)

  • [2026-04-13] (unassigned body) -- Board of Selectmen Minutes - 2026-04-13 (minutes)

    ... with our rebuilt spare pump and is currently in service and running fine.

Testing : Normal weekly testing shows we had trouble meeting our Biological Oxygen Demand on our effluent 3/16,3/23

Misc.: CCTV inspection of the storm and sanitary sewer pipes on Main St. is part of an ongoing effort to seek funding form the State. We still need to inspect Burton to Feldspar and a small section at the Ma... View document ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)

undercover_tools

(no mentions)

vehicle_forensics

(no mentions)

video_analytics

(no mentions)

How this report was built

Everything below describes the corpus and its limits, rather than what was found in it.

Coverage status

  • Channels registered: 0
  • Active meeting bodies: 0
  • Videos registered: 0 (fetched: 0, no captions: 0)
  • Date range covered: no video in this corpus has a parseable upload date, so no range can be stated

Channels

(none)

Tab crawl history

(none)

Registered meeting bodies

(none)

Agenda/minutes coverage

  • Agenda sources registered: 1
  • Documents registered: 254 (fetched: 233)
  • Date range covered: 2026-01-08 to 2026-08-31

Agenda sources

source_id platform base_url status
beacon_falls_agendacenter agendacenter https://www.beaconfalls-ct.org/agendacenter confirmed

Research log

logged_at field_name new_value source by
2026-08-26 20:39:24.438233 cable_access_confirmed CT PURA public-access-channels registry lists Beacon Falls under "Comcast Seymour", whose Public Access Studio entry is the bare Comcast corporate franchise office, not a nonprofit media org -- same shape as the existing Waterford transcript-block (cable PEG only, no online archive) PURA Connecticut Public Access Channels and Studios PDF, rev. 10/18/22 claude
2026-08-26 20:39:24.438233 channel_not_found No YouTube or other online video source found. @BeaconFalls (candidate from search) rejected -- confirmed via yt-dlp to be an unrelated "Legacies" TV show fan channel, not the town. yt-dlp direct probe of youtube.com/@BeaconFalls/videos, 2026-08-26; beaconfalls-ct.org/343/Board-of-Selectmen and /agendacenter reviewed, no video links claude

Gaps and caveats

Videos with no captions available (0 shown, max 25)

(none)

Tabs never crawled

(none)

Get the full transcripts

Beacon Falls has 0 transcripts so far -- too few to publish as an archive yet. It will appear here once the corpus grows.

Generated 2026-09-27T16:18:41 from Beacon Falls's meeting transcripts and agenda documents. Home addresses spoken during public comment are redacted; see the archive MANIFEST for what that means.

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