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Surveillance-tech report: Hartford

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At a glance: Hartford

160 mentions of surveillance technology in 33 Hartford meetings, 2018–2026

160mentionsacross 33 meetings · read the timeline 2018–2026first to latest mention2018-09-10 → 2026-08-20 8technologies discussedALPR / Flock, Body cameras, Doorbell-camera partnerships, Drones, Facial recognition, Gunshot detection, Real-time crime centres, General surveillance 16,067licence-plate searchesby Hartford police, in six towns' released Flock logs · open the dashboard 96%of known meetings transcribed463 of 483 meetings

This report collects every mention of surveillance technology found in Hartford'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 Hartford police

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

Hartford CT PD

  • 16,067 searches between 2023-01 and 2026-08 (44 months with at least one search)
  • 599 camera networks swept by the average single search
  • 99% of them reached beyond Hartford'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 Hartford 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 6 6 2023-03-21 2026-04-22
Body cameras 11 5 2019-05-01 2023-04-12
Doorbell-camera partnerships 2 2 2022-08-16 2026-04-12
Drones 16 11 2018-09-10 2025-04-24
Facial recognition 79 10 2022-06-13 2023-03-21
Gunshot detection 8 2 2019-05-07 2024-04-16
Real-time crime centres 36 7 2018-09-24 2026-08-20
General surveillance 2 1 2023-09-21 2023-09-21

Timeline

33 meetings surfaced a finding (33 dated, spanning 2018-09-10 to 2026-08-20; 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 2026-08-20.

Earlier meetings (33)

2026-08-20 -- Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee

City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting August 20th, 2026 (topics: rtcc)

  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...across Connecticut. The intel center in general in the state of Connecticut, it's a primary uh fusion center. It brings together local, state, and federal partners, analyzes intelligence...

2026-04-22 -- Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee

City of Hartford Budget Hearing FY27 MHIS & Board of Education April 22nd, 2026 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...solution across all city devices. Supported C4 with deployment of their new Flock security camera infrastructure. Configured HPS...

2026-04-12 -- Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee

City of Hartford Budget Hearing FY27 CP, COO, Office of the Mayor, ROV, & Town & City Clerk (topics: doorbell_partnership)

  • doorbell_partnership Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...focus on it and I hope it continues to be elevated to that level. Um, I noticed that the Ring doorbell distribution, I don't know, you know, if that was a one-time thing or if it's going to...

2025-06-13 -- Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee

City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting (topics: alpr, rtcc)

  • rtcc Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...of arrest, uh, 20 of them were 17 and under uh, for for age group. So far this year, our capital city command center has processed over 4,700 requests and uh which has obviously...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...if we have any suspected stolen plates, suspect vehicles, stuff like that. They're preloaded into the license plate reader, and if they hit on the reader, we get an alert. Uh and then on the flip...

2025-04-24 -- Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee

City of Hartford FY2026 Budget Hearing: FCY, S.R, & MHIS April 24th, 2025 Live Stream (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...gaming. Uh it's more than just coming in and playing video games. Um there's going to be drone pilot program that goes along with it. There's podcasting. There's it's a whole um uh creation....
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...play the games, but we're going to have actual programs where they can come in and learn how to fly a drone and then race drones, which then relates to jobs down the road. Um, which relates to the...

2025-04-15 -- Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee

City of Hartford FY2026 Budget Hearing: Hartford Police Department April 15th, 2025 Live Stream (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...um into the general fund as the grants run out. Um, and it includes um $64,000 for a drone first responder program, which is um goes with our technology...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...give? Yeah, I can write it down. Okay. And then just out of curiosity, the 64,000 for the drone first responder, can you explain that to me? So, as we move in um to technology, um...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...also get us out of these following cars. Whereas the suspect bails from a car, the drone can follow that person rather than um um having officers just use 20 30 officers and and surround...

2024-10-10 -- Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee

City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting Oct 10, 2024 (topics: rtcc)

  • rtcc Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...there you go it's a wonderful job by the team next slide please as for our realtime crime Center um well uh let's go over to Vice uh Vice and uh Intel and n...
  • rtcc Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...arrests uh they recovered 214 stolen vehicles in 2024 thus far and the uh realtime crime Center uh the capital city Command Center rc4 has processed 7,000 requests so those requests come...

2024-04-16 -- Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee

City of Hartford FY 24-25 Budget Hearing April 16th, 2024 Live Stream (topics: alpr, gunshot_detection, rtcc)

  • gunshot_detection Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...what exactly does that mean so as I you know one of the one of the Technologies I mentioned here was shotspotter so that allows us to we found out when we went to shotspotter that only about 18 to 20%...
  • gunshot_detection Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...I mentioned here was shotspotter so that allows us to we found out when we went to shotspotter that only about 18 to 20% of shots fired calls were being of shots fired incidents were being called in so...
  • gunshot_detection Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...find this in the budget but I didn't on short notice what do we spend what's in the budget this year for shotspotter like the what we pay to the company do we have that close to...
  • rtcc Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...um that are experimental so some of these companies because we're so advanced in the real-time crime Center world are coming to us to kind of beta test some of these cameras um and we...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the new cameras that are going in the police cars every incar camera has a has a license plate reader module in it so it can read the license plates in front the cars that are that the cars that...
  • gunshot_detection Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...mean they weren't they were spending all this money and they weren't responding to the shotspotter activations which I mean I guess from a budgetary perspective you could say that that...
  • gunshot_detection Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...officers responded to a shot spotter activation U you know and somebody was shot um which is not shotspotter's fault I think that's an officer training issue um what I can tell you we don't have any...
  • rtcc Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...um what I can tell you we don't have any uh you know analysis our crime our real-time crime Center has been doing analysis on impacts of cameras um you know our researcher and uh Sergeant...
  • gunshot_detection Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...data that would show how many shots fired calls were called in pre-shot spotter vers and even with shotspotter uh we have data that shows you know of the you know 100% of shot spotter...
  • gunshot_detection Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...cameras now uh and from a shooting perspective a lot of that is directed by shotspotter um you know as far as a cost benefit analysis we haven't done that uh data Beyond um you know citizen caller...

2023-09-21 -- Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee

City of Hartford Quality of Life Public Safety Committee Meeting 9/21/23 (topics: alpr, surveillance_general)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the key takeaway there is how the technology is applied so take for example uh License Plate Reader technology um we went beyond oh here's a camera and we're going to sell you as a...
  • surveillance_general Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...is really what makes the big difference I know right now uh the police department utilizes uh briefcam as as one of their tools we actually that is part of our system briefcam so again...
  • surveillance_general Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...department utilizes uh briefcam as as one of their tools we actually that is part of our system briefcam so again when you take these different components and and really uh understanding how...

2023-04-12 -- Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee

City of Hartford Budget Hearing New April 12th 2023 (topics: alpr, body_camera, rtcc)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the the backlog and the number the difference that has happened in the last couple years is the body worn camera footage in the C4 camera footage and camera footage the foi request they used...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and I was highly impressed with the technology there and I know by having the License Plate Reader that was very helpful with accidents you know it didn't run accidents so I was hoping...
  • rtcc Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...Intervention Program Grant the two million Grant there is a program called fusis that I can share more information about at Public Safety or Offline that encourages Atlanta Georgia uses this...

2023-03-21 -- Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee

City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting March 21st, 2023 (topics: alpr, facial_recognition)

  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...meeting uh item number five a resolution by uh councilman LeBron and former councilman uh Sanchez regarding facial recognition technology uh which was as recent as item 7.1 on the January 23rd...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...adapted is to be used as an investigative tool only and identification through facial recognition technology is not probable cause to arrest if...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...know they mostly do but that is a that is a substantive recognition of the fallibility of facial recognition technology without that all we're saying is...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...recognition technology without that all we're saying is well facial recognition technology you know sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...um in response to you counseling medicine I think the concern initially is that facial recognition as a technology is a tool that um...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the HPV so that's the goal is to provide as much transparency as possible the there are many facial recognition systems that are out there some are very flawed and skewed...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...purchase the Vigilant commercial LPR data Indigent License Plate Reader commercial data is data from tow trucks Parking Authorities repossessing trucks all over...

2023-03-13 -- Court of Common Council

City of Hartford Council Meeting March 13th, 2023 (topics: facial_recognition)

  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...life and Public Safety Committee communication concerning a resolution facial recognition technology item 313 Health and Human Services committee communication to postponing committee a...

2023-02-22 -- Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee

City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting February 22, 2023 (topics: facial_recognition)

  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...item five is resolution by councilman Sanchez and uh Lebron regarding the facial recognition technology uh which was most recently recently on our agenda for uh January 23rd there was an...

2023-01-04 -- Planning, Economic Development & Housing Committee

City of Hartford Planning, Economic Development & Housing Committee Meeting January 4th 2023 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and option four considers the site as a future base for Aviation Technology drone and automated vehicle text testing we'll discuss the pros and cons of each of these options...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...airports for unmanned aircraft testing which support aeronautical research drone testing and infrastructure developments many universities including the...

2022-09-26 -- Court of Common Council

City of Hartford Hybrid Council Meeting 9/26/2022 (topics: facial_recognition)

  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...communication from the quality life and Public Safety Committee item 3.5 uh concerning a resolution regarding facial recognition technology communication and uh from the operations...

2022-09-12 -- Court of Common Council

City of Hartford Council Meeting September 12, 2022 (topics: facial_recognition)

  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...quality life and public safety committee communication concerning resolution on facial recognition technology item 3.16 public works parks recreation environment committee communication...

2022-08-16 -- Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee

City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022 (topics: doorbell_partnership, drone, facial_recognition)

  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...having a presentation by councilman nick lebron on a resolution that he authored for facial recognition and um and also we have a uh an expert...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...recognition and um and also we have a uh an expert on facial recognition mr gebba baraj founder and ceo secure our city but before i continue with that i'd like...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...natalie fiolo feola goffitti and also sergeant chris mastroni who's also working on the facial recognition and uh and my aide uh um miss ortiz and sada...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...liaison uh lydia colon who put this together did the research behind facial recognition technology and helped me to develop this slide here...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...well give me one second to read the resolutions okay so uh whereas facial recognition is a biometric technology that uses distinguished distinguishable...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the airport and to and even to identify and tag people on social media platforms and whereas facial recognition technology aids in various ways such as helping to find missing people...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...strengthening safety activity measures and whereas additionally law enforcement agencies can use facial recognition to identify criminals with no other means of...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...of identification and whereas since there's no contact required for facial recognition like there is with fingerprinting or other security...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...recognition like there is with fingerprinting or other security measures facial recognition technologies offers automatic and seamless verification and whereas while the auger...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...offers automatic and seamless verification and whereas while the auger algorithms that steer the facial recognition technology are effective to different degrees it is...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...now therefore be it resolved if the hartford police department considers the use of facial recognition technology they will not expressly use it as an evidentiary tool...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...understanding so the first sl the first data point entry is that the widespread use of facial recognition technology by police seen more negatively by younger adults...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...move this around um is that um 57 percent of americans say the widespread use of facial recognition technology by police won't change crime rates and so that is just a value measure...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...that is just a value measure or value-added measure on uh the effectiveness of what facial recognition technology will be able to present and again the um statistics are based upon...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...to come and um discuss this item and we did not get any uh contact back but um facial recognition technology is not 100 accurate while it is an algorithm issue...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...um so going back here here's the current um uses of facial recognition technology i think we all know this um but unlocking phones and other electronic devices uh...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...um and again from the new york um civil liberties union uh in terms of privacy there's less concern with facial recognition technology is used for limited purposes such as...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the chair of the uh house committee on oversight and reform and uh if and when facial recognition technology starts being utilized public engagement should be...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...an oversight that incorporates public voices should be used regarding the use and assessment effectiveness of facial recognition technology and that there are no current uh federal guidelines...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...um so that's where the expertise come from we've been dealing with these security with the facial recognition for i would say the better part of 15 years seen how everything changed over the...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the presentation that was given by nick lebron is that we have to look at facial recognition today as a tool that is technology has given us...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...to be a little more specific in this for example where it says that the facial recognition shouldn't be used for evidentiary purposes what is...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and councilman lebron brought this up that it is still the case that most facial recognition technology works worse...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and i guess i want to know what do we if we want to be able to use facial recognition technology in a way that is effective and useful but also...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...were done based on the existing software um facial recognition is used today in every aspect of our life...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...more secured areas with facial recognition the us borders the israeli borders when you enter today...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...data centers that are extremely confidential they can't you can't enter them we use facial recognition and i think like i said in the beginning facial recognition cannot be the driver...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...them we use facial recognition and i think like i said in the beginning facial recognition cannot be the driver but when you have an incident and you're able to identify people...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...able to identify people in that area i think facial recognition will be will give a lot of benefits and we also have to remember always there's...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...includes investigation includes evidence and that part of it has to be accompanied with facial recognition and i think i and the chief and the...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...on one single item to say that's it this person is because the facial recognition software so um mr brush i'm taking my floor back for a second here all right guys um so...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...is that my understanding you're correct although facebook has one of the most advanced facial recognition software but in apple as well but every one of these companies apple amazon facebook they're...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...in apple as well but every one of these companies apple amazon facebook they're all developing facial recognition software to help you get better service better access...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...amazon when you go pick up the packages from amazon they have facial recognition on those lockers those new lockers that you can walk up and scan your barcode and...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...those lockers those new lockers that you can walk up and scan your barcode and verify your facial recognition but you're correct today's technology and again i don't...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...with that we when we implement any kinds of security measures using facial recognition does not take pictures you don't keep pictures on the contrary...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...not take pictures you don't keep pictures on the contrary there's a lot of facial recognition that if you're logged into their database and you do a search...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...make sure that we fall in line with the state and federal government on what their protocols are as far as facial recognition so this is what we're having yes yeah and i...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...in in laying and bringing these technologies here and how we use them facial recognition when we think it's it's a time to bring that here um wouldn't would be no different now we...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...haven't done that yet just to be clear this was not we haven't made any overt moves um towards going towards facial recognition uh we do have enough technology here in the city where the...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...that you can use it and i think chris will go over some of these but you know having facial recognition on cameras where people are walking down the street and this thing is is looking at those...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and this thing is is looking at those images is very different from using um using the the facial recognition software to try to identify you know a photo that you have of someone whether...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...was there there have been bad identifications that have come out of facial recognition detroit is a good example of really good um really good examples of using facial...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...facial recognition detroit is a good example of really good um really good examples of using facial recognition and a couple really bad ones where they you know they made an...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...police department it's easy to talk about and like she's so totally said in the movies facial recognition was always showcased as like this camera reaching out showing 20 people on the screen and...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...floating above their head and their date of birth and it's recognizing people facial recognition doesn't really recognize people it just matches a picture of someone to a known...
  • doorbell_partnership Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...sensitive these are all older cases but we get a lot of these third-party cameras this was a ring doorbell camera of a residential burglary with a really clean shot at that face...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...of a residential burglary with a really clean shot at that face um this is an example where facial recognition could help propel this investigation...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...got him this would have uh this was a really clean shot from a store camera where facial recognition came into play same with here this was a uh burglaries...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and to address uh councilman mitchum about the misidentification this is actually the exact facial recognition hit on this would be the exact same as when we showed for a homicide...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...solvability now that investigation is propelled and launched and jump started with a name a suspect same as a facial recognition hit we have something like this we get a facial recognition we get...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...with a name a suspect same as a facial recognition hit we have something like this we get a facial recognition we get a hit we get a name we get a mug shot it just is going to launch an investigation...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and the doj actually did a privacy impact assessment on this unit to see how they were using facial recognition um was it governed by policy what was the storage and retention like who has...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...investigative leave the analysts collecting this facial recognition search has already met the legal requirements to investigate the subject...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...again here at big letters i highly blue the information in the response to this facial recognition request is provided as an investigative investigative lead only it is not to be considered as a...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...checks and balances would apply to getting a facial recognition candidate photo back on a search so again uh...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...uh chief may correct me from our we would hand that out to every patrol officer on the street to have a facial recognition system on their phone or anything...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the first ones um you know to be you know dip on our toes and fit in the facial recognition world as a law enforcement agency if this is something that you know that we were looking...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...reporting of use for civilian oversight i mean there are so reporting of use the drone policy is a good one there i mean that's every time that thing goes up it's an incident number through the faa...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the transparency that we've had with all of our technology would be the same with facial recognition so i don't see any problem with with with that i mean...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...frame it correctly will be great benefit and let's remember you know the facial recognition is not there to you know we're looking at incidents like...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...is it to kind of in a way um give some input on the policy to to hpd or is it to to take facial recognition based on stats that you have that they do not use facial recognition until it is federally...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...to to take facial recognition based on stats that you have that they do not use facial recognition until it is federally approved thank you madam president for that...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...provide for the public the opportunity to understand where the department is in terms of its use of facial recognition technology but also the goal of ultimately...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...instilling uh public confidence um with our within our constituency on how we're using the facial recognition facial record facial recognition technology...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...our within our constituency on how we're using the facial recognition facial record facial recognition technology in a way that is effective but not...

2022-08-08 -- Court of Common Council

City of Hartford Council Meeting August 08, 2022 (topics: facial_recognition)

  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...item 5.3 quality of life and public safety committee with a company resolution regarding facial recognition technology and item 5.4 quality life and public...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and item 5.4 quality life and public safety committee communication concerning a resolution regarding facial recognition technology has been made and properly second are...

2022-07-19 -- Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee

City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting July 19, 2022 (topics: facial_recognition)

  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...is a resolution introduced by councilman nick lebron uh regarding facial recognition technology which was item six on the june 13 2022 agenda uh since he...

2022-06-27 -- Court of Common Council

City of Hartford Council Meeting June 27, 2022 (topics: facial_recognition)

  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...agenda uh resolution 3.7 quality life and public safety committee communication concerning facial recognition technology resolution...

2022-06-13 -- Court of Common Council

City of Hartford Council Meeting 6/13/2022 (topics: facial_recognition)

  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...to be referred to the quality life and public safety committee item 6.6 resolution regarding facial recognition technology also to be referred to the quality life and public...

2022-06-08 -- Public Works, Parks, Recreation, and the Environment Committee

City of Hartford Public Works, Parks, Recreation and Environment Committee Meeting 06/08/2022 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...office of sustainability i don't know how i did that and i see that uh donna suarez has drawn the drone the call from brac and um councilman mitchdom who is not a voting member but is a councilman...

2022-05-03 -- Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee

City of Hartford FY23 Hartford Police Department Budget Hearing 5/3/2022 (topics: body_camera, drone)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...now every sworn individual in in the department has a camera we adjusted the body-worn camera policy to come in line with the state-wide statute the the police accountability...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...next slide our uh uas or drone program has been a great success so far we have four personnel that have gone through the entire faa...

2021-01-28 -- Committee of the Whole

City of Hartford Committee of the Whole Meeting January 28th, 2021 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...used by military commercial and civil aircraft of all types including helicopters and unmanned aerial systems to measure the distance between an aircraft and the ground at the core...

2021-01-19 -- Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee

City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting January 19th 2021 (topics: body_camera)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...he was located by responding officers and according to about nine minutes of body worn camera video that we have he had a handgun and a rifle in his hand officers attempted to get him to drop...
  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...state police eastern district major crime squad um i put out the body-worn camera from a multiple uh or actually i'm sorry the state's attorney put out some of the...
  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...from a multiple uh or actually i'm sorry the state's attorney put out some of the body-worn camera that's not all of it um there is quite a bit of body-worn camera and some private camera...
  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the state's attorney put out some of the body-worn camera that's not all of it um there is quite a bit of body-worn camera and some private camera as well um and also the 9-1-1 call...
  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...this individual to a place where he couldn't hurt anyone else as more body-worn camera is released which i hope happens um you'll hear them trying to evacuate...

2020-09-15 -- Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee

City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting September 15th, 2020 (topics: body_camera)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and was not impacted our evidence.com as many council members probably remember when we were going through the body-worn camera and in-car camera...
  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...that's been tested through courts and and other places so our all of our body-worn camera obviously the amount of important data that's that's collected...
  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...cops that are talking to people with no masculine you know i'm reviewing more and more body worn camera footage as we as we you know uh look at complaints and and other issues...

2019-05-07 -- Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee

City of Hartford FY 2019-2020 Recommended Budget Hearing May 07, 2019 (topics: gunshot_detection)

  • gunshot_detection Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...overall budget yeah give or take yeah alright do you support the help to support the ShotSpotter infrastructure were HPD yes yeah what analysis do you run for them we basically look at it at...

2019-05-01 -- Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee

City of Hartford FY 2019-2020 Recommended Budget Hearing May 01, 2019 (topics: body_camera)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...thought were going to be here for a long time foi is not going anywhere with the body worn camera program what other places I've seen is that foi can increase and I may need to staff foi...

2018-12-10 -- Court of Common Council

City of Hartford Public and Council Meeting December 10, 2018 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...already it's been really bothering me I don't know where if we're gonna pass the drone or Durance and that might help out I really don't know I'm just we're...

2018-10-09 -- Court of Common Council

City of Hartford Council Meeting October 09, 2018 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...until October 29 2018 that would be item number 5 defined contribution plan item number 6 residency item number 7 drone policy and reports item number 8 executive pay plan item number 9 drones...

2018-09-26 -- Committee of the Whole

City of Hartford Committee of the Whole Meeting September 26, 2018 (topics: rtcc)

  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...certain council members voted to approve reimbursement of sixty thousand dollars for well we going to the fusion centers can you explain a little bit more about how the fusion centers operate and and...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...for well we going to the fusion centers can you explain a little bit more about how the fusion centers operate and and what the role is of the Hartford police officer who's assigned the liaison to a...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...what the role is of the Hartford police officer who's assigned the liaison to a fusion center and what impact does that have on the undocumented community in Hartford and as well as activists to...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...state is mandated by federal law to have a huge infusion center and basically what a fusion center is is an intelligence gathering unit that protects the state that disseminates...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...informational dissemination unit by they're not allowed to actually investigate I oversaw the state fusion center of my time with the State Police and I can tell you that the folks who...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...center of my time with the State Police and I can tell you that the folks who are signed to the fusion center do not investigate all they do is gather information and disseminate it to law...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...there at the federal level there have been arrests made against undocumented individuals because of fusion Center findings but bringing it closer to home we've personally seen activists who've...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...findings but bringing it closer to home we've personally seen activists who've been targeted for a fusion center activity but I do have another question [Music]...

2018-09-24 -- Court of Common Council

City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018 (topics: drone, rtcc)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...regulating the used data management and storage of the data recorded by the unmanned aerial vehicles item number 25 quality of life and Public Safety Committee with accompany...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...particular grant on item number 26 so for those who are unaware there is there are fusion centers and fusion centers is comprised of state local and federal partners that work together along with...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the Division of Emergency Management and homeland security and State Police and so fusion centers started off for those who are not aware they started off because of 9/11 right so it was a policy...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...prevent terrorism and so whether that's external terrorism internal terrorism the whole point of the fusion center and with that to create these intelligence centers to have a better way to track...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...handed out okay so each one of the council members you've received more information about fusion centers the first page is right on the ACLU website so concerns about fusion centers among...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...information about fusion centers the first page is right on the ACLU website so concerns about fusion centers among the concerns is that at a fusion center there's lack of transparency in terms of...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...first page is right on the ACLU website so concerns about fusion centers among the concerns is that at a fusion center there's lack of transparency in terms of what data is being retained what data is...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...being extracted and for what purposes so it as ACLU highlights here the private sector can participate so some fusion centers incorporate have incorporated private sector corporations into the...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...private corporations just to give you an example there's also data mining that happens at fusion center centers so federal fusion center guidelines encourage wholesale data collection and...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...example there's also data mining that happens at fusion center centers so federal fusion center guidelines encourage wholesale data collection and data manipulation process that also...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...apply and which agency is awesome Ultima we responsible for the activities of the fusion center participants all of that coupled in with the fact that not just are we talking about the undocumented...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the lines of communication and and the the data or the information that we receive is very limited about fusion centers what's to say that an activist is not targeted for posting an item on...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...what-have-you and so a the line gets very blurry about how in Hartford our fusion Center is carrying out that information and it's not just about people's privacy but it goes beyond that...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...such a very big West Indian population it goes on to a concern of what happens then when fusion centers are being used as a way for the federal government to in this case potentially by liaison from...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...she attended because she is a member of that committee the fusion center was kind of glossed over so the detailed information and this is a summary of it because there's...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...over so the detailed information and this is a summary of it because there's more in terms of concerns about fusion centers this was not brought up in that meeting if that was her concern and that...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...received from Homeland Security this is from 2013 this you know it's just goes to show that the fusion centers do cooperate with ice in the case of North Carolina where these are success stories...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...is how is ice how is the federal government taking this information and how how are the fusion fusion centers operating so for me personally based on the information that we've gotten...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...concerns just want to add for the point of clarification to the audience and the viewing public that fusion centers did not come up in our discussion at the quality level public safety meeting and...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the individuals as well Thank You councilman Councilwoman winch this isn't about you know the fusion center this is about one of our employees who we sent to work on that behalf and they're...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...invite the public to come out in in numbers indicating what do they think about data sharing and fusion centers and I'm so grateful for my council colleague and some others who came up...
  • fusion_center Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...want to acknowledge the concerns of my council colleagues that have brought issues up regarding the notion of fusion centers and I do think that is something that we should be concerned with and...

2018-09-10 -- Court of Common Council

City of Hartford Public and Council Meeting September 10, 2018 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...one interesting part of this and these are my words before the police can use a drone they need to get a want from the court that makes sense but the other part of it is and they...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...for the police department to regular reports okay pardon me how they've used the drone what the outcomes were and I think that that's important people want to know how are these rooms going to be...

Findings by topic

ai_data_fusion

(no findings)

alpr

  • [2026-04-22] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford Budget Hearing FY27 MHIS & Board of Education April 22nd, 2026

    ...solution across all city devices. Supported C4 with deployment of their new Flock security camera infrastructure. Configured HPS... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2025-06-13] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting

    ...if we have any suspected stolen plates, suspect vehicles, stuff like that. They're preloaded into the license plate reader, and if they hit on the reader, we get an alert. Uh and then on the flip... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2024-04-16] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY 24-25 Budget Hearing April 16th, 2024 Live Stream

    ...the new cameras that are going in the police cars every incar camera has a has a license plate reader module in it so it can read the license plates in front the cars that are that the cars that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2023-09-21] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life Public Safety Committee Meeting 9/21/23

    ...the key takeaway there is how the technology is applied so take for example uh License Plate Reader technology um we went beyond oh here's a camera and we're going to sell you as a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2023-04-12] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford Budget Hearing New April 12th 2023

    ...and I was highly impressed with the technology there and I know by having the License Plate Reader that was very helpful with accidents you know it didn't run accidents so I was hoping... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2023-03-21] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting March 21st, 2023

    ...purchase the Vigilant commercial LPR data Indigent License Plate Reader commercial data is data from tow trucks Parking Authorities repossessing trucks all over... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

biometrics_other

(no findings)

body_camera

  • [2023-04-12] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford Budget Hearing New April 12th 2023

    ...the the backlog and the number the difference that has happened in the last couple years is the body worn camera footage in the C4 camera footage and camera footage the foi request they used... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2022-05-03] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY23 Hartford Police Department Budget Hearing 5/3/2022

    ...now every sworn individual in in the department has a camera we adjusted the body-worn camera policy to come in line with the state-wide statute the the police accountability... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2021-01-19] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting January 19th 2021

    ...the state's attorney put out some of the body-worn camera that's not all of it um there is quite a bit of body-worn camera and some private camera as well um and also the 9-1-1 call... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2021-01-19] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting January 19th 2021

    ...he was located by responding officers and according to about nine minutes of body worn camera video that we have he had a handgun and a rifle in his hand officers attempted to get him to drop... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2021-01-19] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting January 19th 2021

    ...this individual to a place where he couldn't hurt anyone else as more body-worn camera is released which i hope happens um you'll hear them trying to evacuate... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2021-01-19] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting January 19th 2021

    ...from a multiple uh or actually i'm sorry the state's attorney put out some of the body-worn camera that's not all of it um there is quite a bit of body-worn camera and some private camera... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2021-01-19] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting January 19th 2021

    ...state police eastern district major crime squad um i put out the body-worn camera from a multiple uh or actually i'm sorry the state's attorney put out some of the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-15] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting September 15th, 2020

    ...cops that are talking to people with no masculine you know i'm reviewing more and more body worn camera footage as we as we you know uh look at complaints and and other issues... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-15] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting September 15th, 2020

    ...that's been tested through courts and and other places so our all of our body-worn camera obviously the amount of important data that's that's collected... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-15] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting September 15th, 2020

    ...and was not impacted our evidence.com as many council members probably remember when we were going through the body-worn camera and in-car camera... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2019-05-01] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY 2019-2020 Recommended Budget Hearing May 01, 2019

    ...thought were going to be here for a long time foi is not going anywhere with the body worn camera program what other places I've seen is that foi can increase and I may need to staff foi... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

cad

(no findings)

cell_site_sim

(no findings)

data_broker

(no findings)

doorbell_partnership

  • [2026-04-12] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford Budget Hearing FY27 CP, COO, Office of the Mayor, ROV, & Town & City Clerk

    ...focus on it and I hope it continues to be elevated to that level. Um, I noticed that the Ring doorbell distribution, I don't know, you know, if that was a one-time thing or if it's going to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: doorbell_partnership, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...sensitive these are all older cases but we get a lot of these third-party cameras this was a ring doorbell camera of a residential burglary with a really clean shot at that face... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: doorbell_partnership, unreviewed)

drone

  • [2025-04-24] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY2026 Budget Hearing: FCY, S.R, & MHIS April 24th, 2025 Live Stream

    ...gaming. Uh it's more than just coming in and playing video games. Um there's going to be drone pilot program that goes along with it. There's podcasting. There's it's a whole um uh creation.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2025-04-24] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY2026 Budget Hearing: FCY, S.R, & MHIS April 24th, 2025 Live Stream

    ...play the games, but we're going to have actual programs where they can come in and learn how to fly a drone and then race drones, which then relates to jobs down the road. Um, which relates to the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2025-04-15] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY2026 Budget Hearing: Hartford Police Department April 15th, 2025 Live Stream

    ...also get us out of these following cars. Whereas the suspect bails from a car, the drone can follow that person rather than um um having officers just use 20 30 officers and and surround... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2025-04-15] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY2026 Budget Hearing: Hartford Police Department April 15th, 2025 Live Stream

    ...give? Yeah, I can write it down. Okay. And then just out of curiosity, the 64,000 for the drone first responder, can you explain that to me? So, as we move in um to technology, um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2025-04-15] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY2026 Budget Hearing: Hartford Police Department April 15th, 2025 Live Stream

    ...um into the general fund as the grants run out. Um, and it includes um $64,000 for a drone first responder program, which is um goes with our technology... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2023-01-04] Planning, Economic Development & Housing Committee -- City of Hartford Planning, Economic Development & Housing Committee Meeting January 4th 2023

    ...airports for unmanned aircraft testing which support aeronautical research drone testing and infrastructure developments many universities including the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2023-01-04] Planning, Economic Development & Housing Committee -- City of Hartford Planning, Economic Development & Housing Committee Meeting January 4th 2023

    ...and option four considers the site as a future base for Aviation Technology drone and automated vehicle text testing we'll discuss the pros and cons of each of these options... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...reporting of use for civilian oversight i mean there are so reporting of use the drone policy is a good one there i mean that's every time that thing goes up it's an incident number through the faa... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2022-06-08] Public Works, Parks, Recreation, and the Environment Committee -- City of Hartford Public Works, Parks, Recreation and Environment Committee Meeting 06/08/2022

    ...office of sustainability i don't know how i did that and i see that uh donna suarez has drawn the drone the call from brac and um councilman mitchdom who is not a voting member but is a councilman... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2022-05-03] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY23 Hartford Police Department Budget Hearing 5/3/2022

    ...next slide our uh uas or drone program has been a great success so far we have four personnel that have gone through the entire faa... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2021-01-28] Committee of the Whole -- City of Hartford Committee of the Whole Meeting January 28th, 2021

    ...used by military commercial and civil aircraft of all types including helicopters and unmanned aerial systems to measure the distance between an aircraft and the ground at the core... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2018-12-10] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Public and Council Meeting December 10, 2018

    ...already it's been really bothering me I don't know where if we're gonna pass the drone or Durance and that might help out I really don't know I'm just we're... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2018-10-09] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting October 09, 2018

    ...until October 29 2018 that would be item number 5 defined contribution plan item number 6 residency item number 7 drone policy and reports item number 8 executive pay plan item number 9 drones... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...regulating the used data management and storage of the data recorded by the unmanned aerial vehicles item number 25 quality of life and Public Safety Committee with accompany... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-10] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Public and Council Meeting September 10, 2018

    ...one interesting part of this and these are my words before the police can use a drone they need to get a want from the court that makes sense but the other part of it is and they... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-10] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Public and Council Meeting September 10, 2018

    ...for the police department to regular reports okay pardon me how they've used the drone what the outcomes were and I think that that's important people want to know how are these rooms going to be... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

facial_recognition

  • [2023-03-21] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting March 21st, 2023

    ...know they mostly do but that is a that is a substantive recognition of the fallibility of facial recognition technology without that all we're saying is... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2023-03-21] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting March 21st, 2023

    ...adapted is to be used as an investigative tool only and identification through facial recognition technology is not probable cause to arrest if... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2023-03-21] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting March 21st, 2023

    ...um in response to you counseling medicine I think the concern initially is that facial recognition as a technology is a tool that um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2023-03-21] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting March 21st, 2023

    ...recognition technology without that all we're saying is well facial recognition technology you know sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2023-03-21] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting March 21st, 2023

    ...the HPV so that's the goal is to provide as much transparency as possible the there are many facial recognition systems that are out there some are very flawed and skewed... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2023-03-21] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting March 21st, 2023

    ...meeting uh item number five a resolution by uh councilman LeBron and former councilman uh Sanchez regarding facial recognition technology uh which was as recent as item 7.1 on the January 23rd... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2023-03-13] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting March 13th, 2023

    ...life and Public Safety Committee communication concerning a resolution facial recognition technology item 313 Health and Human Services committee communication to postponing committee a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2023-02-22] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting February 22, 2023

    ...item five is resolution by councilman Sanchez and uh Lebron regarding the facial recognition technology uh which was most recently recently on our agenda for uh January 23rd there was an... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-09-26] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Hybrid Council Meeting 9/26/2022

    ...communication from the quality life and Public Safety Committee item 3.5 uh concerning a resolution regarding facial recognition technology communication and uh from the operations... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-09-12] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 12, 2022

    ...quality life and public safety committee communication concerning resolution on facial recognition technology item 3.16 public works parks recreation environment committee communication... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...um and again from the new york um civil liberties union uh in terms of privacy there's less concern with facial recognition technology is used for limited purposes such as... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...offers automatic and seamless verification and whereas while the auger algorithms that steer the facial recognition technology are effective to different degrees it is... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...frame it correctly will be great benefit and let's remember you know the facial recognition is not there to you know we're looking at incidents like... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...is it to kind of in a way um give some input on the policy to to hpd or is it to to take facial recognition based on stats that you have that they do not use facial recognition until it is federally... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...facial recognition detroit is a good example of really good um really good examples of using facial recognition and a couple really bad ones where they you know they made an... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...to to take facial recognition based on stats that you have that they do not use facial recognition until it is federally approved thank you madam president for that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...provide for the public the opportunity to understand where the department is in terms of its use of facial recognition technology but also the goal of ultimately... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...instilling uh public confidence um with our within our constituency on how we're using the facial recognition facial record facial recognition technology... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...haven't done that yet just to be clear this was not we haven't made any overt moves um towards going towards facial recognition uh we do have enough technology here in the city where the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...and to address uh councilman mitchum about the misidentification this is actually the exact facial recognition hit on this would be the exact same as when we showed for a homicide... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...uh chief may correct me from our we would hand that out to every patrol officer on the street to have a facial recognition system on their phone or anything... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...make sure that we fall in line with the state and federal government on what their protocols are as far as facial recognition so this is what we're having yes yeah and i... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...our within our constituency on how we're using the facial recognition facial record facial recognition technology in a way that is effective but not... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...includes investigation includes evidence and that part of it has to be accompanied with facial recognition and i think i and the chief and the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...with a name a suspect same as a facial recognition hit we have something like this we get a facial recognition we get a hit we get a name we get a mug shot it just is going to launch an investigation... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...solvability now that investigation is propelled and launched and jump started with a name a suspect same as a facial recognition hit we have something like this we get a facial recognition we get... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...and i guess i want to know what do we if we want to be able to use facial recognition technology in a way that is effective and useful but also... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...and the doj actually did a privacy impact assessment on this unit to see how they were using facial recognition um was it governed by policy what was the storage and retention like who has... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...having a presentation by councilman nick lebron on a resolution that he authored for facial recognition and um and also we have a uh an expert... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...and councilman lebron brought this up that it is still the case that most facial recognition technology works worse... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...got him this would have uh this was a really clean shot from a store camera where facial recognition came into play same with here this was a uh burglaries... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...an oversight that incorporates public voices should be used regarding the use and assessment effectiveness of facial recognition technology and that there are no current uh federal guidelines... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...investigative leave the analysts collecting this facial recognition search has already met the legal requirements to investigate the subject... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...the chair of the uh house committee on oversight and reform and uh if and when facial recognition technology starts being utilized public engagement should be... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...the first ones um you know to be you know dip on our toes and fit in the facial recognition world as a law enforcement agency if this is something that you know that we were looking... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...well give me one second to read the resolutions okay so uh whereas facial recognition is a biometric technology that uses distinguished distinguishable... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...again here at big letters i highly blue the information in the response to this facial recognition request is provided as an investigative investigative lead only it is not to be considered as a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...of a residential burglary with a really clean shot at that face um this is an example where facial recognition could help propel this investigation... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...to come and um discuss this item and we did not get any uh contact back but um facial recognition technology is not 100 accurate while it is an algorithm issue... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...of identification and whereas since there's no contact required for facial recognition like there is with fingerprinting or other security... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...checks and balances would apply to getting a facial recognition candidate photo back on a search so again uh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...the transparency that we've had with all of our technology would be the same with facial recognition so i don't see any problem with with with that i mean... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...floating above their head and their date of birth and it's recognizing people facial recognition doesn't really recognize people it just matches a picture of someone to a known... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...police department it's easy to talk about and like she's so totally said in the movies facial recognition was always showcased as like this camera reaching out showing 20 people on the screen and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...was there there have been bad identifications that have come out of facial recognition detroit is a good example of really good um really good examples of using facial... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...and this thing is is looking at those images is very different from using um using the the facial recognition software to try to identify you know a photo that you have of someone whether... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...that you can use it and i think chris will go over some of these but you know having facial recognition on cameras where people are walking down the street and this thing is is looking at those... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...in in laying and bringing these technologies here and how we use them facial recognition when we think it's it's a time to bring that here um wouldn't would be no different now we... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...not take pictures you don't keep pictures on the contrary there's a lot of facial recognition that if you're logged into their database and you do a search... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...with that we when we implement any kinds of security measures using facial recognition does not take pictures you don't keep pictures on the contrary... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...those lockers those new lockers that you can walk up and scan your barcode and verify your facial recognition but you're correct today's technology and again i don't... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...amazon when you go pick up the packages from amazon they have facial recognition on those lockers those new lockers that you can walk up and scan your barcode and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...in apple as well but every one of these companies apple amazon facebook they're all developing facial recognition software to help you get better service better access... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...is that my understanding you're correct although facebook has one of the most advanced facial recognition software but in apple as well but every one of these companies apple amazon facebook they're... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...on one single item to say that's it this person is because the facial recognition software so um mr brush i'm taking my floor back for a second here all right guys um so... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...able to identify people in that area i think facial recognition will be will give a lot of benefits and we also have to remember always there's... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...them we use facial recognition and i think like i said in the beginning facial recognition cannot be the driver but when you have an incident and you're able to identify people... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...data centers that are extremely confidential they can't you can't enter them we use facial recognition and i think like i said in the beginning facial recognition cannot be the driver... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...more secured areas with facial recognition the us borders the israeli borders when you enter today... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...were done based on the existing software um facial recognition is used today in every aspect of our life... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...to be a little more specific in this for example where it says that the facial recognition shouldn't be used for evidentiary purposes what is... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...the presentation that was given by nick lebron is that we have to look at facial recognition today as a tool that is technology has given us... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...um so that's where the expertise come from we've been dealing with these security with the facial recognition for i would say the better part of 15 years seen how everything changed over the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...um so going back here here's the current um uses of facial recognition technology i think we all know this um but unlocking phones and other electronic devices uh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...that is just a value measure or value-added measure on uh the effectiveness of what facial recognition technology will be able to present and again the um statistics are based upon... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...move this around um is that um 57 percent of americans say the widespread use of facial recognition technology by police won't change crime rates and so that is just a value measure... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...understanding so the first sl the first data point entry is that the widespread use of facial recognition technology by police seen more negatively by younger adults... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...now therefore be it resolved if the hartford police department considers the use of facial recognition technology they will not expressly use it as an evidentiary tool... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...recognition like there is with fingerprinting or other security measures facial recognition technologies offers automatic and seamless verification and whereas while the auger... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...recognition and um and also we have a uh an expert on facial recognition mr gebba baraj founder and ceo secure our city but before i continue with that i'd like... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...natalie fiolo feola goffitti and also sergeant chris mastroni who's also working on the facial recognition and uh and my aide uh um miss ortiz and sada... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...liaison uh lydia colon who put this together did the research behind facial recognition technology and helped me to develop this slide here... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...the airport and to and even to identify and tag people on social media platforms and whereas facial recognition technology aids in various ways such as helping to find missing people... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-16] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting August 16, 2022

    ...strengthening safety activity measures and whereas additionally law enforcement agencies can use facial recognition to identify criminals with no other means of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-08] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting August 08, 2022

    ...item 5.3 quality of life and public safety committee with a company resolution regarding facial recognition technology and item 5.4 quality life and public... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-08-08] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting August 08, 2022

    ...and item 5.4 quality life and public safety committee communication concerning a resolution regarding facial recognition technology has been made and properly second are... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-07-19] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting July 19, 2022

    ...is a resolution introduced by councilman nick lebron uh regarding facial recognition technology which was item six on the june 13 2022 agenda uh since he... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-06-27] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting June 27, 2022

    ...agenda uh resolution 3.7 quality life and public safety committee communication concerning facial recognition technology resolution... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2022-06-13] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting 6/13/2022

    ...to be referred to the quality life and public safety committee item 6.6 resolution regarding facial recognition technology also to be referred to the quality life and public... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

gunshot_detection

  • [2024-04-16] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY 24-25 Budget Hearing April 16th, 2024 Live Stream

    ...data that would show how many shots fired calls were called in pre-shot spotter vers and even with shotspotter uh we have data that shows you know of the you know 100% of shot spotter... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: gunshot_detection, unreviewed)

  • [2024-04-16] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY 24-25 Budget Hearing April 16th, 2024 Live Stream

    ...find this in the budget but I didn't on short notice what do we spend what's in the budget this year for shotspotter like the what we pay to the company do we have that close to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: gunshot_detection, unreviewed)

  • [2024-04-16] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY 24-25 Budget Hearing April 16th, 2024 Live Stream

    ...I mentioned here was shotspotter so that allows us to we found out when we went to shotspotter that only about 18 to 20% of shots fired calls were being of shots fired incidents were being called in so... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: gunshot_detection, unreviewed)

  • [2024-04-16] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY 24-25 Budget Hearing April 16th, 2024 Live Stream

    ...officers responded to a shot spotter activation U you know and somebody was shot um which is not shotspotter's fault I think that's an officer training issue um what I can tell you we don't have any... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: gunshot_detection, unreviewed)

  • [2024-04-16] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY 24-25 Budget Hearing April 16th, 2024 Live Stream

    ...cameras now uh and from a shooting perspective a lot of that is directed by shotspotter um you know as far as a cost benefit analysis we haven't done that uh data Beyond um you know citizen caller... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: gunshot_detection, unreviewed)

  • [2024-04-16] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY 24-25 Budget Hearing April 16th, 2024 Live Stream

    ...mean they weren't they were spending all this money and they weren't responding to the shotspotter activations which I mean I guess from a budgetary perspective you could say that that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: gunshot_detection, unreviewed)

  • [2024-04-16] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY 24-25 Budget Hearing April 16th, 2024 Live Stream

    ...what exactly does that mean so as I you know one of the one of the Technologies I mentioned here was shotspotter so that allows us to we found out when we went to shotspotter that only about 18 to 20%... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: gunshot_detection, unreviewed)

  • [2019-05-07] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY 2019-2020 Recommended Budget Hearing May 07, 2019

    ...overall budget yeah give or take yeah alright do you support the help to support the ShotSpotter infrastructure were HPD yes yeah what analysis do you run for them we basically look at it at... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: gunshot_detection, unreviewed)

mobile_forensics

(no findings)

osint_social_monitor

(no findings)

predictive_policing

(no findings)

purchasing_broker

(no findings)

rtcc

  • [2026-08-20] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting August 20th, 2026

    ...across Connecticut. The intel center in general in the state of Connecticut, it's a primary uh fusion center. It brings together local, state, and federal partners, analyzes intelligence... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2025-06-13] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting

    ...of arrest, uh, 20 of them were 17 and under uh, for for age group. So far this year, our capital city command center has processed over 4,700 requests and uh which has obviously... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: rtcc, unreviewed)

  • [2024-10-10] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting Oct 10, 2024

    ...arrests uh they recovered 214 stolen vehicles in 2024 thus far and the uh realtime crime Center uh the capital city Command Center rc4 has processed 7,000 requests so those requests come... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: rtcc, unreviewed)

  • [2024-10-10] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee Meeting Oct 10, 2024

    ...there you go it's a wonderful job by the team next slide please as for our realtime crime Center um well uh let's go over to Vice uh Vice and uh Intel and n... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: rtcc, unreviewed)

  • [2024-04-16] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY 24-25 Budget Hearing April 16th, 2024 Live Stream

    ...um what I can tell you we don't have any uh you know analysis our crime our real-time crime Center has been doing analysis on impacts of cameras um you know our researcher and uh Sergeant... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: rtcc, unreviewed)

  • [2024-04-16] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford FY 24-25 Budget Hearing April 16th, 2024 Live Stream

    ...um that are experimental so some of these companies because we're so advanced in the real-time crime Center world are coming to us to kind of beta test some of these cameras um and we... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: rtcc, unreviewed)

  • [2023-04-12] Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee -- City of Hartford Budget Hearing New April 12th 2023

    ...Intervention Program Grant the two million Grant there is a program called fusis that I can share more information about at Public Safety or Offline that encourages Atlanta Georgia uses this... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: rtcc, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-26] Committee of the Whole -- City of Hartford Committee of the Whole Meeting September 26, 2018

    ...certain council members voted to approve reimbursement of sixty thousand dollars for well we going to the fusion centers can you explain a little bit more about how the fusion centers operate and and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-26] Committee of the Whole -- City of Hartford Committee of the Whole Meeting September 26, 2018

    ...state is mandated by federal law to have a huge infusion center and basically what a fusion center is is an intelligence gathering unit that protects the state that disseminates... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-26] Committee of the Whole -- City of Hartford Committee of the Whole Meeting September 26, 2018

    ...informational dissemination unit by they're not allowed to actually investigate I oversaw the state fusion center of my time with the State Police and I can tell you that the folks who... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-26] Committee of the Whole -- City of Hartford Committee of the Whole Meeting September 26, 2018

    ...for well we going to the fusion centers can you explain a little bit more about how the fusion centers operate and and what the role is of the Hartford police officer who's assigned the liaison to a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-26] Committee of the Whole -- City of Hartford Committee of the Whole Meeting September 26, 2018

    ...findings but bringing it closer to home we've personally seen activists who've been targeted for a fusion center activity but I do have another question [Music]... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-26] Committee of the Whole -- City of Hartford Committee of the Whole Meeting September 26, 2018

    ...center of my time with the State Police and I can tell you that the folks who are signed to the fusion center do not investigate all they do is gather information and disseminate it to law... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-26] Committee of the Whole -- City of Hartford Committee of the Whole Meeting September 26, 2018

    ...there at the federal level there have been arrests made against undocumented individuals because of fusion Center findings but bringing it closer to home we've personally seen activists who've... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-26] Committee of the Whole -- City of Hartford Committee of the Whole Meeting September 26, 2018

    ...what the role is of the Hartford police officer who's assigned the liaison to a fusion center and what impact does that have on the undocumented community in Hartford and as well as activists to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...concerns just want to add for the point of clarification to the audience and the viewing public that fusion centers did not come up in our discussion at the quality level public safety meeting and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...invite the public to come out in in numbers indicating what do they think about data sharing and fusion centers and I'm so grateful for my council colleague and some others who came up... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...the Division of Emergency Management and homeland security and State Police and so fusion centers started off for those who are not aware they started off because of 9/11 right so it was a policy... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...particular grant on item number 26 so for those who are unaware there is there are fusion centers and fusion centers is comprised of state local and federal partners that work together along with... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...the individuals as well Thank You councilman Councilwoman winch this isn't about you know the fusion center this is about one of our employees who we sent to work on that behalf and they're... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...prevent terrorism and so whether that's external terrorism internal terrorism the whole point of the fusion center and with that to create these intelligence centers to have a better way to track... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...over so the detailed information and this is a summary of it because there's more in terms of concerns about fusion centers this was not brought up in that meeting if that was her concern and that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...handed out okay so each one of the council members you've received more information about fusion centers the first page is right on the ACLU website so concerns about fusion centers among... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...information about fusion centers the first page is right on the ACLU website so concerns about fusion centers among the concerns is that at a fusion center there's lack of transparency in terms of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...first page is right on the ACLU website so concerns about fusion centers among the concerns is that at a fusion center there's lack of transparency in terms of what data is being retained what data is... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...being extracted and for what purposes so it as ACLU highlights here the private sector can participate so some fusion centers incorporate have incorporated private sector corporations into the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...private corporations just to give you an example there's also data mining that happens at fusion center centers so federal fusion center guidelines encourage wholesale data collection and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...example there's also data mining that happens at fusion center centers so federal fusion center guidelines encourage wholesale data collection and data manipulation process that also... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...apply and which agency is awesome Ultima we responsible for the activities of the fusion center participants all of that coupled in with the fact that not just are we talking about the undocumented... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...the lines of communication and and the the data or the information that we receive is very limited about fusion centers what's to say that an activist is not targeted for posting an item on... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...want to acknowledge the concerns of my council colleagues that have brought issues up regarding the notion of fusion centers and I do think that is something that we should be concerned with and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...what-have-you and so a the line gets very blurry about how in Hartford our fusion Center is carrying out that information and it's not just about people's privacy but it goes beyond that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...such a very big West Indian population it goes on to a concern of what happens then when fusion centers are being used as a way for the federal government to in this case potentially by liaison from... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...she attended because she is a member of that committee the fusion center was kind of glossed over so the detailed information and this is a summary of it because there's... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...received from Homeland Security this is from 2013 this you know it's just goes to show that the fusion centers do cooperate with ice in the case of North Carolina where these are success stories... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

  • [2018-09-24] Court of Common Council -- City of Hartford Council Meeting September 24, 2018

    ...is how is ice how is the federal government taking this information and how how are the fusion fusion centers operating so for me personally based on the information that we've gotten... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: fusion_center, unreviewed)

surveillance_general

  • [2023-09-21] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life Public Safety Committee Meeting 9/21/23

    ...department utilizes uh briefcam as as one of their tools we actually that is part of our system briefcam so again when you take these different components and and really uh understanding how... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)

  • [2023-09-21] Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee -- City of Hartford Quality of Life Public Safety Committee Meeting 9/21/23

    ...is really what makes the big difference I know right now uh the police department utilizes uh briefcam as as one of their tools we actually that is part of our system briefcam so again... 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

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cell_site_sim

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data_broker

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doorbell_partnership

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drone

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facial_recognition

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gunshot_detection

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mobile_forensics

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osint_social_monitor

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predictive_policing

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purchasing_broker

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rtcc

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surveillance_general

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undercover_tools

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vehicle_forensics

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video_analytics

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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: 13
  • Videos registered: 483 (fetched: 463, no captions: 20)
  • Date range covered: 2018-01-08 to 2026-09-17 (all 483 videos dated)

Channels

display_name channel_id handle
HPA-TV (Hartford Public Access Television) hpa_tv @hpa-tv2860

Tab crawl history

channel_id tab last_crawled_at video_count
hpa_tv streams 2026-09-27 14:33:25.025017 252
hpa_tv videos 2026-09-27 14:33:20.996965 989

Registered meeting bodies

body_name category active video_count
Operation, Management, Budget & Government Accountability Committee budget_finance True 100
Committee of the Whole council True 27
Court of Common Council council True 160
Board of Education education True 1
Charter Revision Committee other True 27
Committee of Inquiry other True 0
Health and Human Services Committee other True 33
Labor, Education, Workforce, & Youth Development Committee other True 26
Legislative Affairs Committee other True 0
Planning, Economic Development & Housing Committee other True 46
Public Works, Parks, Recreation, and the Environment Committee other True 33
Civilian Police Review Board public_safety True 0
Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee public_safety True 30

Zero videos registered for: Committee of Inquiry, Legislative Affairs Committee, Civilian Police Review Board

Agenda/minutes coverage

No agenda source registered for this town yet.

Agenda sources

(none)

Research log

logged_at field_name new_value source by
2026-08-11 17:00:41.708982 body_coverage_unconfirmed Legislative Affairs Committee -- registered per .gov committee list but ZERO title matches in the 986-title HPA-TV /videos crawl yt-dlp --flat-playlist crawl of youtube.com/@hpa-tv2860/videos, 2026-08-11 claude
2026-08-11 17:00:41.708982 channel_found hpa_tv (@hpa-tv2860) HPA-TV confirmed as the channel behind a Hartford council-meetings YouTube playlist; handle confirmed via yt-dlp claude
2026-08-11 17:00:41.708982 channel_not_found Board of Education (Hartford Public Schools) regular meetings -- HPA-TV carries only 1 BOE-titled video ("Special Board Of Education Conference") plus department Budget Hearings that name BOE alongside other depts; HPS livestreams regular BOE meetings via per-meeting BoardDocs-linked YouTube URLs with no stable recurring channel handle found yet -- needs deeper discovery hartfordschools.org/live-feed, go.boarddocs.com/ct/hartford/Board.nsf/Public; HPA-TV title crawl claude
2026-08-11 17:00:41.708982 committees_confirmed Court of Common Council + 8 standing committees per hartfordct.gov official page hartfordct.gov/Government/City-Council/Council-Committees claude
2026-08-11 17:00:41.708982 oversight_body_confirmed Civilian Police Review Board -- real, active, meets monthly, but ZERO title matches ("civilian police") in the 986-title HPA-TV /videos crawl -- coverage genuinely unconfirmed, not assumed hartfordct.gov CPRB page + ctpublic.org reporting on CPRB/police-union dispute (2026-03, 2026-07); HPA-TV title crawl found 0 matches claude
2026-08-11 17:00:41.708982 patterns_corrected_from_real_titles Unfiltered crawl of HPA-TV /videos (986 titles) showed committees are named by acronym on this channel (OMBGA/PWPRE/LEWY/PEDH), not the spelled-out .gov names -- patterns rewritten to match both forms. Also surfaced 2 real recurring bodies absent from the .gov committee list: Committee of the Whole (~50+ occurrences) and Charter Revision Committee (occasional) yt-dlp --flat-playlist crawl of youtube.com/@hpa-tv2860/videos, 2026-08-11 claude

Gaps and caveats

Videos with no captions available (20 shown, max 25)

title upload_date
City of Hartford Council Meeting Oct 27th, 2025 Live Stream 2025-10-27
City of Hartford Health & Human Services Committee Meeting April 1st, 2025 Live Stream 2025-04-01
City of Hartford Planning, Economic Development & Housing Committee Meeting March 6th, 2024 2024-03-06
City of Hartford Council Meeting December 11th, 2023 Live Stream (REPLAY) 2023-12-11
City of Hartford Public Safety Departments Budget Hearing May 3rd, 2021 2021-05-03
City of Hartford Public and Council Meeting March 11, 2019 2019-03-11
City of Hartford Council Meeting February 25, 2019 2019-02-25
City of Hartford Committee of Whole Meeting and Council Meeting November 26, 2018 2018-11-26
City of Hartford Public Meeting and Council Meeting November 12, 2018 2018-11-12
City of Hartford Council Meeting October 22, 2018 2018-10-22
City of Hartford Council Meeting July 19, 2018 2018-07-19
City of Hartford Council Meeting June 28, 2018 2018-06-28
City of Hartford Council Meeting June 25, 2018 2018-06-25
City of Hartford Public Meeting and Council Meeting June 11, 2018 2018-06-11
City of Hartford Public And Council Meeting April 09, 2018 2018-04-09
City of Hartford Council Meeting March 26, 2018 2018-03-26
City of Hartford Public Meeting and Council Meeting March 09, 2018 2018-03-09
City of Hartford Council Meeting February 26, 2018 2018-02-26
City of Hartford Committee of the Whole Meeting January 22, 2018 2018-01-22
City of Hartford Public and Council Meeting January 08, 2018 2018-01-08

Tabs never crawled

(none)

Get the full transcripts

Download Hartford'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 hartford-meeting-transcripts.zip -d hartford
cd hartford

# 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 2026-09-27T15:27:35 from Hartford'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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