Surveillance-tech report: Cheshire¶
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: Cheshire¶
90 mentions of surveillance technology in 26 Cheshire meetings, 2022–2026
Still incomplete: 162 known meetings are not yet transcribed, so an absence here is not proof a topic never came up.
This report collects every mention of surveillance technology found in Cheshire's recorded public meetings -- automatically transcribed, then keyword-scanned. Each mention below links straight to the moment in the source video, so anything here can be checked against the recording itself.
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 Cheshire police
- Mentions by topic: first seen / most recent
- Timeline
- Findings by topic
- Agenda/minutes mentions (unreviewed -- live keyword scan, no human review queue yet)
- How this report was built
- Coverage status
- Registered meeting bodies
- Agenda/minutes coverage
- Research log
- Gaps and caveats
- Get the full transcripts
Licence-plate searches by Cheshire police¶
Six Connecticut towns have released the Flock audit log of every search run against their cameras. Below is what that record holds for Cheshire's own police department -- not a finding, just the log.
Cheshire CT PD
- 16,600 searches between 2023-06 and 2026-07 (38 months with at least one search)
- 566 camera networks swept by the average single search
- 100% of them reached beyond Cheshire'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 Cheshire 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.
| Topic | Mentions | Meetings | First seen | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPR / Flock | 52 | 6 | 2022-03-29 | 2026-08-04 |
| Body cameras | 2 | 1 | 2022-03-29 | 2022-03-29 |
| Cell-site simulators | 1 | 1 | 2025-04-10 | 2025-04-10 |
| Drones | 33 | 19 | 2022-03-29 | 2026-04-14 |
| Facial recognition | 1 | 1 | 2023-04-06 | 2023-04-06 |
| General surveillance | 1 | 1 | 2023-04-06 | 2023-04-06 |
Timeline¶
26 meetings surfaced a finding (26 dated, spanning 2022-03-29 to 2026-08-04; 0 of unknown date, listed last). Newest first.
No meetings with a mention in the 30 days before 2026-09-27. The most recent was 2026-08-04.
Earlier meetings (26)
2026-08-04 -- Town Council
Town Council 8-4-26 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Connecticut. Others see these cameras as important public safety tools. Automated license plate readers have helped police identify stolen vehicles, investigate...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...and whether to impose fines within the limits established by state law. But flock cameras are different. They are automated license plate readers used as investigative tools. They record plate...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...limits established by state law. But flock cameras are different. They are automated license plate readers used as investigative tools. They record plate and vehicle information so that police...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the legislature pack passed public act 2614 to establish statewide protections governing automated license plate reader data. This is different than national. Connecticut has put together um a series...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...final step. I do have handouts if anyone is interested to see the difference between flock cameras, traffic enforcement cameras, and highlights what we have passed. I promise you my speech...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...numerous car breakins and vehicle thefts. Um [clears throat] so when when flock started to be questioned uh a year or so later, this council took...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...it upon themselves to bring in Chief Jordaner and have a discussion regarding the flock cameras and received answers to all of our questions to uh at least give us the ability to sufficiently be...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...infrastructure to name a few. Across the country, law enforcement agencies are ditching flock over the exact concerns. Even within our own state, Windsor, Killingworth, and I believe Old Sabbrook...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...public discourse. This includes broader public education on the differences between the flock system and basic license plate reading cameras, closed circuit television, and similar....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Most importantly, the transparency portal appears to be hosted and provided by Flock, not an independent party with oversight. The data appears to be merely theater and not overly instructive or...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the most American of all virtues. As such, I support the indefinite and immediate suspension of the flock safety program in Cheshure and related future surveillance technology until further...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...those. Um I'll just uh add sort of two more things I think which is one as much as regulation in this state of flock data is worthwhile and very much welcomed I think um regulating...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...counties and towns across the country that are cancelling their partnerships with Flock. We should do the same. You see the public outcry. It's all across the nation and it's getting worse and...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...also, hello members of the public. I'm here to echo as well the outcry and vehement opposition to the flock cameras. Uh written down, I had the same facts that other people have cited where...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...to take one, you don't get the other. But what I'd also like to present is documentation from flock themselves to members of city councils on how to speak about public safety technology. This is...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...about public safety technology. This is you. So you you can find this this is made by flock and this is how town councils can talk to the public about flock. I'd like to cite specifically in...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...made by flock and this is how town councils can talk to the public about flock. I'd like to cite specifically in chapter 2 which is titled moving the conversation from surveillance to...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...constitutes mass surveillance. Many leaders instinctively respond by attempting to refute these claims. Flock recommends a different approach. The strongest console presentations spend...
2026-05-27 -- Town Council
Town Council 5-27-26 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...could if you when I'm done with my little spiel, you could speak to that too. How are they different from Flock? >> they can't share data that way and stuff....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...So, we can put those navigations in place. To the chief's point about um ALPR cameras, there's been a national discussion growing, frankly, uh with quite a lot of anger over the last 6...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...anything else, but we're only taking photographs of the violators. It's absolutely not Flock if if that's the the comments I think we're we're hearing now. And there's a big movement about...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> I I I haven't seen on any large scale across the country in the last 21 years. Flock for sure, I'm seeing county after county and city after city taking out their ALPR cameras regardless of the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Flock for sure, I'm seeing county after county and city after city taking out their ALPR cameras regardless of the vendor they may be using for obvious reasons we've seen reported uh across...
2026-04-14 -- Town Council
Town Council Budget 4-14-26 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...to start. It's not as glamorous as the public works where they're doing drone flyovers of someone. [laughter] >> You don't have drone flyovers of...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...works where they're doing drone flyovers of someone. [laughter] >> You don't have drone flyovers of finance. Come on, Gina. Gina must have those steps in it. I don't have a drone...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> You don't have drone flyovers of finance. Come on, Gina. Gina must have those steps in it. I don't have a drone in the office. Let me go around. [clears throat]...
2026-03-31 -- Town Council
Town Council Budget 3-31-26 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...radio responsibilities, event planning, uh regional crash drone maintenance, radio maintenance. Um, and this would free uh them up to do more traffic related stuff, but also...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...of the things we bought in the past, uh, ebikes, uh, for the police department, drone batteries for the police department, and, uh, one of the biggest topics tonight was recruitment and...
2025-10-23 -- Next Generation School Building Committee
Next Generation School Building Committee 10-23-25 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...these slides as well as some additional um photos and and drone footage that Aeron's going to show tonight. But I just wanted to talk a little bit about a...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...easy. >> Yeah, I think so, too. So, this is a 6 foot um drone footage of that area from the opposite angle. And you can see it's pretty expansive. It's sloping downhill....
2025-10-14 -- Town Council
Town Council 10-14-25 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...thanks to our public works and grounds team for making the park look so wonderful. Again, some nice uh drone footage there of uh the new space being used. Um as referenced also earlier in...
2025-09-25 -- Next Generation School Building Committee
Next Generation School Building Committee 9-25-25 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...know, half of a soccer field. >> So this is an AI uh done taking the drone footage that was there. um so it's similar to the building but it's not actual uh but visually you can see...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...no panels on the front of that academic wing, right? Was that generally >> we do have drone footage too on our website if that would be helpful for >> Yeah, that actually might be a good idea...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> Yeah, that actually might be a good idea to >> Yeah, the the latest drone drone footage is easy easier to use. Um >> why don't why don't you put that on so...
2025-09-09 -- Town Council
Town Council 9-9-25 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...24/7, generating persistent industrial noise from beeping yard and fork trucks, safety alarms, constant drone of diesel motors from reefer trucks and refrigeration units, general warehouse...
2025-08-12 -- Town Council
Town Council 8-12-25 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Let's go to the next slide. This is an air photo. Um uh the drone photo that was uh taken the other day shows the park and ride in the front shows some light industrial...
2025-07-24 -- Next Generation School Building Committee
Next Generation School Building Committee 7-24-25 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I gave the status of construction and site preparation and then Andrew projected a drone fly over of both schools and I circulate the preliminary fixtures and furnishings and they seemed...
2025-07-08 -- Town Council
Town Council 7-8-25 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...And as Mr. Rosenblad is speaking. We're going to have some videos on screen, I believe, of drone footage, Mr. Martelli. Okay. Um, Greg Rosenblat, [address redacted]. I'm...
2025-04-24 -- Next Generation School Building Committee
Next Generation School Building Committee 4-24-25 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...really good about putting pictures up on our website and Mike has been going out with the drone uh and doing uh some occasional things there. So let me just very...
2025-04-10 -- Town Council
Town Council Budget 4-10-25 (topics: cell_site_sim)
cell_site_simWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...at their pool well the Sington pool Southernington has their own team so there's a Southernington Stingray race and there's Chester Sea Dogs right um they're both Y teams um and yet the...
2025-03-18 -- Town Council
Town Council Budget 3-18-25 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...on to our treasure Public Schools homepage bottom left hand side is school modernization there's drone video there's all sorts of videos and pictures of our uh School construction process...
2025-02-11 -- Town Council
Town Council 2-11-25 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...protected uh and um I I urge you there's a um uh a drone uh video that we've put on to um Facebook it also can be seen by the chesher school modernization site um but...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...um Facebook it also can be seen by the chesher school modernization site um but it it does there are a couple of drone pictures one that goes over the site before we started construction one that...
2025-01-14 -- Town Council
Town Council 1-14-25 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...level that would include like we did with bartum Park South some sort of Drone footage the only comment I would make is if that is in the off...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the um Chief or the police department that you are going to be doing some drone surveillance and capturing footage over the two sites um that way they can easily you know if somebody does call...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...recently but it was raised a while back that once we got construction going we' want to get some Drone footage so and I'll be posting that and regular pictures onto our Facebook page um but...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...so to speak good point umu just one thing sure Mr since he brought up the Drone have you thought about even just putting a camera there that can be viewed online or that way you don't have...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...there's a link that says School modernization in there you can click to see videos of Drone footage over the last several months um we haven't loaded the photo link yet but the photos some...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...historically we're just clearing up a link issue there uh so those should be up shortly but the Drone video is already up there um we are exploring permanent cameras uh we met with the...
2024-10-08 -- Town Council
Town Council 10-8-24 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...items beyond the Bandshell um should be within the next couple of weeks uh and I have added a few more I think drone photos from uh earlier today we've had some nice pictur taking weather recently...
2024-01-09 -- Town Council
Town Council 1-9-24 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that we have a uh a page dedicated to you know even the the flock LPR system and the transparency page that's associated with that so that the public has information...
2023-10-10 -- Town Council
Town Council 10-10-23 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...very proud of the work they did if you have a chance to check it out it's great see the photos there some great drone shots um solv a lot of problem weather to deal with too they also dealt with...
2023-09-19 -- Town Council
Town Council 9-19-23 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...um just in time for the thunder and lightning literally hours before text me a photo a drone shot of them being you know finalized and installed at 3 P.M at 5 PM those lightning storms...
2023-08-10 -- Town Council
Town Council 8-10-23 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...um the sidewalk and the petumenus area so you can kind of see what that's going to look like I also have a nice drone shot taken by uh our Public Works folks in the first picture so even though it's...
2023-04-06 -- Town Council
Town Council 4-6-23 (topics: facial_recognition, surveillance_general)
facial_recognitionWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...more fancy I just found out you know we interviewed cleaning companies they use facial recognition for their employee punching and punch out so yeah okay and our doors of Jesus that's an accessory...surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...through next week we're paying um Green Mountain pipeline forty thousand dollars to uh to CCTV uh four miles of pipeline in town that's that's half the camera cost...
2023-03-29 -- Town Council
Town Council 3/28 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...um you know the one of the primary ones is the uh the block License Plate Reader system that um that process is underway uh we actually had a conference call today with their project...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...roads so there's a DOT uh permitting process there that is kind of out of our control so they weren't uh the flock team wasn't willing to commit um as to you know uh an actual start...
2023-02-14 -- Town Council
Town Council 2-14-23 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...three dash two uh whereas at Cheshire Police Department is purchasing 12 fixed license plate readers from flock safety and whereas flock safety is the only provider officially partnered and...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Police Department is purchasing 12 fixed license plate readers from flock safety and whereas flock safety is the only provider officially partnered and compatible with axon the provider of the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...plate readers from The Sole Provider and authorizes a purchase of said equipment from flock safety exactly you have a motion a second thank you Mr Talbot um I know we have the chief with us the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...when a car with a stolen license plate or a car register to a missing or wanted person Drives By the uh the License Plate Reader it gives an alert the alert can go to any number of places a it will...alpr_vendorWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...we saved two to go into the brand new cars that were just taking delivery of now but the as you recall the axon Fleet cameras which are the ones in the car all have this capability built into them...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...servers or separate files or anything like that flock safety has a transparency portal um on their uh that they provide to us so nothing here is going to be a secret...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...our website um you know for anybody to see if they're if they're interested um flock guarantees by contract that they do not sell their data so that that's also very attractive this isn't...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...get hits about stolen cars and we will respond to the area where they have triggered the License Plate Reader and we will attempt to stop the cars and they will...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...again the the products in in use and several other municipalities in the state and not just well flock safety is but there are multiple other camera and license plate vendor systems that are in...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...used at different times so the request is flock makes a a certain kind of Mount so the the first 10 cameras I would imagine are are going to be relatively...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...um again this is this is an automatic thing a car drives by the License Plate Reader picks it up it sends an alert it's Technology based the alert goes out um you know nobody...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...from Texas and rented a car at Bradley and when we first turned on the very first License Plate Reader that they installed they got an alert on his rental car because the license plate...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the most that I've heard about in that regard is the transparency portal that flock offers that you know where there'll be a link to it on the website where but again that's more intended for...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...you know alerts start going off and you're not sure it was that with wait was that the was that the License Plate Reader or the security camera at the high school or you know whatever you're...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...is there the ability to do traffic study information off of this off of the database that flock would provide so in other words if if theoretically if there was one on Route 10...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...down into Hampden conceivably we could tell somebody coming north on Route 10 who triggers our License Plate Reader somewhere in the south end of town and then the same car triggered it...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...areas where these cars are ending up are having success uh finding them because the License Plate Reader hits on a stolen car officers go into there and oftentimes they're they're finding it...
2022-11-21 -- Energy Commission
Energy Commission 11-21-22 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...come on that's not right come on how do we find out really what happened and and whether the people uh drone a Google drone hmm yeah drone...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...we find out really what happened and and whether the people uh drone a Google drone hmm yeah drone okay I won't answer the question why...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...whether the people uh drone a Google drone hmm yeah drone okay I won't answer the question why yeah Newton looks like the kind of guy...
2022-03-29 -- Town Council
Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22 (topics: alpr, body_camera, drone)
alpr_vendorWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...obviously everybody gets a brand new axon body camera and we install the axon fleet camera in in all the the cruisers at the two and a half year mark of the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the technology to make every cruiser camera uh a license plate reader also so sean can you um can you share the screen...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...zoom you can just look for it while brian's opening that up just we have we currently have one license plate reader um system in the uh in the department it's mounted obviously on one...alpr_vendorWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...um if we can go to the show them the uh axon fleet brian just uh so that is the forward-facing uh cruiser camera from axon...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...single one of our marked cruisers into uh you know into a license plate reader car is attractive um you know certainly to me as the as the police chief um...body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...good thing or the the thing axon does the best is they have a centralized location for all of your body cam and video footage so anything that comes in from a body camera from a car camera...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...video footage so anything that comes in from a body camera from a car camera from a drone from anything that's part of their program goes in one place that you can easily retrieve the data from...body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...makes sense to have all of the um functions um compatible the the car camera and the body cam and i like the idea that there is a license plate um reader in every corner i think that's...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...how what has it actually done have we actually gotten any benefit from having a license plate reader um has it actually caught someone have we actually done...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the license plate readers the the vast majority of the of the the plates that that the license plate reader alerts to have been for what i would call relatively routine motor...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...um yeah look the vast majority of the of the the alerts to the license plate reader system are for relatively routine motor vehicle uh violations again bearing in...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...who's who's done that or any complaints that have been made about an actual incident where license plate reader data has been abused thank you...
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...and whether to impose fines within the limits established by state law. But flock cameras are different. They are automated license plate readers used as investigative tools. They record plate... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...numerous car breakins and vehicle thefts. Um [clears throat] so when when flock started to be questioned uh a year or so later, this council took... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...made by flock and this is how town councils can talk to the public about flock. I'd like to cite specifically in chapter 2 which is titled moving the conversation from surveillance to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...about public safety technology. This is you. So you you can find this this is made by flock and this is how town councils can talk to the public about flock. I'd like to cite specifically in... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...to take one, you don't get the other. But what I'd also like to present is documentation from flock themselves to members of city councils on how to speak about public safety technology. This is... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...also, hello members of the public. I'm here to echo as well the outcry and vehement opposition to the flock cameras. Uh written down, I had the same facts that other people have cited where... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...counties and towns across the country that are cancelling their partnerships with Flock. We should do the same. You see the public outcry. It's all across the nation and it's getting worse and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...limits established by state law. But flock cameras are different. They are automated license plate readers used as investigative tools. They record plate and vehicle information so that police... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...those. Um I'll just uh add sort of two more things I think which is one as much as regulation in this state of flock data is worthwhile and very much welcomed I think um regulating... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...the most American of all virtues. As such, I support the indefinite and immediate suspension of the flock safety program in Cheshure and related future surveillance technology until further... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...Most importantly, the transparency portal appears to be hosted and provided by Flock, not an independent party with oversight. The data appears to be merely theater and not overly instructive or... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...public discourse. This includes broader public education on the differences between the flock system and basic license plate reading cameras, closed circuit television, and similar.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...the legislature pack passed public act 2614 to establish statewide protections governing automated license plate reader data. This is different than national. Connecticut has put together um a series... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...infrastructure to name a few. Across the country, law enforcement agencies are ditching flock over the exact concerns. Even within our own state, Windsor, Killingworth, and I believe Old Sabbrook... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...final step. I do have handouts if anyone is interested to see the difference between flock cameras, traffic enforcement cameras, and highlights what we have passed. I promise you my speech... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...Connecticut. Others see these cameras as important public safety tools. Automated license plate readers have helped police identify stolen vehicles, investigate... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...it upon themselves to bring in Chief Jordaner and have a discussion regarding the flock cameras and received answers to all of our questions to uh at least give us the ability to sufficiently be... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-04] Town Council -- Town Council 8-4-26
...constitutes mass surveillance. Many leaders instinctively respond by attempting to refute these claims. Flock recommends a different approach. The strongest console presentations spend... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-05-27] Town Council -- Town Council 5-27-26
...So, we can put those navigations in place. To the chief's point about um ALPR cameras, there's been a national discussion growing, frankly, uh with quite a lot of anger over the last 6... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-05-27] Town Council -- Town Council 5-27-26
...Flock for sure, I'm seeing county after county and city after city taking out their ALPR cameras regardless of the vendor they may be using for obvious reasons we've seen reported uh across... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-05-27] Town Council -- Town Council 5-27-26
...could if you when I'm done with my little spiel, you could speak to that too. How are they different from Flock? >> they can't share data that way and stuff.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-05-27] Town Council -- Town Council 5-27-26
...>> I I I haven't seen on any large scale across the country in the last 21 years. Flock for sure, I'm seeing county after county and city after city taking out their ALPR cameras regardless of the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-05-27] Town Council -- Town Council 5-27-26
...anything else, but we're only taking photographs of the violators. It's absolutely not Flock if if that's the the comments I think we're we're hearing now. And there's a big movement about... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2024-01-09] Town Council -- Town Council 1-9-24
...that we have a uh a page dedicated to you know even the the flock LPR system and the transparency page that's associated with that so that the public has information... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council 3/28
...um you know the one of the primary ones is the uh the block License Plate Reader system that um that process is underway uh we actually had a conference call today with their project... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council 3/28
...roads so there's a DOT uh permitting process there that is kind of out of our control so they weren't uh the flock team wasn't willing to commit um as to you know uh an actual start... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...from Texas and rented a car at Bradley and when we first turned on the very first License Plate Reader that they installed they got an alert on his rental car because the license plate... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...our website um you know for anybody to see if they're if they're interested um flock guarantees by contract that they do not sell their data so that that's also very attractive this isn't... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...is there the ability to do traffic study information off of this off of the database that flock would provide so in other words if if theoretically if there was one on Route 10... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...servers or separate files or anything like that flock safety has a transparency portal um on their uh that they provide to us so nothing here is going to be a secret... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...the most that I've heard about in that regard is the transparency portal that flock offers that you know where there'll be a link to it on the website where but again that's more intended for... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...when a car with a stolen license plate or a car register to a missing or wanted person Drives By the uh the License Plate Reader it gives an alert the alert can go to any number of places a it will... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...down into Hampden conceivably we could tell somebody coming north on Route 10 who triggers our License Plate Reader somewhere in the south end of town and then the same car triggered it... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...plate readers from The Sole Provider and authorizes a purchase of said equipment from flock safety exactly you have a motion a second thank you Mr Talbot um I know we have the chief with us the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...we saved two to go into the brand new cars that were just taking delivery of now but the as you recall the axon Fleet cameras which are the ones in the car all have this capability built into them... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_vendor, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...Police Department is purchasing 12 fixed license plate readers from flock safety and whereas flock safety is the only provider officially partnered and compatible with axon the provider of the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...get hits about stolen cars and we will respond to the area where they have triggered the License Plate Reader and we will attempt to stop the cars and they will... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...you know alerts start going off and you're not sure it was that with wait was that the was that the License Plate Reader or the security camera at the high school or you know whatever you're... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...areas where these cars are ending up are having success uh finding them because the License Plate Reader hits on a stolen car officers go into there and oftentimes they're they're finding it... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...three dash two uh whereas at Cheshire Police Department is purchasing 12 fixed license plate readers from flock safety and whereas flock safety is the only provider officially partnered and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...again the the products in in use and several other municipalities in the state and not just well flock safety is but there are multiple other camera and license plate vendor systems that are in... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...um again this is this is an automatic thing a car drives by the License Plate Reader picks it up it sends an alert it's Technology based the alert goes out um you know nobody... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-14] Town Council -- Town Council 2-14-23
...used at different times so the request is flock makes a a certain kind of Mount so the the first 10 cameras I would imagine are are going to be relatively... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22
...obviously everybody gets a brand new axon body camera and we install the axon fleet camera in in all the the cruisers at the two and a half year mark of the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_vendor, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22
...the license plate readers the the vast majority of the of the the plates that that the license plate reader alerts to have been for what i would call relatively routine motor... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22
...who's who's done that or any complaints that have been made about an actual incident where license plate reader data has been abused thank you... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22
...the technology to make every cruiser camera uh a license plate reader also so sean can you um can you share the screen... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22
...single one of our marked cruisers into uh you know into a license plate reader car is attractive um you know certainly to me as the as the police chief um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22
...how what has it actually done have we actually gotten any benefit from having a license plate reader um has it actually caught someone have we actually done... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22
...um yeah look the vast majority of the of the the alerts to the license plate reader system are for relatively routine motor vehicle uh violations again bearing in... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22
...um if we can go to the show them the uh axon fleet brian just uh so that is the forward-facing uh cruiser camera from axon... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_vendor, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22
...zoom you can just look for it while brian's opening that up just we have we currently have one license plate reader um system in the uh in the department it's mounted obviously on one... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
biometrics_other¶
(no findings)
body_camera¶
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[2022-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22
...good thing or the the thing axon does the best is they have a centralized location for all of your body cam and video footage so anything that comes in from a body camera from a car camera... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22
...makes sense to have all of the um functions um compatible the the car camera and the body cam and i like the idea that there is a license plate um reader in every corner i think that's... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
cad¶
(no findings)
cell_site_sim¶
- [2025-04-10] Town Council -- Town Council Budget 4-10-25
...at their pool well the Sington pool Southernington has their own team so there's a Southernington Stingray race and there's Chester Sea Dogs right um they're both Y teams um and yet the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: cell_site_sim, unreviewed)
data_broker¶
(no findings)
doorbell_partnership¶
(no findings)
drone¶
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[2026-04-14] Town Council -- Town Council Budget 4-14-26
...to start. It's not as glamorous as the public works where they're doing drone flyovers of someone. [laughter] >> You don't have drone flyovers of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-14] Town Council -- Town Council Budget 4-14-26
...>> You don't have drone flyovers of finance. Come on, Gina. Gina must have those steps in it. I don't have a drone in the office. Let me go around. [clears throat]... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-14] Town Council -- Town Council Budget 4-14-26
...works where they're doing drone flyovers of someone. [laughter] >> You don't have drone flyovers of finance. Come on, Gina. Gina must have those steps in it. I don't have a drone... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-31] Town Council -- Town Council Budget 3-31-26
...radio responsibilities, event planning, uh regional crash drone maintenance, radio maintenance. Um, and this would free uh them up to do more traffic related stuff, but also... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-31] Town Council -- Town Council Budget 3-31-26
...of the things we bought in the past, uh, ebikes, uh, for the police department, drone batteries for the police department, and, uh, one of the biggest topics tonight was recruitment and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-10-23] Next Generation School Building Committee -- Next Generation School Building Committee 10-23-25
...these slides as well as some additional um photos and and drone footage that Aeron's going to show tonight. But I just wanted to talk a little bit about a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-10-23] Next Generation School Building Committee -- Next Generation School Building Committee 10-23-25
...easy. >> Yeah, I think so, too. So, this is a 6 foot um drone footage of that area from the opposite angle. And you can see it's pretty expansive. It's sloping downhill.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-10-14] Town Council -- Town Council 10-14-25
...thanks to our public works and grounds team for making the park look so wonderful. Again, some nice uh drone footage there of uh the new space being used. Um as referenced also earlier in... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-09-25] Next Generation School Building Committee -- Next Generation School Building Committee 9-25-25
...know, half of a soccer field. >> So this is an AI uh done taking the drone footage that was there. um so it's similar to the building but it's not actual uh but visually you can see... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-09-25] Next Generation School Building Committee -- Next Generation School Building Committee 9-25-25
...no panels on the front of that academic wing, right? Was that generally >> we do have drone footage too on our website if that would be helpful for >> Yeah, that actually might be a good idea... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-09-25] Next Generation School Building Committee -- Next Generation School Building Committee 9-25-25
...>> Yeah, that actually might be a good idea to >> Yeah, the the latest drone drone footage is easy easier to use. Um >> why don't why don't you put that on so... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-09-09] Town Council -- Town Council 9-9-25
...24/7, generating persistent industrial noise from beeping yard and fork trucks, safety alarms, constant drone of diesel motors from reefer trucks and refrigeration units, general warehouse... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-08-12] Town Council -- Town Council 8-12-25
...Let's go to the next slide. This is an air photo. Um uh the drone photo that was uh taken the other day shows the park and ride in the front shows some light industrial... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-07-24] Next Generation School Building Committee -- Next Generation School Building Committee 7-24-25
...I gave the status of construction and site preparation and then Andrew projected a drone fly over of both schools and I circulate the preliminary fixtures and furnishings and they seemed... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-07-08] Town Council -- Town Council 7-8-25
...And as Mr. Rosenblad is speaking. We're going to have some videos on screen, I believe, of drone footage, Mr. Martelli. Okay. Um, Greg Rosenblat, [address redacted]. I'm... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-04-24] Next Generation School Building Committee -- Next Generation School Building Committee 4-24-25
...really good about putting pictures up on our website and Mike has been going out with the drone uh and doing uh some occasional things there. So let me just very... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-03-18] Town Council -- Town Council Budget 3-18-25
...on to our treasure Public Schools homepage bottom left hand side is school modernization there's drone video there's all sorts of videos and pictures of our uh School construction process... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-02-11] Town Council -- Town Council 2-11-25
...um Facebook it also can be seen by the chesher school modernization site um but it it does there are a couple of drone pictures one that goes over the site before we started construction one that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-02-11] Town Council -- Town Council 2-11-25
...protected uh and um I I urge you there's a um uh a drone uh video that we've put on to um Facebook it also can be seen by the chesher school modernization site um but... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-01-14] Town Council -- Town Council 1-14-25
...the um Chief or the police department that you are going to be doing some drone surveillance and capturing footage over the two sites um that way they can easily you know if somebody does call... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-01-14] Town Council -- Town Council 1-14-25
...recently but it was raised a while back that once we got construction going we' want to get some Drone footage so and I'll be posting that and regular pictures onto our Facebook page um but... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-01-14] Town Council -- Town Council 1-14-25
...so to speak good point umu just one thing sure Mr since he brought up the Drone have you thought about even just putting a camera there that can be viewed online or that way you don't have... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-01-14] Town Council -- Town Council 1-14-25
...there's a link that says School modernization in there you can click to see videos of Drone footage over the last several months um we haven't loaded the photo link yet but the photos some... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-01-14] Town Council -- Town Council 1-14-25
...historically we're just clearing up a link issue there uh so those should be up shortly but the Drone video is already up there um we are exploring permanent cameras uh we met with the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-01-14] Town Council -- Town Council 1-14-25
...level that would include like we did with bartum Park South some sort of Drone footage the only comment I would make is if that is in the off... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-10-08] Town Council -- Town Council 10-8-24
...items beyond the Bandshell um should be within the next couple of weeks uh and I have added a few more I think drone photos from uh earlier today we've had some nice pictur taking weather recently... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-10-10] Town Council -- Town Council 10-10-23
...very proud of the work they did if you have a chance to check it out it's great see the photos there some great drone shots um solv a lot of problem weather to deal with too they also dealt with... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-09-19] Town Council -- Town Council 9-19-23
...um just in time for the thunder and lightning literally hours before text me a photo a drone shot of them being you know finalized and installed at 3 P.M at 5 PM those lightning storms... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-08-10] Town Council -- Town Council 8-10-23
...um the sidewalk and the petumenus area so you can kind of see what that's going to look like I also have a nice drone shot taken by uh our Public Works folks in the first picture so even though it's... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-11-21] Energy Commission -- Energy Commission 11-21-22
...come on that's not right come on how do we find out really what happened and and whether the people uh drone a Google drone hmm yeah drone... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-11-21] Energy Commission -- Energy Commission 11-21-22
...whether the people uh drone a Google drone hmm yeah drone okay I won't answer the question why yeah Newton looks like the kind of guy... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-11-21] Energy Commission -- Energy Commission 11-21-22
...we find out really what happened and and whether the people uh drone a Google drone hmm yeah drone okay I won't answer the question why... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-29] Town Council -- Town Council Budget Workshop 3/29/22
...video footage so anything that comes in from a body camera from a car camera from a drone from anything that's part of their program goes in one place that you can easily retrieve the data from... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
facial_recognition¶
- [2023-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council 4-6-23
...more fancy I just found out you know we interviewed cleaning companies they use facial recognition for their employee punching and punch out so yeah okay and our doors of Jesus that's an accessory... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)
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¶
- [2023-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council 4-6-23
...through next week we're paying um Green Mountain pipeline forty thousand dollars to uh to CCTV uh four miles of pipeline in town that's that's half the camera cost... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
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¶
(no mentions)
biometrics_other¶
(no mentions)
body_camera¶
(no mentions)
cad¶
(no mentions)
cell_site_sim¶
(no mentions)
data_broker¶
(no mentions)
doorbell_partnership¶
(no mentions)
drone¶
(no mentions)
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¶
(no mentions)
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: 1
- Active meeting bodies: 7
- Videos registered: 444 (fetched: 282, no captions: 1)
- Date range covered: 2018-03-14 to 2026-09-24 (all 444 videos dated)
Channels¶
| display_name | channel_id | handle |
|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Channel 14 | cheshire_ch14 | @CheshireChannel14 |
Tab crawl history¶
| channel_id | tab | last_crawled_at | video_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| cheshire_ch14 | streams | 2026-09-27 14:29:40.064723 | 538 |
| cheshire_ch14 | videos | 2026-09-27 14:29:32.100446 | 89 |
Registered meeting bodies¶
| body_name | category | active | video_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Council | council | True | 231 |
| Energy Commission | other | True | 20 |
| Next Generation School Building Committee | other | True | 76 |
| Planning and Zoning Commission | other | True | 109 |
| Retirement Board | other | True | 6 |
| Water Pollution Control Authority | other | True | 2 |
| Public Safety Commission | public_safety | True | 0 |
Zero videos registered for: Public Safety Commission
Agenda/minutes coverage¶
- Agenda sources registered: 1
- Documents registered: 0 (fetched: 0)
- Date range covered: no agenda document on file carries a parseable date yet
Agenda sources¶
| source_id | platform | base_url | status |
|---|---|---|---|
| cheshire_agendacenter | agendacenter | https://www.cheshirect.gov/agendacenter | confirmed |
Research log¶
| logged_at | field_name | new_value | source | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 20:39:37.153764 | channel_found | cheshire_ch14 (Cheshire Channel 14, @CheshireChannel14) | WebSearch + direct yt-dlp confirmation against youtube.com/@CheshireChannel14 | claude |
| 2026-08-26 20:39:37.153764 | patterns_validated_from_real_titles | Unfiltered crawl of /videos (88 titles, a small corpus) -- patterns matched 75/88 (85.2%). Public Safety Commission is real per cheshirect.gov but had 0 title matches. | yt-dlp --flat-playlist crawl of youtube.com/channel/UC4_xey3QjJmwe57R_6K94Dw/videos, 2026-08-26 | claude |
Gaps and caveats¶
Videos with no captions available (1 shown, max 25)¶
| title | upload_date |
|---|---|
| Town Council 9-8-26 | 2026-09-08 |
Tabs never crawled¶
(none)
Get the full transcripts¶
Download Cheshire's meeting transcripts (.zip)
Every finding in this report is a keyword match against exactly these files. Download them to check a quote in its full context, or to search for something this report's keyword list does not cover.
What's inside: one plain-text .txt file per meeting, named <date>_<video-id>_<meeting-title>.txt, plus a MANIFEST.txt giving the date range and how much of the town's video archive is transcribed.
How to use it
unzip cheshire-meeting-transcripts.zip -d cheshire
cd cheshire
# every meeting that mentions a term, with the surrounding line
grep -rin "license plate" .
# just the meeting dates, from the filenames
grep -ril "flock" . | sort
The filename's leading date is the meeting date, so a hit tells you which meeting to watch. Find that meeting in the Timeline below for a direct, timestamped link to that moment in the video.
These are machine-generated captions, not certified minutes. Expect mis-heard names and technical terms, and quote the video rather than the transcript when accuracy matters.
Generated 2026-09-27T15:12:33 from Cheshire'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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