Surveillance-tech report: Manchester¶

Mentions current to 30 September 2026

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At a glance: Manchester¶

220 mentions of surveillance technology in 18 Manchester meetings, 2024–2026

220mentionsacross 18 meetings · read the timeline 2024–2026first to latest mention2024-03-20 → 2026-09-01 7technologies discussedALPR / Flock, Body cameras, Doorbell-camera partnerships, Drones, Facial recognition, General surveillance, Red-light and speed cameras 61,300licence-plate searchesby Manchester police, in six towns' released Flock logs · open the dashboard 22%of known meetings transcribed155 of 707 meetings

Not the full history: transcripts begin 2023-11-20, but Manchester's published video archive goes back to 2015-01-28. Meetings before 2023 are not yet transcribed, so this report cannot say what was discussed then. Older meetings are still being added.

Meetings in progress: we are in the process of adding Manchester's public meetings. Manchester's meetings are not on YouTube, so each recording has to be downloaded and transcribed from its audio, which takes a little longer than towns whose meetings are captioned on YouTube. More meetings will appear here as they are transcribed.

This report collects every mention of surveillance technology found in Manchester'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 Manchester police
Mentions by topic: first seen / most recent
Timeline
Findings by topic
Agenda/minutes mentions (unreviewed -- live keyword scan, no human review queue yet)
How this report was built
Coverage status
Registered meeting bodies
Agenda/minutes coverage
Research log
Gaps and caveats
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Licence-plate searches by Manchester police¶

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

Manchester CT PD

61,300 searches between 2023-01 and 2026-07 (43 months with at least one search)
215 camera networks swept by the average single search
93% of them reached beyond Manchester'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 Manchester 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	127	9	2025-09-09	2026-09-01
Body cameras	18	3	2024-03-21	2026-03-26
Doorbell-camera partnerships	8	2	2024-03-21	2025-03-27
Drones	10	6	2024-03-20	2026-08-11
Facial recognition	1	1	2026-04-07	2026-04-07
General surveillance	2	1	2024-06-03	2024-06-03
Red-light and speed cameras	54	8	2024-03-21	2026-09-01

Timeline¶

18 meetings surfaced a finding (18 dated, spanning 2024-03-20 to 2026-09-01; 0 of unknown date, listed last). Newest first.

Since 2026-08-31 (through 2026-09-30, when this report was generated):

2026-09-01 -- Board of Directors¶

Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026 (topics: alpr, traffic_cameras)

alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 52:14 ▸ > ...You're doing great. You're doing great. I'm here to express my concerns against the Flock cameras and all automated license plate readers in Manchester. First off, I'd like to thank the board of directors...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 52:17 ▸ > ...You're doing great. I'm here to express my concerns against the Flock cameras and all automated license plate readers in Manchester. First off, I'd like to thank the board of directors for placing the moratorium on the purchase and installation...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 53:14 ▸ > ...What I'd really like to see for Manchester Board of Directors is to have the currently installed cameras are removed and beyond that to have a municipal ordinance charter amendment or other law adopted to permanently permanently ban any use of any alpr within the town of manchester or at least on all municipal public property and roadways reasoning for my concern and desire to have these cameras r...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:09:23 ▸ > ...The nays were Vice Chair Jones, Secretary Shane, Director Lantini, and Director Miss Paul. So at 4-4, it fails on to item number 13-C. 13-C, authorization of town to issue our fees for automated traffic enforcement safety devices. 13c Mr. Stefano are you still on or do you want to...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:09:53 ▸ > ...earlier this year on two programs that are now authorized by the state speed cameras and then school bus stop arm cameras uh there had sort of informally i'd been given feedback to uh move forward to sort of kick the...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:11:36 ▸ > ...I don't think anybody is confused as to my position on ALPRs. License plate readers are not really something I support, and I would like to speak in support of these automated traffic enforcement devices that we're discussing today. Years ago in a campaign finance discussion,...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:11:58 ▸ > ...on pretty strongly. This is one of those moments where I do. The devices that we're talking about now for this particular item are speed cameras and school bus arm cameras, which basically only capture images of people who are committing active violations....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:12:34 ▸ > ...And the enforcement requires an actual human being, not some AI system, taking a look and verifying that a violation has taken place. The presentation that we got from the chief on installing speed cameras focused on the question of location. And I think that's where the biggest threat to civil liberties tends to come in on these....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:12:59 ▸ > ...And I think that's where the biggest threat to civil liberties tends to come in on these. If they're placed in areas that will predominantly affect minority groups or other traditionally disfavored classes, that can be a real civil liberties issue. Where we've been discussing the placement of speed cameras is, to my recollection, piloting them up by Buckland Hills Mall. And I recall not too long a...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:14:50 ▸ > ...The best way to lower speeds is to change road design, not through enforcement. But when we have roads that we cannot change the shape of, where we cannot use road design to affect driver behavior, the best thing we can do is let them know that there is an enforcement mechanism there that is going to catch them if they are driving at excessive speeds. I would recommend that we set in any enabling ...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:16:26 ▸ > ...to select a vendor who then would start the initial process and then um subsequently uh as as we move forward you would consider a a ordinance and the feedback from director lentini is is well taken i think good as we potentially look forward on on the uh speed cameras but no formal action was taken which is why i'm um putting in front of you tonight and then an rfp would get issued and And then s...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:16:59 ▸ > ...Thank you, Mr. Mayor. A question for you to the manager. With the speed cameras, we still need to go through a process of state approval. Is that not true? Yes, Mr. Secretary....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:17:20 ▸ > ...So the school bus arms are much less of a sort of tedious process. It's really an enabling ordinance. The speed cameras, the DOT has strict parameters to make sure that studies are done regarding the proposed location, that there's a rationale for it. I think very importantly that it's not disproportionately impacting historically marginalized communities. So there's a lot of due diligence that go...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:17:39 ▸ > ...The speed cameras, the DOT has strict parameters to make sure that studies are done regarding the proposed location, that there's a rationale for it. I think very importantly that it's not disproportionately impacting historically marginalized communities. So there's a lot of due diligence that goes into the speed camera process, which would be required through working with the state. But we would...

Earlier meetings (17)

2026-08-11 -- Board of Directors

Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026 (topics: alpr, drone)

alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 51:20 ▸ > ...Many businesses have left town because of our high taxes. businesses and poor schools. The only new businesses that I see moving into our town are vape shops. I want to keep the flock cameras up. We've got a great police force. We've got great protection. They're there at a moment's notice. No pot in the parks. No smoking means no smoking. And today I was at a...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 53:22 ▸ > ...We have 600 properties, according to the tax office. How many of those 600 properties are donating to our tax coffers? Don't pause these flock cameras. They've been instrumental as the chief of police made a presentation that's solving ATM robberies, car thefts, sexual assaults, everything else....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:08:21 ▸ > ...Yep. Ms. Pataki asked in her letter for some detail on the recommendation from the Senior Center Task Force. She asked for some detail on a proposed possible cannabis policy, and she spoke to the need to keep flock cameras in town for various purposes. Thank you. Director Mantini. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I have forwarded this to the rest of the directors, but early this...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:34:52 ▸ > ...it's an important policy discussion for you all to have There's been a lot in the news lately regarding the use of ALPRs, which I'll refer to them here, automated license plate greeters. We use Flock here in Manchester. That's the vendor with which we've contracted with....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:35:02 ▸ > ...policy discussion for you all to have There's been a lot in the news lately regarding the use of ALPRs, which I'll refer to them here, automated license plate greeters. We use Flock here in Manchester. That's the vendor with which we've contracted with. I'm going to go through a little bit just exactly defining what they are, how they're used in Manchester,...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:38:15 ▸ > ...they're programmed to take pictures of license plates not individuals here in Manchester we have 18 of these cameras again the vendor that we've used as flock they're mostly placed in non-residential areas off of highways and main thoroughfares only authorized MD personnel have access when they meet the training certification background checks required the queries are audited and...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:41:08 ▸ > ...I think also the potential misuse or abuse of the system by law enforcement, which there have been recorded instances of officers around the country using it for personal use, looking up domestic partners, things of that nature. What I find personally most concerning is obviously the access to the system by law enforcement agencies that are under the current administration targeting non-citizens a...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:43:48 ▸ > ...of a wide variety of or just a sample of some stuff so on the first slide here we have a group of suspects that was that had conducted over 20 armed robberies with firearms throughout the state including manchester were identified with the assistance of flock and another law enforcement agency after they arrived at a casino in a vehicle following one of the incidents the video obtained of the occu...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:43:59 ▸ > ...including manchester were identified with the assistance of flock and another law enforcement agency after they arrived at a casino in a vehicle following one of the incidents the video obtained of the occupants entering the casino led to their identification additional license plate reader information reader hits later led to the apprehension and separate on-site arrest of one of the suspects in ...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:44:34 ▸ > ...victim was pepper sprayed and threatened with a firearm in the area of Bennett Academy. Alls we had was vehicle make, model, and color information. We were able to locate a image on a flock camera hit of a potential match. Further identification led to the identification of the suspect who was later located in Hartford in a vehicle used in the crime. He had bear spray and...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:45:05 ▸ > ...a handgun was located and he was labeled as a dangerous felon who couldn't be in in possession of a firearm. I mentioned this at the the last discussion we had on the flock cameras this one but we had a fraud a flock image helped image was used to help identify a suspect vehicle in a scheme where a elderly victim was deceived out of giving over $600,000 in the form of gold bars to the suspects...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:46:04 ▸ > ...Through FLOC, we identified an image of a vehicle of a potential suspect that the suspects were using, but the plate did not belong in that vehicle. went through, reviewed flock images for the previous days. We know a lot of times with instances like this people come and case the place beforehand. They found a similar vehicle arriving in the mall area five days before the crime with the actual pla...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:46:56 ▸ > ...in locating a person who was wanted for shooting two people in North Carolina with the intent to kill them. The suspect was believed to be in Manchester. Flock cameras were used to verify that the vehicle that the suspect was traveling was in Manchester. Further information was developed that the vehicle was later heading south on I-95 out of state, and we notified North Carolina authorities, and ...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:47:56 ▸ > ...thinking that we weren't going to be able to figure out who was using that car or we would go to the original registered owner of the plate that was on the car. Flock was utilized to compare historical still shots of the actual vehicles that the license plates belonged on to determine that they were affixed to slightly different vehicles than the suspect vehicle. And this exonerated any involvemen...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:48:37 ▸ > ...Several suspects were involved in an armed robbery with a firearm at a gas station in Manchester. They fled in a Hyundai Santa Fe. The vehicle information was flagged in Flock. We had a license plate on it. Less than two hours later, New Britain got a hit on their flock system, were able to...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:48:43 ▸ > ...The vehicle information was flagged in Flock. We had a license plate on it. Less than two hours later, New Britain got a hit on their flock system, were able to locate the car and detain five individuals. Two suspects were positively identified by the victim and were taken into custody that...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:49:50 ▸ > ...Somebody had damaged the sign there, spray-painted it with graffiti. We had a description of the potential vehicle that the suspect had used. We looked at flock images, were able to come up with a license plate. We identified who the registered owner was, went to the social media for that person, their social media pages, and were able to tie the graffiti on the sign to similar graffiti that was p...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:50:28 ▸ > ...due to vehicles racing and doing burnouts in the parking lot. The suspects had removed the license plates prior to driving into the parking lot. We went back, reviewed flock images for similar makes and models of cars, and were able to identify the actual vehicles that were involved with the actual license plates on them. And we were able to, or we applied for three warrants that are over at court...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:51:02 ▸ > ...We had an evading motor vehicle accident with injuries involving a scooter and a passenger car. The operator of the car fled. Flock cameras were used to identify and locate the vehicle that fled the scene. The operator of the vehicle at the time of the accident was identified when the vehicle was located and an arrest was made in that case. We also had a juvenile pedestrian who was struck and inju...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:51:25 ▸ > ...We also had a juvenile pedestrian who was struck and injured in the vehicle at the intersection of West Middle and New State Road. The driver of the vehicle evaded the scene and the only description we had was a green sedan with a dent. We were able to find a flock image with a green sedan with a dent, but it had a misuse of a plate on it. the plate didn't belong on it uh so we shared that uh floc...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:51:35 ▸ > ...The driver of the vehicle evaded the scene and the only description we had was a green sedan with a dent. We were able to find a flock image with a green sedan with a dent, but it had a misuse of a plate on it. the plate didn't belong on it uh so we shared that uh flock image with the media and a citizen helped us locate the vehicle which led to the identification of the suspect and an arrest and ...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:53:29 ▸ > ...the necessary services that she needed. Another one, we had a burn and PD had requested assistance with locating a person who was missing from their town and provided vehicle description and a license plate. Utilizing flock, it was determined that the vehicle was last seen in Manchester area of the mall. Based on this information, we were able to locate the vehicle in the commercial parking lot. U...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:54:12 ▸ > ...a missing person, 75-year-old female was reported missing. Her vehicle's plate was entered into the flock and an image of the vehicle and the plate were captured on a camera...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:54:42 ▸ > ...complaint where we had a information on a vehicle that or we had information on a 25 year old male who was suicidal. We had his vehicle information. We were able to locate that person you know based off of a flock hit and transport it to that person to the hospital for an evaluation. We had another case where we had a a Czech welfare, a 78-year-old male with dementia, left his Manchester apartment...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:55:02 ▸ > ...a Czech welfare, a 78-year-old male with dementia, left his Manchester apartment in his vehicle. The employee of the complex was concerned that he would get lost and contacted police. We were able to find a flock image from the Buckland Street camera showing him heading towards South Windsor. We learned that he had formerly lived in South Windsor....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:55:54 ▸ > ...smash and grab from the mall. We never would have saw that without having the flock cameras. I understand the privacy...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:00:17 ▸ > ...in the model policy that POST had issued in February 2026. So these include prohibited uses, which are invasion of privacy, so except when done pursuant to a court order. It's a violation to utilize the ALPR to record license plates or vehicle descriptors except for vehicles visible to the public. Again, that's to make sure that it's only things that are out in what's considered a public area. For...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:01:46 ▸ > ...for the purpose of identifying or otherwise knowingly infringing upon a constantly protected first amendment right and then after that was issued in may 2026 the governor signed in a law senate bill 397 which is now public act number 2614 and it prohibits using the alpr systems for immigration enforcement which again is a real legitimate concern given the actions of federal law enforcement over th...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:02:11 ▸ > ...immigration enforcement which again is a real legitimate concern given the actions of federal law enforcement over the past two years and so as a result our agencies in Connecticut including Manchester are not allowed to share data from the ALPR system for immigration enforcement purposes they can't monitor or investigate someone based on race ethnicity sexual orientation gender identity or expres...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:02:40 ▸ > ...level, or perceived criminal history. Prohibited to identify someone engaged in First Amendment protected activity, to investigate or prosecute someone for reproductive or gender-affirming health care, or to collect ALPR information on or near certain types of facilities. So Connecticut agencies, by law, and this is effective October 1st, I believe, Chief, are only allowed to share data with other...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:03:57 ▸ > ...So if you wish, within the 21-day time period, you can submit a FOIA request to have any of your captured information released to you. And agencies can share data to participate in an ALPR data-sharing network. As I said earlier, the way in which under this law it's allowed is only for if participating agencies must affirm in writing that they share data, that the shared data will be used in compl...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:05:12 ▸ > ...going into effect until October 1st. We've already implemented it in our system. So right now, we don't share nationwide. We only share with Connecticut. We're not even sharing with New York, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island yet until Flock has the documentation online that they'll have to acknowledge and sign off on it. They won't use that, misuse that information....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:07:09 ▸ > ...that law enforcement agencies in Connecticut operating these systems must adopt to publicize a ALPR usage and privacy policy using the model policy that's created by posts. Maintain records regarding access searches, retention, and data sharing, and then submit annual reporting information through those processes that are established by posts....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:18:05 ▸ > ...didn't have a start date, didn't list the terms for the contract, but did only indicate 12 units were being put up. So I'd like to see how many times and how frequently we have expanded to this system. Do we have access to data from private flock cameras in town, such as the ones at Lowe's? I'd have to check on that. I'm not 100% sure. Okay, so if a hot-listed vehicle were to pull into their parki...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:20:52 ▸ > ...stalking, to harass journalists, to track down women receiving abortions, and to hunt targets for ICE. And while the manager mentioned the loss of privacy, the access by outside agencies and misuse and abuse, these systems also have an error rate which can't be ignored. Flock uses proprietary AI to generate responses to searches, and their AI is not as reliable as it should be. We heard several ex...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:21:46 ▸ > ...concerns for civil liberties. Vallejo, California ran an audit in 2020 that found 37% of the hits from its system were errors because the readers were misreading the plates. In Florida, state police relied on a flock hit to arrest a 23-year-old woman for her involvement in a fatal hit-and-run, locking her up for 13 days after she was denied bond. The problem was she was miles away from the acciden...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:22:27 ▸ > ...this year because the license plate on the car he was test driving for the site was incorrectly flagged as stolen because police 2,000 miles away had input only part of the license plate of a different vehicle into Flock's hot list. In 2024, a Toledo, Ohio man was mauled by a canine after being pulled over for driving a stolen vehicle when flock cameras misread a 7 on his license plate for a 2, an...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:22:34 ▸ > ...flagged as stolen because police 2,000 miles away had input only part of the license plate of a different vehicle into Flock's hot list. In 2024, a Toledo, Ohio man was mauled by a canine after being pulled over for driving a stolen vehicle when flock cameras misread a 7 on his license plate for a 2, and the officer who pulled him over trusted the camera instead of his own eyes and didn't verify t...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:22:56 ▸ > ...didn't verify the plate independently. In Aurora, Colorado, a young woman driving an SUV full of children was forced from her car at gunpoint, as were the kids. She and the four children were made to lie down in a parking lot after flock flagged her plate as being from a stolen vehicle. The plate numbers did match those on a hot list, except the plate was from a different state and the vehicle tha...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:23:08 ▸ > ...to lie down in a parking lot after flock flagged her plate as being from a stolen vehicle. The plate numbers did match those on a hot list, except the plate was from a different state and the vehicle that was stolen was a motorcycle, not an SUV. And in Roseville, California, Flock cameras sent over 1,400 alerts to the local police over a two-month period flagging cars as stolen or being involved i...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:23:26 ▸ > ...over 1,400 alerts to the local police over a two-month period flagging cars as stolen or being involved in felonies. In 71% of the cases, it was misreading the plates and flagging the wrong vehicles. One man was flagged so often that because Flock kept reading the 9 on his license plate as an 8, that police dispatchers said they memorized his address because they kept having to tell responding off...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:24:34 ▸ > ...I don't know if there's a component in there for false hits. I know there is language in the statute that before an officer takes any action on, like, a stolen vehicle, that they have to verify that it's the right vehicle, the right license plate, not just to go off of the flock hit. Before you make the stop, you've got to verify the information. Thank you. That's very helpful....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:25:17 ▸ > ...We'd still have a lot of other policy questions that would need to be answered before a system went live. What company should we contract with to provide these cameras and software? Do we go with Flock, which has only been in existence for about a decade, or a more established name like Axon, which provides the body cameras that the officers present tonight are currently wearing? Do we solicit bid...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:25:38 ▸ > ...Do we solicit bids from companies like Rhombus or Genetech? If we aren't going to be in a nationwide network, which now we're not because of state law and our local policy, does Flock provide any real advantages over those other vendors? How many of these cameras should we have? Where should they be installed?...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:25:53 ▸ > ...Should we have cameras that are movable and can be placed around town? Should we lease drones? Flock provides a drone system. What images should we collect? Should we only take pictures of vehicles or also pedestrians and cyclists?...
drone Watch ▸ jump to 4:25:53 ▸ > ...Should we have cameras that are movable and can be placed around town? Should we lease drones? Flock provides a drone system. What images should we collect? Should we only take pictures of vehicles or also pedestrians and cyclists?...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:26:12 ▸ > ...What conditions should be met to access them? How should usage be audited? From what I can tell, we went with Flock without really considering alternate vendors, and we adopted FLOC's boilerplate terms for data retention and access without considering alternatives. FLOC has made changes this year to how its system operates and what data is shared with federal and out-of-state agencies....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:29:11 ▸ > ...I'm not comfortable relying only on the presentations of the company and those who decided to launch and run the system without seeking our input in the first place. I want to hear more from residents. I want to hear more from civil liberties groups, from criminal justice experts, and from other ALPR companies before agreeing to anything with Flock. When the LAPD canceled their contract with Flock...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:29:18 ▸ > ...I want to hear more from residents. I want to hear more from civil liberties groups, from criminal justice experts, and from other ALPR companies before agreeing to anything with Flock. When the LAPD canceled their contract with Flock last month, their statement said something that I think is really valuable for us to consider. They said that the most important tool for law enforcement is the trus...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:34:56 ▸ > ...Thank you Mr. Mayor. Chief I just have a couple of questions before offering some opinions. Who selects the locations? So those were selected with the help of our folks that initially these flock can't -- so let me go back just for one second. We've had license plate readers here in Manchester Manchester PD since I believe 2011 it was, and they were attached to the vehicles, they...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:35:23 ▸ > ...were on the trunks of the vehicles. So we've had license plate readers in town since 2011, 2012, maybe some of them were installed. As far as the move to Flock was with the increase in stolen vehicles were out of control. Doc was a new vendor who had the ability to do searches based on decals, damages, blemishes on vehicles and things like that....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:36:09 ▸ > ...That was based on our investigators who were doing that type of work in the stolen cars where we selected those locations. I've heard mention of a flock contract, so we've signed with them. Is it a certain period of time? I believe, so if it was the 2022, that was probably the initial one....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:36:58 ▸ > ...It was a 12-month. I know at some point there was one contract that was signed for five years. I know you just mentioned that Flock was able to do certain things at the time that other companies are not. Have you looked into those other companies? Do they offer the same capability but maybe more restrictions?...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:37:24 ▸ > ...Do they offer the same capability but maybe more restrictions? Is it drastic differences or are we looking pretty close? So the value in a license plate reader systems is the sharing of information. And FLOC, at the time we got involved with them, or maybe it's now, they have somewhere around 5,000 or 6,000 agencies in the United States that they contract with....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:37:53 ▸ > ...but there weren't others that had the data sharing capabilities that FLOC had. So FLOC doesn't currently share with other license plate readers? It's just flock to other flock system correct. My understanding is each Independent company has their own databases, and they don't share in between you know from company to company So the majority of the towns in Connecticut...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:38:11 ▸ > ...So the majority of the towns in Connecticut Or in this region that use this and what makes it Such a useful tool is they also use flock. Yes, okay, so is that cooperation? Thank you the We've talked about a couple mentions of results of audits....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:41:28 ▸ > ...And I know you gave a lot of evidence tonight, and some of it's anecdotal, but I think you also shared at one point there was a missing child who was taken out of state that was recovered through flock cameras um and things like that really uh hit with me that they're used in that good way obviously there's always uh chances for misuse i'm trying to keep that in mind i'm also remembering back to i...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:51:45 ▸ > ...looking at, anything major that somebody's rights were-- somebody was pulled out of a car at gunpoint because the license plate reader said it was stolen. That's the kind of thing, I think. And again, the last thing I want to do is tie your hands....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:55:07 ▸ > ...And I just don't believe that this particular technology is there. You know, trust in the system doesn't really exist in the kind of robust way that I would hope for a mass surveillance system that we've deployed here. But you're correct, and the deputy mayor is correct, that midnight, and it is 11.55 at this point, is not the time to be debating the ins and outs of the full policy ramifications o...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:56:05 ▸ > ...and allow us to see how other towns are reacting to Public Act 2614. So with that being said, I move that the town implement an immediate moratorium on the purchase and installation of any new fixed-point ALPR cameras or the renewal of any contracts with Flock Safety without the express consent of this board or until this board provides further guidance on the use of such cameras within the town o...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:56:08 ▸ > ...So with that being said, I move that the town implement an immediate moratorium on the purchase and installation of any new fixed-point ALPR cameras or the renewal of any contracts with Flock Safety without the express consent of this board or until this board provides further guidance on the use of such cameras within the town of Manchester. there's a motion by directly seconded by vice chair jon...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:57:14 ▸ > ...should still be in place my next question it's not gonna it's not gonna be up uh august 15th Well, we'll make sure we get you all that we'll work with the town jury's office on the details of all of the Any any of the flock contracts we will I'll send in the entire board and then also provide a summary of the the current timeline I of any potential expirations...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 5:00:16 ▸ > ...understanding of this motion that it was the 18 cameras that are out there that we weren't going to add anymore at this point in time. Is that correct? It would be for any fixed-point-mounted ALPR, so that could be flock cameras or another vendor if one were to be chosen. Thank you, Mr. May. Yeah, I mean, I'll reiterate what I said earlier....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 5:00:50 ▸ > ...this up, and then over the last couple weeks, I was following the towns that were discussing this and reading the articles and then following some stuff across the country, and my guess is that Flock's reputation over the next few months as the state is talking is going to go down a lot more. This is a vendor problem more than I think in a police thing, and so, and then when the...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 5:01:15 ▸ > ...legislator says, you know, why don't you guys put it in because we're seeing, and Milford had a big discussion themselves. They had some problems with the flock cameras down there. So I'm comfortable with this, passing this with a moratorium...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 5:01:25 ▸ > ...for now, but I, personally, the more I dug into this, the more I didn't, I mean, the flock was not impressive to me, but I understand what it's doing here and where it's...

2026-07-07 -- Board of Directors

Board of Directors Meeting 07-07-2026 (topics: alpr, traffic_cameras)

traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 34:53 ▸ > ...Okay. So that is the main issue. The only solution that might have to be done is speed cameras on those streets. That's the only thing I can come up with as a solution to get people to pay attention. That's the only thing I see on that....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:59:18 ▸ > ...And as long as we're going to be encouraging people to be out of their houses and in public spaces there, we need to be discouraging drivers from speeding through there. I'd also just like to note that we previously discussed automated license plate readers as an agenda item. I would like to see that put on the agenda for the August meeting. Thank you, Mr. Mayor....

2026-05-05 -- Board of Directors

Board of Directors Meeting 05-05-2026 (topics: alpr)

alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:14:33 ▸ > ...Which is a good reminder that state law is for most Purposes a floor and not a ceiling we are able to regulate beyond what state statute says unless they have explicitly stated we cannot Which leads me to the other measure that the state has passed regulations on which is automated license plate readers We had an extensive discussion about that at a prior meeting I'm hoping that sometime later thi...

2026-04-07 -- Board of Directors

Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026 (topics: alpr, facial_recognition, traffic_cameras)

alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:51:34 ▸ > ...Did you need me to say anything? Sure, just repeat it, please. Managers report 7A1, Midwest Food Bank presentation, 7A2, discussion on flock. You only had to do one, but that's fine. We'll cover the rest of the night....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:03:56 ▸ > ...over the last months, maybe longer than that, about the Flock camera system, so going to do a presentation for you tonight with us online we have trevor chandler from flock safety who's going to be on there and he's going to we've got a powerpoint presentation for you trevor is...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:03:58 ▸ > ...maybe longer than that, about the Flock camera system, so going to do a presentation for you tonight with us online we have trevor chandler from flock safety who's going to be on there and he's going to we've got a powerpoint presentation for you trevor is going to cover some of the slides that are particularly the flock system and they're set...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:04:11 ▸ > ...going to do a presentation for you tonight with us online we have trevor chandler from flock safety who's going to be on there and he's going to we've got a powerpoint presentation for you trevor is going to cover some of the slides that are particularly the flock system and they're set up in their history and then i will cover along with jim white our superintendent of communications who is our l...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:04:22 ▸ > ...going to cover some of the slides that are particularly the flock system and they're set up in their history and then i will cover along with jim white our superintendent of communications who is our local administrator for the flock system at the pd jim's going to help me with with some stuff also so trevor if you just want to introduce yourself and we can start with the first slides yes hello...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:06:38 ▸ > ...that prevent thriving communities from really happening. So next slide, please. Sure. So now Jim and I are going to discuss flock safety as it refers to how we use it in Manchester. Okay. In 2022, we were introduced to flock. We were dealing with some staffing issues at the time, and flock safety was essentially introduced by another agency in Connecticut....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:06:45 ▸ > ...So next slide, please. Sure. So now Jim and I are going to discuss flock safety as it refers to how we use it in Manchester. Okay. In 2022, we were introduced to flock. We were dealing with some staffing issues at the time, and flock safety was essentially introduced by another agency in Connecticut. West Hartford had obtained the flat cameras and our auto theft task force at the time...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:06:53 ▸ > ...Sure. So now Jim and I are going to discuss flock safety as it refers to how we use it in Manchester. Okay. In 2022, we were introduced to flock. We were dealing with some staffing issues at the time, and flock safety was essentially introduced by another agency in Connecticut. West Hartford had obtained the flat cameras and our auto theft task force at the time was working with West Hartford....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:07:14 ▸ > ...West Hartford had obtained the flat cameras and our auto theft task force at the time was working with West Hartford. And we came to an agreement and tried a license plate reader on Main Street as a temporary testing project. And within an hour of installing that, we had a motor vehicle evading accident where...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:09:44 ▸ > ...and how they work with the city. So it's very important. One of the benefits of Flock is that we don't actually sell the hardware. We lease it to the city. Why is this important?...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:10:12 ▸ > ...it could be obsolete and your storage containers would be full of technology that is no longer useful. Flock provides these cameras. We update them free of charge as new models come on. They're infrastructure-free....
facial_recognition Watch ▸ jump to 2:11:16 ▸ > ...There's many different places or checkboxes that you could choose to make sure you are hearing about Amber Alerts. VAC is very proud to be endorsed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that runs the nation's Amber Alert program because of how effective it is in returning missing children to their families. We do not have facial recognition. We were kind of having a discussion ...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 2:11:18 ▸ > ...VAC is very proud to be endorsed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that runs the nation's Amber Alert program because of how effective it is in returning missing children to their families. We do not have facial recognition. We were kind of having a discussion about this earlier, but this is not a red light camera. This is not a speed camera. This is not indiscriminate evid...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 2:11:23 ▸ > ...We do not have facial recognition. We were kind of having a discussion about this earlier, but this is not a red light camera. This is not a speed camera. This is not indiscriminate evidence. This is focused only on alerting your law enforcement to vehicles that have been associated with crimes or wanted individuals....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:13:25 ▸ > ...Or, you know, we know where some of the people, the groups of people who are stealing cars, where those cars may go to, some of the neighborhoods. So when officers get hits on a flock alert, they'll flood to that area and try and come up with a game plan as to, you know, come up with a plan to apprehend these folks without getting into a pursuit. Also, we had a rash a couple years ago, catalytic c...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:14:33 ▸ > ...So now we're going to talk about some success stories locally and the impact to the community. So on October 4th of 2022, we had an armed robbery. The vehicle was identified through a flock reader. We were able to identify the vehicle that was involved, identified who the suspects, subsequently identified who the suspects were, and were able to make an arrest on that....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:15:02 ▸ > ...We had a evading responsibility back in 2023. We had a vehicle that was identified, I think, a similar-looking vehicle as a suspect vehicle that was involved in an evading accident. Flock license plate reader showed that vehicle being in another part of town when the accident happened and basically cleared the person who was accused of being involved in the evading accident and cleared them from b...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:15:31 ▸ > ...We located the vehicle in the area of occurrence and were able to arrest the suspect. We had a missing person in 2024, reported missing adult. The vehicle was located by Flock, and the individual was located and found to be safe, and we contacted family members who retrieved the missing person. The next slide. This is the evading incident that Jim had mentioned earlier....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:16:10 ▸ > ...A car backed into a building. The back window of the car popped out. So we had this rear window that was recovered. We went into Flock, did a search for a vehicle with those type of stickers or with stickers on the back window, and it picked up this vehicle here. It came back to a registration here in town,...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:16:57 ▸ > ...We had a report that it was a Chrysler sedan. This is a surveillance video of the vehicle here in Manchester. So we did a flock search for Chrysler vehicles, And we found the one on the left is the vehicle arriving in Manchester with no bullet hole in the trunk. And the vehicle on the right is after the shooting leaving Manchester, leaving the area with a bullet hole in the vehicle, connecting tha...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:17:50 ▸ > ...You can see, very hard to see, but you can see there's a white sedan parked outside. That's the only video that we had to work off of. Our detectives went to the Flock camera system and located a vehicle leaving the scene that had a plate that was a misuse of plate. The plate didn't belong on the vehicle. In incidents like this, it is not uncommon for people to come and case a business before they...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:19:59 ▸ > ...a scheme where an elderly victim was deceived into giving the owner $600,000 to the suspect in the form of gold bars. A flock query was conducted for black sedans without a state registration which resulted in the depicted vehicle being captured in the minutes leading up to the incident. The vehicle identification led to its seizure in New Jersey and its owner being subsequently...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:20:59 ▸ > ...The vehicle was stolen. It was a stolen vehicle, stolen plate. So the investigators went back and they tried to track that vehicle on flock cameras knowing that a lot of times they travel in groups of people and they were able to come up with a vehicle that consistently was behind this white pickup truck....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:21:38 ▸ > ...for the incident, ultimately leading to the identification of one of the involved suspects and arrest warrant later being granted in the investigation that followed. So again, another use of the flock cameras to solve a crime, I don't remember what the dollar amount was, but it was thousands of dollars, if not tens of thousands of dollars. A couple of other things that I didn't have slides for, ju...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:34:30 ▸ > ...And if we receive a legal request like that, that we are to direct that to the town to respond in a way that you can fit. And then the transparency portal. This is something that Flock initiated. A lot of other vendors who are entering the space are, you know, the best form of flattery is imitation. A lot of folks are putting these transparency portals out there now....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:35:35 ▸ > ...SWOT does not audit on behalf of customers, but we encourage your department to establish a regular audit cadence. And we are very excited in the coming week to be announcing an additional upgrade to our auditing capability, including audit assistance. This will allow your departments, if they so choose, to actually get alerts when there might be flags that your flock system hasn't been used as ty...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:36:45 ▸ > ...So the Post, the Police Officers Standards and Training Council, they're the governing board for police officer certifications in the state of Connecticut back on February 26th. They issued General Notice 26-01, which is a model policy for automated license plate reader systems. It's a 10-page document. I didn't want to do 10 slides and get into the nitty-gritty, but some of the stuff that I felt ...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:44:43 ▸ > ...That was something that we wouldn't want to expire. So that's us putting in information that we're looking for this specific vehicle. vehicle never goes by a flock reader we're never you know we're never going to get an alert but if it goes by system's not gonna theoretically two years later it would theoretically if they kept redoing that area yeah okay so there was a missing person case that was...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:45:10 ▸ > ...a missing person with a vehicle tied to it specifically if we wanted to know uh that would actually go into the collect system which would go nationwide okay uh for a missing person kind of like an amber alert um but for flock you want to know if it's going off somewhere that it wasn't just somebody running a query you'll be able to know exactly where the car was when it went by the license plate ...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:45:21 ▸ > ...kind of like an amber alert um but for flock you want to know if it's going off somewhere that it wasn't just somebody running a query you'll be able to know exactly where the car was when it went by the license plate reader okay and when say there was a stolen car and it was entered and then it kicked out a hit that had gone through or by one of the flock cameras in manchester would that notice g...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:45:27 ▸ > ...that it wasn't just somebody running a query you'll be able to know exactly where the car was when it went by the license plate reader okay and when say there was a stolen car and it was entered and then it kicked out a hit that had gone through or by one of the flock cameras in manchester would that notice go out to kind of organization wide or would it go to a central um reporting spot so it wou...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:48:48 ▸ > ...I guess I wonder, I don't know if the technology allows this and it could work, but if we had the license plate readers, does that information have to go in to flock to the central system? Could it just stay here? And if people needed and requested information from us,...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:49:22 ▸ > ...I just wonder, you know, even if people, even if we're limiting access, Just having that data in a central system, you know, opens the potential for it getting misused. Yeah, so the value of the flock system is in sharing information because we know crimes aren't just centrally located only to Manchester. You know, the $650,000 fraud was somebody out of New Jersey, and I believe the vehicle was lo...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:49:32 ▸ > ...Just having that data in a central system, you know, opens the potential for it getting misused. Yeah, so the value of the flock system is in sharing information because we know crimes aren't just centrally located only to Manchester. You know, the $650,000 fraud was somebody out of New Jersey, and I believe the vehicle was located down in New Jersey from a flock camera hit down in New Jersey. We ...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:50:07 ▸ > ...We have had other cases for thefts, a lot of large retail theft groups will work up and down the East Coast. We've had, you know, cases that have extended, you know, down south, up north, all over. So that's the real value of having the flock system is information sharing that helps us, you know, not only solve our crimes, but potentially helps other people solve their crimes. But people could req...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:54:49 ▸ > ...So what we do is we provide the tools to ensure that every agency has the ability to adapt and be compliant with their state and local laws. So the version of the agreement that we have that I've been given seems to indicate that while we retain ownership, Flock controls a good degree of disclosure of data that we have. And I guess to a large degree, that's kind of how the system works. A person c...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:56:08 ▸ > ...We actually did the opposite. We did a simplification and clarification, and we brought that disclosure language fully in line with pretty much what you will probably see in every other contract you see with any technology vendor that you contract with. What is different is that we actually have a specific section in our contract that mandates if we receive a request, a legal request, like a warra...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:57:22 ▸ > ...Not FLOC specifically, no. I don't believe so. Okay, so it would fall to the agency that owns the data to file such motions following notice? Yes. And what I will say is in the vast majority of these instances where a flock receives a warrant or a subpoena and we refer it, we basically, we not only alert you as the agency in a town that we have been served with these papers, we also tell the subpo...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:58:37 ▸ > ...These are usually between a local police office and DHS or a state police agency and DHS. Do you have an ability in your filtering to limit sharing with any agency that has a 287G agreement? Is that something that Flock ever tracks? No, we do not track that in our system. Okay....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:33:33 ▸ > ...Thank you. Thank you, Jim. Thank you, Chief. And thank you, Trevor. And we're going to go on to 13J. Secretary Shane. 13-J, authorization for town manager to initiate the formal process of drafting ordinances for automated traffic enforcement safety devices and school bus violation enforcement systems and begin the requisite safety planning and state coordination for board review. Thank you. Mr. S...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:35:40 ▸ > ...Good evening. Through you, Mr. Mayor, just wanted to thank you for the opportunity to answer some questions tonight. Given the hour and given the exciting debate, I'm sure you guys are excited to hear about a new photo enforcement mechanism. It's a great tool. I'll just give you some brief information about it only here to talk about the school bus stop arm so not not...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:35:55 ▸ > ...enforcement mechanism. It's a great tool. I'll just give you some brief information about it only here to talk about the school bus stop arm so not not to speak on the red light camera but in terms of the problem it's been there are about 40 40 million violations that occur per year of nationally of people passing out school buses most of these aren't enforced most municipalities...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:36:21 ▸ > ...across the country and certainly in Connecticut don't have the resources to enforce school bus stop prom violations so the general assembly as you referenced a couple years ago changed the law to allow for photo enforcement when they did that they made a few modifications if a police officer stopped someone currently by site that violation is a 450 violation there's a requirement to to pay the fin...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:36:44 ▸ > ...if a police officer stopped someone currently by site that violation is a 450 violation there's a requirement to to pay the fine appear in the court there's a penalty on license things of that nature points on license. For photo enforcement, there isn't that. There's a $250 fine and there's a local appeals process and so that's the ordinance that the town passes is for the local appeal process. Ev...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:43:08 ▸ > ...I mean what I would recommend is what was put forward is if if the board wants to Initiate the first steps on it that we suggested a pilot program the Buckland Hills Mall area We have to go through several steps. It's a lot more stringent on the red light and the speed cameras We need to work with the CTDOT and do it a study. We have to make sure that there's no implicit biases...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:44:15 ▸ > ...automated law enforcement systems. That being said, as someone who takes civil liberties very seriously, I actually do support automated speed enforcement. And the main reasons are twofold. One, limiting the number of risks to our officers is critically important....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:44:43 ▸ > ...The automated systems eliminate the need for as much direct enforcement. While that will still take place, while officers will still write tickets, Having speed cameras prevents the need for them to patrol these high-traffic, high-speed corridors where we would be receiving a lot of the high-volume infractions. The other reason is for the safety of drivers themselves....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 3:45:29 ▸ > ...The officer may be having a bad day. You just don't know. So automated traffic enforcement on this level provides public safety for limiting the speed on our roadways, and it provides public safety in limiting the number of officer motorist interactions that have to take place so i do support this for those reasons secretary shane yep i'll be quick um...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 4:26:47 ▸ > ...I just think that we need to – we got through it, but when you do a long night, you get tired. And then, you know, as a matter of fact, Mr. Wood got up here. We probably had more questions, but we just had an hour on the flock. So we will carefully watch the reports as we go forward to get us out in a decent hour. I have ordered egg and cheese and home fries for all of you who are ready for breakf...

2026-03-26 -- Board of Directors

Board of Directors Budget Workshop 03-26-2026 (topics: alpr, body_camera, drone)

alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 3:36 ▸ > ...Good evening and welcome to a special minute board director's budget workshop number six for Thursday, March 26, 2026. We'll have the police budget workshop. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, for liberty and justice for all. Great. So I promised the ...
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 5:30 ▸ > ...All right. Well, welcome. Thank you for having us. Just the overview of the big picture for fiscal year 27. Budget requests, $23,695,644. That's a year-to-year increase, a little over 1.1 million, or 4.95%. The drivers of this increase, the biggest ones, is obviously salary and benefits, overtime, body cam services, which we'll touch on, software subscriptions have increased, police accountability...
drone Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:46 ▸ > ...Um, rather than just going straight to a, uh, to a lethal option. So we, uh, we worked on deescalation tactics, uh, the use of drones. We have, uh, several officers in the department, uh, particularly patrol officers, uh, who are drone pilots. They have their certification through the FAA and, uh, they carry their drones with them when they're out, um, on patrol so that we can deploy them. If we h...

2026-03-03 -- Board of Directors

Board of Director Meeting 03/03/2026 (topics: alpr, traffic_cameras)

alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 2:30:09 ▸ > ...Vice Chair, Director Lantini. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. We've previously discussed concerns regarding FLOC cameras and other automated license plate readers in town. I'd like to ask that discussion of whether or not to continue our contract with FLOC be added to our April agenda. Thank you....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 2:32:15 ▸ > ...Director Frye. I just want to reiterate, I'd ask to continue the discussion on the speed cameras, the red light cameras. I guess it needs to be on the agenda for next month. Is that different than what you asked for?...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 2:33:22 ▸ > ...I would ask that we have an item on the agenda regarding taking action on implementing the speed camera plan that was presented to us by Chief Darby. - Okay, thank you....

2026-02-03 -- Board of Directors

Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026 (topics: alpr, traffic_cameras)

traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 5:31 ▸ > ...Let me just stop this. Try to talk a little louder and see if they can. I'm wondering if our town is doing anything about the speed cameras. Can you hear them back? A little bit....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:28:03 ▸ > ...You know and I think some of the numbers the success rate I mean or even the numbers have gone up like again We are accepting mental health More than we did 5 10 20 years ago. We have students hopefully more comfortable sharing That it's okay, and I think you'll see those numbers increase in some areas or drop Peter talks about his generation. I'm a little older than his generation....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:28:14 ▸ > ...along with Chief Darby are going to give a presentation on, let's see, I get this term right, automated traffic enforcement safety devices, which has been a frequently requested topic now that it's been legalized in the state....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:28:49 ▸ > ...I mean, I grew up in the suck-it-up generation, right? You sucked it up, right? You didn't do it. I wish I knew this alcohol religious thing, because I would have got out of trouble in high school. My dad yelled at me. I would have said it was religious reasons. But anyways, I think it's all about we've got to remove the stigma, first and foremost,...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:29:04 ▸ > ...So back in 2023, Public Act 23-116 was passed, which allowed the state and municipalities to use automatic traffic safety devices, being speed cameras and red light cameras. As part of that legislation, they have a mandated equity component, which requires that we prove our deployment was equitable...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:30:37 ▸ > ...it's okay. And I think when we start doing this stuff and we're seeing the 70% respond, that's amazing in a survey, correct? Unbelievable....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:30:38 ▸ > ...This would target regional violator population with high-volume commercial traffic and would also protect Manchester's most economically vulnerable neighborhoods during this pilot phase. Middletown is probably the, I know Washington, Connecticut, I think, was the first one to actually have speed cameras. Middletown might have been number two, but they're the most comparable community to us. I beli...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:36:50 ▸ > ...and then a reinvestment that lockbox that they had talked about all net revenue can go towards physical infrastructure improvements ensuring that every dollar collected goes directly back to community safety so our recommendation would be to start with the speed cameras you know there's the traffic light cameras also but i think rather than trying to start too big you know, let's start in one part...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:36:52 ▸ > ...That's where we spend the most money, right? Well, we learned about your vision tonight. Your arms are just getting longer, Luke. But we have to. That's where we need to start if we're going to make even more strides on this....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:11 ▸ > ...And an optimistic, if we had a 75% collection rate, would be just over $2 million. And again, this would be just for these three cameras set up in those locations as a pilot program. Sorry, Chief. Can you just go back a slide? So this is net, so this is assuming that we've dedicated the personnel to... Personnel, administrative costs, and lease agreements with these companies...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:12 ▸ > ...we've gotten a number of emails from people concerned about FLOC cameras. And I know that automated traffic enforcement cameras are different than automated license plate readers, but the concern with the accessibility of that data...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:13 ▸ > ...Sorry, Chief. Can you just go back a slide? So this is net, so this is assuming that we've dedicated the personnel to... Personnel, administrative costs, and lease agreements with these companies based on what other towns have negotiated for leases. One of the things that Ronnie had pointed out he has seen in other contracts...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:13 ▸ > ...Sorry, Chief. Can you just go back a slide? So this is net, so this is assuming that we've dedicated the personnel to... Personnel, administrative costs, and lease agreements with these companies based on what other towns have negotiated for leases. One of the things that Ronnie had pointed out he has seen in other contracts...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:15 ▸ > ...from people concerned about FLOC cameras. And I know that automated traffic enforcement cameras are different than automated license plate readers, but the concern with the accessibility of that data by outside parties has been raised to us all....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:40 ▸ > ...that the Manchester Police Department currently has and whether or not that's accessible by outside entities? - Sure, so we have a contract with Flock Safety, which is I think probably the biggest vendor, license plate reader vendor in the country right now....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:41 ▸ > ...grants to start these programs. But I believe with Middletown, they entered into a lease agreement and it really took them several months, maybe up to six months before they had a revenue stream coming in, before they worked out all the kinks, did the reviews, the tickets out and then had the you know the money coming in so uh there uh since that then there have been other bid specs that have gone...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:47 ▸ > ...- Sure, so we have a contract with Flock Safety, which is I think probably the biggest vendor, license plate reader vendor in the country right now. We permit people to share, so we have control over who we share with....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:47 ▸ > ...agreement and it really took them several months, maybe up to six months before they had a revenue stream coming in, before they worked out all the kinks, did the reviews, the tickets out and then had the you know the money coming in so uh there uh since that then there have been other bid specs that have gone out that they have a uh net neutral where if there's no money coming in we're not obliga...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:44:33 ▸ > ...we would roll it out in just the commercial district only to maximize safety impact while minimizing regressive equity risk to residential neighborhoods. There would be fiscal guardrails, like we just talked about, the cost neutrality with vendor contract so we would not you know have to make any payments if there was no money coming in and then a reinvestment that lockbox that they had talked abo...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:44:39 ▸ > ...minimizing regressive equity risk to residential neighborhoods. There would be fiscal guardrails, like we just talked about, the cost neutrality with vendor contract so we would not you know have to make any payments if there was no money coming in and then a reinvestment that lockbox that they had talked about all net revenue can go towards physical infrastructure improvements ensuring that every...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:45:11 ▸ > ...physical infrastructure improvements ensuring that every dollar collected goes directly back to community safety so our recommendation would be to start with the speed cameras you know there's the traffic light cameras also but i think rather than trying to start too big you know, let's start in one particular area, the commercial area, it'll have less impact on our residential neighborhoods, get ...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:45:52 ▸ > ...So this is generally something that's utilized by local or nearby law enforcement. We don't usually see interstate requests. We sometimes do, and we have made requests for other out-of-state flock cameras, and we've had some cases. We had one recently where there was just an indictment of some folks....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:45:55 ▸ > ...and we picked out some locations, and we would have to submit that to the state along with our plan and give census data for the equity piece of that for the residential areas that are up there, and they would have to approve this. So according to Middletown, it's about a three- to six-month process. We would have to first pass an ordinance, a town ordinance,...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:46:29 ▸ > ...along with a job description for the part-timers that they have hired to help do the administrative part of the system. There is also a component. So if somebody wants to contest a ticket, there's only certain criteria that they can contest it....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:46:29 ▸ > ...that went all the way down to New Jersey, down to, I believe it was North Carolina or South Carolina. And so we knew who had the car. We got a flock hit from the Carolinas, notified the local agency. They stopped the people, took them into custody, found a bunch of stolen goods, and then working backwards through investigative steps, linked them to crimes all up and down the East Coast....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:46:46 ▸ > ...and then working backwards through investigative steps, linked them to crimes all up and down the East Coast. Thank you. last train here, when the images from traffic enforcement cameras are presented, do we have a sense of how many are either rejected at the discretion of the officer or what I guess we would call false positives? I don't know at this point. Okay. Are you for the traffic...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:46:48 ▸ > ...They can do an online contestment, and most of those are denied because they don't meet those criteria. If the people want to come in and have a face-to-face, they do a per diem. They have four attorneys that are on retainer that they pay $150 an hour to. They do seven to ten in person each session, and they do two sessions a month....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:51:44 ▸ > ...We have, I believe, I forget exactly where we're at right now. I think we're around 15 cameras that we have at different locations in town. I understand the concerns behind it. But I can also tell you from the law enforcement perspective, the reason why our stolen cars are so low and things like that, or the flat cameras, our solvability rates on crimes and...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:51:49 ▸ > ...I can tell you that. And I would say, like, if anybody uses Waze or Google Maps, If you drive through Middletown, it lets you know where the speed cameras are. I wonder if people who put up cameras but they're not actually connected to anything, sometimes that just stops people if they know they're on camera....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:53:37 ▸ > ...And so we knew who had the car. We got a flock hit from the Carolinas, notified the local agency. They stopped the people, took them into custody, found a bunch of stolen goods, and then working backwards through investigative steps, linked them to crimes all up and down the East Coast. Thank you....
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:53:42 ▸ > ...We got a flock hit from the Carolinas, notified the local agency. They stopped the people, took them into custody, found a bunch of stolen goods, and then working backwards through investigative steps, linked them to crimes all up and down the East Coast. Thank you. last train here, when the images from traffic enforcement cameras are presented, do we have...
alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:53:51 ▸ > ...They stopped the people, took them into custody, found a bunch of stolen goods, and then working backwards through investigative steps, linked them to crimes all up and down the East Coast. Thank you. last train here, when the images from traffic enforcement cameras are presented, do we have a sense of how many are either rejected at the discretion of the officer or what I guess...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:57:29 ▸ > ...It would just be for the speeding. Correct. Okay. Yeah, and my understanding is it just goes to, you don't know who's driving the car. It just goes to the registered owner of the car, the $50....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:57:31 ▸ > ...And then in 2025, they had plans for Beacon Falls, Fairfield, Greenwich, Marlboro, Middletown, Milford, New Haven, Stratford, and Wethersfield. Hampton and Stanford have submitted applications. West Hartford unanimously approved and automated speed cameras in 15 locations. They hope to be up in the middle of this year. Let's see, they have a federal grant that is helping pay for them with Vision Z...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 2:01:36 ▸ > ...Director, Ms. Poland. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Chief and Ronnie for this presentation. Quick question. This is not replacing police officers, stopping people speeding in the Buckland Hills area. This is just like a, I don't know, an additional tool. Yeah, I will tell you there's not enough police officers to, you know, to go around to stop cars. Like, you know, we're doing better with our ...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 2:01:36 ▸ > ...At the same time, there's also a reduced risk of the unconscious biases that such discretion might introduce, though. So there's a leveling factor there. The reason I ask is because a lot of the opposition to automated traffic enforcement comes from civil liberties supporters. And there's an argument to be made that you get a greater net benefit to civil liberties by reducing direct interactions w...

2025-12-02 -- Board of Directors

Board of Director Meeting 12/02/2025 (topics: traffic_cameras)

traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 43:21 ▸ > ...Just follow the law. That's all I want to say about that. As far as the Main Street thing, the scape, the speed cameras. Did anybody really investigate, like, the speed cameras? I mean, they seem to be working in other towns....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 43:27 ▸ > ...That's all I want to say about that. As far as the Main Street thing, the scape, the speed cameras. Did anybody really investigate, like, the speed cameras? I mean, they seem to be working in other towns. And as an option to totally reconstructing and putting a burden on the businesses and the taxpayers of this town....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 43:42 ▸ > ...I mean, they seem to be working in other towns. And as an option to totally reconstructing and putting a burden on the businesses and the taxpayers of this town. You know, if the speed cameras are working in other towns, and that's a more viable option, let's investigate that. The other thing is, one other thing is, the infrastructures that need attention that were already addressed, and I spoke w...

2025-11-18 -- Board of Directors

Board of Director Meeting 11/18/2025 (topics: traffic_cameras)

traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 2:15:57 ▸ > ...So that's a question I have as far as the explorers. A11, the speed and aggressive driving program, is this just supplement the income for radar, or is there a way that we can direct these funds maybe towards a speed camera, seeing as that there's a problem with speeding on Main Street as well as other aspects of the town....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 2:16:10 ▸ > ...as that there's a problem with speeding on Main Street as well as other aspects of the town. I don't know how much speed cameras are, but I know they're not cheap. But if we start punishing the people in town that are speeding through our streets and causing a hazard, I'm all for speed cameras....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 2:16:20 ▸ > ...I don't know how much speed cameras are, but I know they're not cheap. But if we start punishing the people in town that are speeding through our streets and causing a hazard, I'm all for speed cameras. That's my question. Thank you....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 2:43:24 ▸ > ...Let's go back to the calendar. Director Frye. Cameras and red light cameras. Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you....
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 2:45:56 ▸ > ...Back to Secretary Shane. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Following up on the discussion of speed cameras, A traffic issue that people have been mentioning to me, and possibly we could package it up in the same presentation, or if it went another month, that would be okay. But how are we going to deal with the wide variety of, like, motorized transportation being used on the roads, you know, from bikes and s...

2025-10-07 -- Board of Directors

Board of Director Meeting 10/07/2025 (topics: drone)

drone Watch ▸ jump to 1:15:35 ▸ > ...and we've conveyed that because that really is a public safety issue that people need to be able to identify where they're at. Yeah, the public safety folks also have a great drone team that they've been using more and more up in the Case Mountain area to help locate lost hikers. With infrared technology, you can just put the drone up and it can locate somebody, which is as scary as it can be usef...
drone Watch ▸ jump to 1:15:36 ▸ > ...They made some recommendations to us on what they think we should move forward with some evaluations, and from there, we'll see where it can take us. Sounds good. I definitely think, yeah, erosion is a big problem. And then even, like, bikers making their own paths and loops, I think, are a problem....
drone Watch ▸ jump to 1:15:41 ▸ > ...with some evaluations, and from there, we'll see where it can take us. Sounds good. I definitely think, yeah, erosion is a big problem. And then even, like, bikers making their own paths and loops, I think, are a problem. But, yeah, it's good that we're on it and that we're talking about it....
drone Watch ▸ jump to 1:15:43 ▸ > ...that people need to be able to identify where they're at. Yeah, the public safety folks also have a great drone team that they've been using more and more up in the Case Mountain area to help locate lost hikers. With infrared technology, you can just put the drone up and it can locate somebody, which is as scary as it can be useful. Thank you, thank you. And if you want a task force for any of tha...

2025-09-09 -- Board of Directors

Board of Director Meeting 09/09/2025 (topics: alpr)

alpr_flock Watch ▸ jump to 1:44:52 ▸ > ...officially thank you you're welcome vice chair jones thank you mr chair um i i didn't raise this during communications because we all received it but i did want to um acknowledge and ask for a report or feedback from the town manager regarding um the flock cameras that we were um i know i spoke with several residents in the community but also we had received a communication as a group about that a...

2025-08-12 -- Board of Directors

Board of Director Meeting 08/12/2025 (topics: drone)

drone Watch ▸ jump to 1:10:47 ▸ > ...12A, appointments to boards and commissions which have members with terms expiring November 2024. All right, 12A1 and 12A2 will stay tabled. 12A3. Secretary Shane?...

2025-03-27 -- Board of Directors

Board of Director Budget Meeting 03/27/2025 (topics: body_camera, doorbell_partnership)

body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 57:58 ▸ > ...The software-related cost, the $19.985, you'll see evidence tagging, citizen engagement awareness app. So the software we use, NextGen, has a geolocation based on the longitude and latitude. So what it does, it matches the officers to the calls, so it can tag the officer to the body-worn camera footage, whoever was on that call. And it uses the longitude and latitude. It also provides the ability ...
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 57:59 ▸ > ...but the rest of them are continuing ed credits that we try to do in Connecticut. So the training once you get out of school is minimal in terms of traveling out of state. Okay, so a quarter of a year's salary for someone being trained as a polygrapher is going just to their time as in polygraphy trained. Correct....
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 58:23 ▸ > ...It also provides the ability for citizens or victims to upload any security footage they may have or phone footage to our cloud so we can include it as part of that case. We get a tremendous amount of FOI requests for body-worn camera footage in this tagging. We couldn't accomplish it or provide the service to the public if we didn't have that. Yeah, so what happened in the past is if an officer w...
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 58:26 ▸ > ...Correct. Okay, and I assume travel expenses are also being covered in addition to that. Correct. Okay, so salary, benefits, travel expenses. Do you happen to know what rates, say, Mark Handler is charging for his polygraphy services?...
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 59:11 ▸ > ...nor would I ever send any of our applicants. Just picking someone who's listed on the post-C list. Just because the man works for the defense bar sometimes. No, no, no. Oh, I didn't even know that....
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 59:12 ▸ > ...and they match it up to the body camera based off of the GPS location of the body camera and the fact that they were on that call. So it brings everything, every video camera, whether it be a dash cam or a body cam, together on that call, they automatically get linked. That way, if we have to release any video for an FOI request or court needs it for any case,...
doorbell_partnership Watch ▸ jump to 1:21:23 ▸ > ...And at that south end of the town, for anybody who lives down off of South Main Street, very poor cell phone coverage. So when we have cruisers go down there, we have GPS tracking in the cars, you know, and that's how they get their information through the computers. That's how we can tell where officers are when they go into that south end of town. They drop off the computer. They lose the connec...
doorbell_partnership Watch ▸ jump to 1:21:24 ▸ > ...neighborhoods. It happens every once in a while. It seems to be down a little bit. Yeah, I mean, you're still on social media or on the ring doorbell cameras. You see sometimes, you know, it's still going on, but not to the extent that it was. You look at back in fiscal year 21, we were at 330, 370 for the year....

2024-06-03 -- Planning and Zoning Commission

Planning and Zoning Commission 06/03/2024 (topics: surveillance_general)

surveillance_general Watch ▸ jump to 20:57 ▸ > ...IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS. THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANTED TO NOTE, BECAUSE is a little unusual. The contour lines that you see here, both in the gray for the existing conditions and then proposed in the dark black lines, they're actually representing two-tenths of a foot. So it's just shy of two and a half inches per line, representing that change in elevation. Normally, everything you see is one-foot cont...
surveillance_general Watch ▸ jump to 20:58 ▸ > ...A LOT OF OUR OTHER PARKS AS FAR AS ENHANCEMENTS. AND IN ADDITION, PART OF OUR PROJECT, WE ARE INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF THE UTILITY poll which can accommodate both illumination and security surveillance camera. That was I believe the request of the police department. So we'll be able to have the poll ready for somebody else to come in and provide power and the equipment necessary to satisfy th...

2024-05-06 -- Planning and Zoning Commission

Planning and Zoning Commission 05/06/2024 (topics: drone)

drone Watch ▸ jump to 2:03:40 ▸ > ...the staff again thank you thank you mr. but you have any comments on on that I I guess modification request. Yeah, I think the timelines, I think we can be a little flexible. I wouldn't want to add too much to the timeline because basically if it was to be implemented, it would be basically 11 days. And to submit a new plan would be four days....
drone Watch ▸ jump to 2:03:40 ▸ > ...So that's why the initial notice of violations were issued. And then this follow-up cease and desist order. This photo here is an aerial taken by a town drone on April 24th of this year. It's a little hard to see, but there is a newly cut swale, which Ms. Pill is highlighting with the cursor, and that's on the outside of the west side of the fence....

2024-03-21 -- Board of Directors

Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024 (topics: body_camera, doorbell_partnership, traffic_cameras)

doorbell_partnership Watch ▸ jump to 19:25 ▸ > ...So technology is our friend, but it's also our... They took that dollar that I keep in there all the time just to see if they break in. I think people are aware, especially if you follow some of the community groups or the ring doorbell groups and things like that, people notify as soon as they see somebody on their property. I just think less people are leaving stuff in their cars or they're lock...
doorbell_partnership Watch ▸ jump to 19:28 ▸ > ...because we've identified who some of these uh these people are uh one was arrested the others were still working on but we know who they are and we think that because we know who they are they're uh you know they're at least staying out of manchester so uh the other uh areas we've talked about in the in the past that's from motor vehicles a number of vehicles being impacted, vehicles that were bro...
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:21:55 ▸ > ...I mean, it's just, it would, for us to do that, because we've got to go through, we've got to redact, you know, certain people, victims, juveniles, so you have to redact faces, voices, victims of crime....
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:00 ▸ > ...So Attorney O'Neill gets involved a lot and says you need to narrow your, dramatically narrow your scope to like a specific time, date, instance, something that's just not so big...
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:11 ▸ > ...Director Lantini, the bulb on this machine is burning up here, so you're up again. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So in terms of the body-worn camera vendor, are we using Axon? Yes. Okay. Just as a professional matter, I'm a criminal defense attorney. I watch a ton of...
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:11 ▸ > ...So some of that stuff may not even be obtainable. So we don't keep them forever? We don't keep it forever. So there are certain things DUIs are required to keep for two years, so we tag certain things. I got a notification yesterday about a lawsuit, so we went in, something from December, so we went in and we tagged....
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:21 ▸ > ...Again, to your prior comments about how valuable they are, the complaint that I received about the lawsuit does not match what is on the body camera video. So the benefit of having good quality video, I think, will be successful with that soon. Thank you. You're welcome....
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:24 ▸ > ...Yes. Okay. Just as a professional matter, I'm a criminal defense attorney. I watch a ton of body-worn camera footage. Axon's interface for accessing this footage is the best I've ever seen now. Earlier today, I was downloading a half-hour body-worn camera video. It's over two gigabytes of data. It takes a while to get that, but the video player is clean. The data comes through...
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:32 ▸ > ...So the benefit of having good quality video, I think, will be successful with that soon. Thank you. You're welcome. Communications. Yes, communications....
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:32 ▸ > ...Okay. Just as a professional matter, I'm a criminal defense attorney. I watch a ton of body-worn camera footage. Axon's interface for accessing this footage is the best I've ever seen now. Earlier today, I was downloading a half-hour body-worn camera video. It's over two gigabytes of data. It takes a while to get that, but the video player is clean. The data comes through clean it's easy to clip t...
doorbell_partnership Watch ▸ jump to 1:25:00 ▸ > ...As you can see, we had a spike in '22 of 72,521. We went down to 66,567 in '23. And some of that we're attributing to, like we just talked about, we have about 90 deployable officers on the road. So when you have less officers on the road, you have less traffic stops,...
doorbell_partnership Watch ▸ jump to 1:25:05 ▸ > ...now we just electronically send them and we also have an officer's got an investigation or a detective they can give they can send an email to you have ring doorbell at your home and you have video footage you want to share we can send you a link that will take that video and import it um to the axon and it'll attach it to our case for any body camera video anything that people have so we can link...
doorbell_partnership Watch ▸ jump to 1:25:22 ▸ > ...that will take that video and import it um to the axon and it'll attach it to our case for any body camera video anything that people have so we can link everything up from um you know video cameras from businesses to ring doorbell cameras to any type of video uh people can send and it can be attached to that case so yeah it's a superior product no doubt and it is definitely a help for of people o...
doorbell_partnership Watch ▸ jump to 1:25:22 ▸ > ...you have less patrol checks, you have less traffic-related services that we did years past, like checkpoints, roving patrols, things of that nature. So those numbers will be decreased dramatically as a result of having less officers on the road. And the chief talked about, I get a lot of calls, a lot of them are, can you get a police officer sitting at the street because everyone rolls through the...
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:28:43 ▸ > ...usually anxiety and so many other things that they may have been diagnosed with so i'm really glad to hear that the police um no longer will even if you might have to calm the kid and put a hands on that you're saying you don't but at least it doesn't go as far as putting a six or seven year old in a patrol car yeah okay thank you you're welcome thank you um we haven't called them in a while, Dire...
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:28:45 ▸ > ...because somebody will submit a very vague. So you have people now that have YouTube stations or, you know, so they're looking for police body cam that they can post online, and they'll ask for all our body cam from 2023. I mean, it's just, it would, for us to do that,...
body_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:28:48 ▸ > ...So you have people now that have YouTube stations or, you know, so they're looking for police body cam that they can post online, and they'll ask for all our body cam from 2023. I mean, it's just, it would, for us to do that, because we've got to go through,...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:33:38 ▸ > ...and I think it's probably an appropriate time and the question hasn't come up but I think most of you are probably aware that the state is allowing now traffic cameras for red light enforcement speeding certain areas I you know it's that's obviously a policy decision but I know I think both the chief and I feel that it's probably best to kind of see how it plays out in some of these other...
traffic_enforcement_camera Watch ▸ jump to 1:33:39 ▸ > ...Hollywood Squares. Hollywood Squares? Well, we're not Hollywood Squares. Well, I'd have some names for the three of them that are in a row over here. I'm going to go with Director Shane....

2024-03-20 -- Board of Directors

Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/20/2024 (topics: drone)

drone Watch ▸ jump to 1:39:43 ▸ > ...Thank you, thank you, thank you. And thank you, Chris, and your staff for the wonderful job that you do. I will circle back to requesting another drone show later because my grandchildren are still, we're watching it on YouTube now. I mean, it's, that was amazing. So I'll talk more, request that later....

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alpr¶

[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...You're doing great. You're doing great. I'm here to express my concerns against the Flock cameras and all automated license plate readers in Manchester. First off, I'd like to thank the board of directors... Watch ▸ jump to 52:14 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...What I'd really like to see for Manchester Board of Directors is to have the currently installed cameras are removed and beyond that to have a municipal ordinance charter amendment or other law adopted to permanently permanently ban any use of any alpr within the town of manchester or at least on all municipal public property and roadways reasoning for my concern and desire to have these cameras removed is not unfounded there are countless examples throughout the... Watch ▸ jump to 53:14 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...You're doing great. I'm here to express my concerns against the Flock cameras and all automated license plate readers in Manchester. First off, I'd like to thank the board of directors for placing the moratorium on the purchase and installation... Watch ▸ jump to 52:17 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...going into effect until October 1st. We've already implemented it in our system. So right now, we don't share nationwide. We only share with Connecticut. We're not even sharing with New York, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island yet until Flock has the documentation online that they'll have to acknowledge and sign off on it. They won't use that, misuse that information.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:05:12 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...Thank you Mr. Mayor. Chief I just have a couple of questions before offering some opinions. Who selects the locations? So those were selected with the help of our folks that initially these flock can't -- so let me go back just for one second. We've had license plate readers here in Manchester Manchester PD since I believe 2011 it was, and they were attached to the vehicles, they... Watch ▸ jump to 4:34:56 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...for now, but I, personally, the more I dug into this, the more I didn't, I mean, the flock was not impressive to me, but I understand what it's doing here and where it's... Watch ▸ jump to 5:01:25 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...didn't have a start date, didn't list the terms for the contract, but did only indicate 12 units were being put up. So I'd like to see how many times and how frequently we have expanded to this system. Do we have access to data from private flock cameras in town, such as the ones at Lowe's? I'd have to check on that. I'm not 100% sure. Okay, so if a hot-listed vehicle were to pull into their parking lot and somehow had gotten past, like say they'd come in from South Windsor... Watch ▸ jump to 4:18:05 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...due to vehicles racing and doing burnouts in the parking lot. The suspects had removed the license plates prior to driving into the parking lot. We went back, reviewed flock images for similar makes and models of cars, and were able to identify the actual vehicles that were involved with the actual license plates on them. And we were able to, or we applied for three warrants that are over at court now for three of those suspects for causing that damage.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:50:28 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...level, or perceived criminal history. Prohibited to identify someone engaged in First Amendment protected activity, to investigate or prosecute someone for reproductive or gender-affirming health care, or to collect ALPR information on or near certain types of facilities. So Connecticut agencies, by law, and this is effective October 1st, I believe, Chief, are only allowed to share data with other Connecticut public agencies, law enforcement agencies in Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts that have signed a required written attestation, which means that you can only share as... Watch ▸ jump to 4:02:40 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...legislator says, you know, why don't you guys put it in because we're seeing, and Milford had a big discussion themselves. They had some problems with the flock cameras down there. So I'm comfortable with this, passing this with a moratorium... Watch ▸ jump to 5:01:15 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...this up, and then over the last couple weeks, I was following the towns that were discussing this and reading the articles and then following some stuff across the country, and my guess is that Flock's reputation over the next few months as the state is talking is going to go down a lot more. This is a vendor problem more than I think in a police thing, and so, and then when the... Watch ▸ jump to 5:00:50 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...in the model policy that POST had issued in February 2026. So these include prohibited uses, which are invasion of privacy, so except when done pursuant to a court order. It's a violation to utilize the ALPR to record license plates or vehicle descriptors except for vehicles visible to the public. Again, that's to make sure that it's only things that are out in what's considered a public area. For harassment or intimidation, using the system to harass or intimidate any individual... Watch ▸ jump to 4:00:17 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...Many businesses have left town because of our high taxes. businesses and poor schools. The only new businesses that I see moving into our town are vape shops. I want to keep the flock cameras up. We've got a great police force. We've got great protection. They're there at a moment's notice. No pot in the parks. No smoking means no smoking. And today I was at a... Watch ▸ jump to 51:20 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...Somebody had damaged the sign there, spray-painted it with graffiti. We had a description of the potential vehicle that the suspect had used. We looked at flock images, were able to come up with a license plate. We identified who the registered owner was, went to the social media for that person, their social media pages, and were able to tie the graffiti on the sign to similar graffiti that was posted on their social media pages.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:49:50 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...understanding of this motion that it was the 18 cameras that are out there that we weren't going to add anymore at this point in time. Is that correct? It would be for any fixed-point-mounted ALPR, so that could be flock cameras or another vendor if one were to be chosen. Thank you, Mr. May. Yeah, I mean, I'll reiterate what I said earlier.... Watch ▸ jump to 5:00:16 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...stalking, to harass journalists, to track down women receiving abortions, and to hunt targets for ICE. And while the manager mentioned the loss of privacy, the access by outside agencies and misuse and abuse, these systems also have an error rate which can't be ignored. Flock uses proprietary AI to generate responses to searches, and their AI is not as reliable as it should be. We heard several examples of where ALPRs worked, but in the interest of avoiding confirmation bias, we should... Watch ▸ jump to 4:20:52 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...We also had a juvenile pedestrian who was struck and injured in the vehicle at the intersection of West Middle and New State Road. The driver of the vehicle evaded the scene and the only description we had was a green sedan with a dent. We were able to find a flock image with a green sedan with a dent, but it had a misuse of a plate on it. the plate didn't belong on it uh so we shared that uh flock image with the media and a citizen helped us locate the vehicle which led to the identification of the suspect and an arrest... Watch ▸ jump to 3:51:25 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...The vehicle information was flagged in Flock. We had a license plate on it. Less than two hours later, New Britain got a hit on their flock system, were able to locate the car and detain five individuals. Two suspects were positively identified by the victim and were taken into custody that... Watch ▸ jump to 3:48:43 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...So if you wish, within the 21-day time period, you can submit a FOIA request to have any of your captured information released to you. And agencies can share data to participate in an ALPR data-sharing network. As I said earlier, the way in which under this law it's allowed is only for if participating agencies must affirm in writing that they share data, that the shared data will be used in compliance with Connecticut law with all of these mentioned limitations. Just a couple of things.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:03:57 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...should still be in place my next question it's not gonna it's not gonna be up uh august 15th Well, we'll make sure we get you all that we'll work with the town jury's office on the details of all of the Any any of the flock contracts we will I'll send in the entire board and then also provide a summary of the the current timeline I of any potential expirations... Watch ▸ jump to 4:57:14 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...I think also the potential misuse or abuse of the system by law enforcement, which there have been recorded instances of officers around the country using it for personal use, looking up domestic partners, things of that nature. What I find personally most concerning is obviously the access to the system by law enforcement agencies that are under the current administration targeting non-citizens and potentially people that are looking to get reproductive care done or potentially gender-affirming care. i know that's been a big concern nationwide flock has um and other providers have put in some... Watch ▸ jump to 3:41:08 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...Several suspects were involved in an armed robbery with a firearm at a gas station in Manchester. They fled in a Hyundai Santa Fe. The vehicle information was flagged in Flock. We had a license plate on it. Less than two hours later, New Britain got a hit on their flock system, were able to... Watch ▸ jump to 3:48:37 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...concerns for civil liberties. Vallejo, California ran an audit in 2020 that found 37% of the hits from its system were errors because the readers were misreading the plates. In Florida, state police relied on a flock hit to arrest a 23-year-old woman for her involvement in a fatal hit-and-run, locking her up for 13 days after she was denied bond. The problem was she was miles away from the accident when it happened. Her car was immaculate when she was arrested. The actual car involved was... Watch ▸ jump to 4:21:46 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...So with that being said, I move that the town implement an immediate moratorium on the purchase and installation of any new fixed-point ALPR cameras or the renewal of any contracts with Flock Safety without the express consent of this board or until this board provides further guidance on the use of such cameras within the town of Manchester. there's a motion by directly seconded by vice chair jones discussion promotion... Watch ▸ jump to 4:56:08 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...smash and grab from the mall. We never would have saw that without having the flock cameras. I understand the privacy... Watch ▸ jump to 3:55:54 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...this year because the license plate on the car he was test driving for the site was incorrectly flagged as stolen because police 2,000 miles away had input only part of the license plate of a different vehicle into Flock's hot list. In 2024, a Toledo, Ohio man was mauled by a canine after being pulled over for driving a stolen vehicle when flock cameras misread a 7 on his license plate for a 2, and the officer who pulled him over trusted the camera instead of his own eyes and... Watch ▸ jump to 4:22:27 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...thinking that we weren't going to be able to figure out who was using that car or we would go to the original registered owner of the plate that was on the car. Flock was utilized to compare historical still shots of the actual vehicles that the license plates belonged on to determine that they were affixed to slightly different vehicles than the suspect vehicle. And this exonerated any involvement from those respective owners.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:47:56 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...and allow us to see how other towns are reacting to Public Act 2614. So with that being said, I move that the town implement an immediate moratorium on the purchase and installation of any new fixed-point ALPR cameras or the renewal of any contracts with Flock Safety without the express consent of this board or until this board provides further guidance on the use of such cameras within the town of Manchester.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:56:05 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...We have 600 properties, according to the tax office. How many of those 600 properties are donating to our tax coffers? Don't pause these flock cameras. They've been instrumental as the chief of police made a presentation that's solving ATM robberies, car thefts, sexual assaults, everything else.... Watch ▸ jump to 53:22 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...for the purpose of identifying or otherwise knowingly infringing upon a constantly protected first amendment right and then after that was issued in may 2026 the governor signed in a law senate bill 397 which is now public act number 2614 and it prohibits using the alpr systems for immigration enforcement which again is a real legitimate concern given the actions of federal law enforcement over the past two years and so as a result our agencies in Connecticut... Watch ▸ jump to 4:01:46 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...a Czech welfare, a 78-year-old male with dementia, left his Manchester apartment in his vehicle. The employee of the complex was concerned that he would get lost and contacted police. We were able to find a flock image from the Buckland Street camera showing him heading towards South Windsor. We learned that he had formerly lived in South Windsor.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:55:02 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...that law enforcement agencies in Connecticut operating these systems must adopt to publicize a ALPR usage and privacy policy using the model policy that's created by posts. Maintain records regarding access searches, retention, and data sharing, and then submit annual reporting information through those processes that are established by posts.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:07:09 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...The driver of the vehicle evaded the scene and the only description we had was a green sedan with a dent. We were able to find a flock image with a green sedan with a dent, but it had a misuse of a plate on it. the plate didn't belong on it uh so we shared that uh flock image with the media and a citizen helped us locate the vehicle which led to the identification of the suspect and an arrest and then this was one that i discussed at our previous meeting but we had an evading motor... Watch ▸ jump to 3:51:35 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...And I just don't believe that this particular technology is there. You know, trust in the system doesn't really exist in the kind of robust way that I would hope for a mass surveillance system that we've deployed here. But you're correct, and the deputy mayor is correct, that midnight, and it is 11.55 at this point, is not the time to be debating the ins and outs of the full policy ramifications of this ALPR system. You did mention that the governor and two of the more senior members of the Senate have called for a moratorium on the installation of new cameras. The town manager has mentioned t... Watch ▸ jump to 4:55:07 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...in locating a person who was wanted for shooting two people in North Carolina with the intent to kill them. The suspect was believed to be in Manchester. Flock cameras were used to verify that the vehicle that the suspect was traveling was in Manchester. Further information was developed that the vehicle was later heading south on I-95 out of state, and we notified North Carolina authorities, and they were able to locate the suspect in North Carolina... Watch ▸ jump to 3:46:56 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...looking at, anything major that somebody's rights were-- somebody was pulled out of a car at gunpoint because the license plate reader said it was stolen. That's the kind of thing, I think. And again, the last thing I want to do is tie your hands.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:51:45 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...Through FLOC, we identified an image of a vehicle of a potential suspect that the suspects were using, but the plate did not belong in that vehicle. went through, reviewed flock images for the previous days. We know a lot of times with instances like this people come and case the place beforehand. They found a similar vehicle arriving in the mall area five days before the crime with the actual plate that belonged... Watch ▸ jump to 3:46:04 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...And I know you gave a lot of evidence tonight, and some of it's anecdotal, but I think you also shared at one point there was a missing child who was taken out of state that was recovered through flock cameras um and things like that really uh hit with me that they're used in that good way obviously there's always uh chances for misuse i'm trying to keep that in mind i'm also remembering back to i think it was your budget presentation of this year where... Watch ▸ jump to 4:41:28 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...I'm not comfortable relying only on the presentations of the company and those who decided to launch and run the system without seeking our input in the first place. I want to hear more from residents. I want to hear more from civil liberties groups, from criminal justice experts, and from other ALPR companies before agreeing to anything with Flock. When the LAPD canceled their contract with Flock last month, their statement said something that I think is really valuable for us to consider. They said that the most important tool for law enforcement... Watch ▸ jump to 4:29:11 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...a handgun was located and he was labeled as a dangerous felon who couldn't be in in possession of a firearm. I mentioned this at the the last discussion we had on the flock cameras this one but we had a fraud a flock image helped image was used to help identify a suspect vehicle in a scheme where a elderly victim was deceived out of giving over $600,000 in the form of gold bars to the suspects... Watch ▸ jump to 3:45:05 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...didn't verify the plate independently. In Aurora, Colorado, a young woman driving an SUV full of children was forced from her car at gunpoint, as were the kids. She and the four children were made to lie down in a parking lot after flock flagged her plate as being from a stolen vehicle. The plate numbers did match those on a hot list, except the plate was from a different state and the vehicle that was stolen was a motorcycle, not an SUV. And in Roseville, California, Flock cameras sent... Watch ▸ jump to 4:22:56 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...Yep. Ms. Pataki asked in her letter for some detail on the recommendation from the Senior Center Task Force. She asked for some detail on a proposed possible cannabis policy, and she spoke to the need to keep flock cameras in town for various purposes. Thank you. Director Mantini. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I have forwarded this to the rest of the directors, but early this... Watch ▸ jump to 1:08:21 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...So the majority of the towns in Connecticut Or in this region that use this and what makes it Such a useful tool is they also use flock. Yes, okay, so is that cooperation? Thank you the We've talked about a couple mentions of results of audits.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:38:11 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...to lie down in a parking lot after flock flagged her plate as being from a stolen vehicle. The plate numbers did match those on a hot list, except the plate was from a different state and the vehicle that was stolen was a motorcycle, not an SUV. And in Roseville, California, Flock cameras sent over 1,400 alerts to the local police over a two-month period flagging cars as stolen or being involved in felonies. In 71% of the cases, it was misreading the plates and flagging the wrong... Watch ▸ jump to 4:23:08 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...complaint where we had a information on a vehicle that or we had information on a 25 year old male who was suicidal. We had his vehicle information. We were able to locate that person you know based off of a flock hit and transport it to that person to the hospital for an evaluation. We had another case where we had a a Czech welfare, a 78-year-old male with dementia, left his Manchester apartment in his vehicle.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:54:42 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...over 1,400 alerts to the local police over a two-month period flagging cars as stolen or being involved in felonies. In 71% of the cases, it was misreading the plates and flagging the wrong vehicles. One man was flagged so often that because Flock kept reading the 9 on his license plate as an 8, that police dispatchers said they memorized his address because they kept having to tell responding officers who were dispatched to his car that it was a false positive. And I'm not... Watch ▸ jump to 4:23:26 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...I don't know if there's a component in there for false hits. I know there is language in the statute that before an officer takes any action on, like, a stolen vehicle, that they have to verify that it's the right vehicle, the right license plate, not just to go off of the flock hit. Before you make the stop, you've got to verify the information. Thank you. That's very helpful.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:24:34 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...immigration enforcement which again is a real legitimate concern given the actions of federal law enforcement over the past two years and so as a result our agencies in Connecticut including Manchester are not allowed to share data from the ALPR system for immigration enforcement purposes they can't monitor or investigate someone based on race ethnicity sexual orientation gender identity or expression, sex, pregnancy status, disability, citizenship, nationality, or income... Watch ▸ jump to 4:02:11 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...the necessary services that she needed. Another one, we had a burn and PD had requested assistance with locating a person who was missing from their town and provided vehicle description and a license plate. Utilizing flock, it was determined that the vehicle was last seen in Manchester area of the mall. Based on this information, we were able to locate the vehicle in the commercial parking lot. Unfortunately, the person was found deceased. But, you know,... Watch ▸ jump to 3:53:29 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...We'd still have a lot of other policy questions that would need to be answered before a system went live. What company should we contract with to provide these cameras and software? Do we go with Flock, which has only been in existence for about a decade, or a more established name like Axon, which provides the body cameras that the officers present tonight are currently wearing? Do we solicit bids from companies like Rhombus or Genetech?... Watch ▸ jump to 4:25:17 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...Do we solicit bids from companies like Rhombus or Genetech? If we aren't going to be in a nationwide network, which now we're not because of state law and our local policy, does Flock provide any real advantages over those other vendors? How many of these cameras should we have? Where should they be installed?... Watch ▸ jump to 4:25:38 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...it's an important policy discussion for you all to have There's been a lot in the news lately regarding the use of ALPRs, which I'll refer to them here, automated license plate greeters. We use Flock here in Manchester. That's the vendor with which we've contracted with.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:34:52 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...victim was pepper sprayed and threatened with a firearm in the area of Bennett Academy. Alls we had was vehicle make, model, and color information. We were able to locate a image on a flock camera hit of a potential match. Further identification led to the identification of the suspect who was later located in Hartford in a vehicle used in the crime. He had bear spray and... Watch ▸ jump to 3:44:34 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...but there weren't others that had the data sharing capabilities that FLOC had. So FLOC doesn't currently share with other license plate readers? It's just flock to other flock system correct. My understanding is each Independent company has their own databases, and they don't share in between you know from company to company So the majority of the towns in Connecticut... Watch ▸ jump to 4:37:53 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...Do they offer the same capability but maybe more restrictions? Is it drastic differences or are we looking pretty close? So the value in a license plate reader systems is the sharing of information. And FLOC, at the time we got involved with them, or maybe it's now, they have somewhere around 5,000 or 6,000 agencies in the United States that they contract with.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:37:24 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...Should we have cameras that are movable and can be placed around town? Should we lease drones? Flock provides a drone system. What images should we collect? Should we only take pictures of vehicles or also pedestrians and cyclists?... Watch ▸ jump to 4:25:53 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...including manchester were identified with the assistance of flock and another law enforcement agency after they arrived at a casino in a vehicle following one of the incidents the video obtained of the occupants entering the casino led to their identification additional license plate reader information reader hits later led to the apprehension and separate on-site arrest of one of the suspects in the manchester uh in manchester possessing a ghost gun believed to... Watch ▸ jump to 3:43:59 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...What conditions should be met to access them? How should usage be audited? From what I can tell, we went with Flock without really considering alternate vendors, and we adopted FLOC's boilerplate terms for data retention and access without considering alternatives. FLOC has made changes this year to how its system operates and what data is shared with federal and out-of-state agencies.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:26:12 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...policy discussion for you all to have There's been a lot in the news lately regarding the use of ALPRs, which I'll refer to them here, automated license plate greeters. We use Flock here in Manchester. That's the vendor with which we've contracted with. I'm going to go through a little bit just exactly defining what they are, how they're used in Manchester,... Watch ▸ jump to 3:35:02 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...It was a 12-month. I know at some point there was one contract that was signed for five years. I know you just mentioned that Flock was able to do certain things at the time that other companies are not. Have you looked into those other companies? Do they offer the same capability but maybe more restrictions?... Watch ▸ jump to 4:36:58 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...That was based on our investigators who were doing that type of work in the stolen cars where we selected those locations. I've heard mention of a flock contract, so we've signed with them. Is it a certain period of time? I believe, so if it was the 2022, that was probably the initial one.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:36:09 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...of a wide variety of or just a sample of some stuff so on the first slide here we have a group of suspects that was that had conducted over 20 armed robberies with firearms throughout the state including manchester were identified with the assistance of flock and another law enforcement agency after they arrived at a casino in a vehicle following one of the incidents the video obtained of the occupants entering the casino led to their identification additional license plate reader... Watch ▸ jump to 3:43:48 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...a missing person, 75-year-old female was reported missing. Her vehicle's plate was entered into the flock and an image of the vehicle and the plate were captured on a camera... Watch ▸ jump to 3:54:12 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...We had an evading motor vehicle accident with injuries involving a scooter and a passenger car. The operator of the car fled. Flock cameras were used to identify and locate the vehicle that fled the scene. The operator of the vehicle at the time of the accident was identified when the vehicle was located and an arrest was made in that case. We also had a juvenile pedestrian who was struck and injured in the vehicle at the intersection of West Middle and New State Road.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:51:02 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...they're programmed to take pictures of license plates not individuals here in Manchester we have 18 of these cameras again the vendor that we've used as flock they're mostly placed in non-residential areas off of highways and main thoroughfares only authorized MD personnel have access when they meet the training certification background checks required the queries are audited and... Watch ▸ jump to 3:38:15 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...flagged as stolen because police 2,000 miles away had input only part of the license plate of a different vehicle into Flock's hot list. In 2024, a Toledo, Ohio man was mauled by a canine after being pulled over for driving a stolen vehicle when flock cameras misread a 7 on his license plate for a 2, and the officer who pulled him over trusted the camera instead of his own eyes and didn't verify the plate independently. In Aurora, Colorado, a young woman driving an SUV full of... Watch ▸ jump to 4:22:34 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...I want to hear more from residents. I want to hear more from civil liberties groups, from criminal justice experts, and from other ALPR companies before agreeing to anything with Flock. When the LAPD canceled their contract with Flock last month, their statement said something that I think is really valuable for us to consider. They said that the most important tool for law enforcement is the trust of the community that it serves.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:29:18 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...were on the trunks of the vehicles. So we've had license plate readers in town since 2011, 2012, maybe some of them were installed. As far as the move to Flock was with the increase in stolen vehicles were out of control. Doc was a new vendor who had the ability to do searches based on decals, damages, blemishes on vehicles and things like that.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:35:23 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-07-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 07-07-2026

...And as long as we're going to be encouraging people to be out of their houses and in public spaces there, we need to be discouraging drivers from speeding through there. I'd also just like to note that we previously discussed automated license plate readers as an agenda item. I would like to see that put on the agenda for the August meeting. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:59:18 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-05-05] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 05-05-2026

...Which is a good reminder that state law is for most Purposes a floor and not a ceiling we are able to regulate beyond what state statute says unless they have explicitly stated we cannot Which leads me to the other measure that the state has passed regulations on which is automated license plate readers We had an extensive discussion about that at a prior meeting I'm hoping that sometime later this summer perhaps the August meeting maybe July... Watch ▸ jump to 2:14:33 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...SWOT does not audit on behalf of customers, but we encourage your department to establish a regular audit cadence. And we are very excited in the coming week to be announcing an additional upgrade to our auditing capability, including audit assistance. This will allow your departments, if they so choose, to actually get alerts when there might be flags that your flock system hasn't been used as typical potential red flags, mistakes in entering data. That will allow your administrators to notify those users and see if there's any issues that need to be corrected. So we're continuing to, we're c... Watch ▸ jump to 2:35:35 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...over the last months, maybe longer than that, about the Flock camera system, so going to do a presentation for you tonight with us online we have trevor chandler from flock safety who's going to be on there and he's going to we've got a powerpoint presentation for you trevor is... Watch ▸ jump to 2:03:56 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...So what we do is we provide the tools to ensure that every agency has the ability to adapt and be compliant with their state and local laws. So the version of the agreement that we have that I've been given seems to indicate that while we retain ownership, Flock controls a good degree of disclosure of data that we have. And I guess to a large degree, that's kind of how the system works. A person comes to you from an agency and says, we're looking for this specific information from black sedans or out-of-state plates or what have you.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:54:49 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...that prevent thriving communities from really happening. So next slide, please. Sure. So now Jim and I are going to discuss flock safety as it refers to how we use it in Manchester. Okay. In 2022, we were introduced to flock. We were dealing with some staffing issues at the time, and flock safety was essentially introduced by another agency in Connecticut.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:06:38 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...You can see, very hard to see, but you can see there's a white sedan parked outside. That's the only video that we had to work off of. Our detectives went to the Flock camera system and located a vehicle leaving the scene that had a plate that was a misuse of plate. The plate didn't belong on the vehicle. In incidents like this, it is not uncommon for people to come and case a business before they commit a crime like this.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:17:50 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...a scheme where an elderly victim was deceived into giving the owner $600,000 to the suspect in the form of gold bars. A flock query was conducted for black sedans without a state registration which resulted in the depicted vehicle being captured in the minutes leading up to the incident. The vehicle identification led to its seizure in New Jersey and its owner being subsequently... Watch ▸ jump to 2:19:59 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...We actually did the opposite. We did a simplification and clarification, and we brought that disclosure language fully in line with pretty much what you will probably see in every other contract you see with any technology vendor that you contract with. What is different is that we actually have a specific section in our contract that mandates if we receive a request, a legal request, like a warrant or a subpoena for the town of Manchester's data, that we are legally obligated per our contract to notify the town so that you all can respond to it and not flock. That is a part of our contract. N... Watch ▸ jump to 2:56:08 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...Sure. So now Jim and I are going to discuss flock safety as it refers to how we use it in Manchester. Okay. In 2022, we were introduced to flock. We were dealing with some staffing issues at the time, and flock safety was essentially introduced by another agency in Connecticut. West Hartford had obtained the flat cameras and our auto theft task force at the time was working with West Hartford.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:06:53 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...I just wonder, you know, even if people, even if we're limiting access, Just having that data in a central system, you know, opens the potential for it getting misused. Yeah, so the value of the flock system is in sharing information because we know crimes aren't just centrally located only to Manchester. You know, the $650,000 fraud was somebody out of New Jersey, and I believe the vehicle was located down in New Jersey from a flock camera hit down in New Jersey. We notified that local agency, they seized the vehicle, and then we had it towed back here to Manchester, you know, as part of the ... Watch ▸ jump to 2:49:22 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...kind of like an amber alert um but for flock you want to know if it's going off somewhere that it wasn't just somebody running a query you'll be able to know exactly where the car was when it went by the license plate reader okay and when say there was a stolen car and it was entered and then it kicked out a hit that had gone through or by one of the flock cameras in manchester would that notice go out to kind of organization wide or would it go to a... Watch ▸ jump to 2:45:21 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...We had a report that it was a Chrysler sedan. This is a surveillance video of the vehicle here in Manchester. So we did a flock search for Chrysler vehicles, And we found the one on the left is the vehicle arriving in Manchester with no bullet hole in the trunk. And the vehicle on the right is after the shooting leaving Manchester, leaving the area with a bullet hole in the vehicle, connecting that vehicle to the shooting that occurred.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:16:57 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...Did you need me to say anything? Sure, just repeat it, please. Managers report 7A1, Midwest Food Bank presentation, 7A2, discussion on flock. You only had to do one, but that's fine. We'll cover the rest of the night.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:51:34 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...going to cover some of the slides that are particularly the flock system and they're set up in their history and then i will cover along with jim white our superintendent of communications who is our local administrator for the flock system at the pd jim's going to help me with with some stuff also so trevor if you just want to introduce yourself and we can start with the first slides yes hello... Watch ▸ jump to 2:04:22 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...West Hartford had obtained the flat cameras and our auto theft task force at the time was working with West Hartford. And we came to an agreement and tried a license plate reader on Main Street as a temporary testing project. And within an hour of installing that, we had a motor vehicle evading accident where... Watch ▸ jump to 2:07:14 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...Just having that data in a central system, you know, opens the potential for it getting misused. Yeah, so the value of the flock system is in sharing information because we know crimes aren't just centrally located only to Manchester. You know, the $650,000 fraud was somebody out of New Jersey, and I believe the vehicle was located down in New Jersey from a flock camera hit down in New Jersey. We notified that local agency, they seized the vehicle, and then we had it towed back here to Manchester, you know, as part of the investigation. We have had other cases for thefts, a lot of large retail... Watch ▸ jump to 2:49:32 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...And if we receive a legal request like that, that we are to direct that to the town to respond in a way that you can fit. And then the transparency portal. This is something that Flock initiated. A lot of other vendors who are entering the space are, you know, the best form of flattery is imitation. A lot of folks are putting these transparency portals out there now.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:34:30 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...A car backed into a building. The back window of the car popped out. So we had this rear window that was recovered. We went into Flock, did a search for a vehicle with those type of stickers or with stickers on the back window, and it picked up this vehicle here. It came back to a registration here in town,... Watch ▸ jump to 2:16:10 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...I guess I wonder, I don't know if the technology allows this and it could work, but if we had the license plate readers, does that information have to go in to flock to the central system? Could it just stay here? And if people needed and requested information from us,... Watch ▸ jump to 2:48:48 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...and how they work with the city. So it's very important. One of the benefits of Flock is that we don't actually sell the hardware. We lease it to the city. Why is this important?... Watch ▸ jump to 2:09:44 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...The vehicle was stolen. It was a stolen vehicle, stolen plate. So the investigators went back and they tried to track that vehicle on flock cameras knowing that a lot of times they travel in groups of people and they were able to come up with a vehicle that consistently was behind this white pickup truck.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:20:59 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...going to do a presentation for you tonight with us online we have trevor chandler from flock safety who's going to be on there and he's going to we've got a powerpoint presentation for you trevor is going to cover some of the slides that are particularly the flock system and they're set up in their history and then i will cover along with jim white our superintendent of communications who is our local administrator for the flock system at the pd... Watch ▸ jump to 2:04:11 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...Not FLOC specifically, no. I don't believe so. Okay, so it would fall to the agency that owns the data to file such motions following notice? Yes. And what I will say is in the vast majority of these instances where a flock receives a warrant or a subpoena and we refer it, we basically, we not only alert you as the agency in a town that we have been served with these papers, we also tell the subpoenaing or warranting agency, we do not own the data. The people who you should be talking to is the town. And in the vast majority of cases, we never hear from that entity again... Watch ▸ jump to 2:57:22 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...maybe longer than that, about the Flock camera system, so going to do a presentation for you tonight with us online we have trevor chandler from flock safety who's going to be on there and he's going to we've got a powerpoint presentation for you trevor is going to cover some of the slides that are particularly the flock system and they're set... Watch ▸ jump to 2:03:58 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...it could be obsolete and your storage containers would be full of technology that is no longer useful. Flock provides these cameras. We update them free of charge as new models come on. They're infrastructure-free.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:10:12 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...We located the vehicle in the area of occurrence and were able to arrest the suspect. We had a missing person in 2024, reported missing adult. The vehicle was located by Flock, and the individual was located and found to be safe, and we contacted family members who retrieved the missing person. The next slide. This is the evading incident that Jim had mentioned earlier.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:15:31 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...So the Post, the Police Officers Standards and Training Council, they're the governing board for police officer certifications in the state of Connecticut back on February 26th. They issued General Notice 26-01, which is a model policy for automated license plate reader systems. It's a 10-page document. I didn't want to do 10 slides and get into the nitty-gritty, but some of the stuff that I felt might be important for this.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:36:45 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...We have had other cases for thefts, a lot of large retail theft groups will work up and down the East Coast. We've had, you know, cases that have extended, you know, down south, up north, all over. So that's the real value of having the flock system is information sharing that helps us, you know, not only solve our crimes, but potentially helps other people solve their crimes. But people could request to share when they think there's a need. People could request information from our cameras.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:50:07 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...for the incident, ultimately leading to the identification of one of the involved suspects and arrest warrant later being granted in the investigation that followed. So again, another use of the flock cameras to solve a crime, I don't remember what the dollar amount was, but it was thousands of dollars, if not tens of thousands of dollars. A couple of other things that I didn't have slides for, just to show you some other types... Watch ▸ jump to 2:21:38 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...These are usually between a local police office and DHS or a state police agency and DHS. Do you have an ability in your filtering to limit sharing with any agency that has a 287G agreement? Is that something that Flock ever tracks? No, we do not track that in our system. Okay.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:58:37 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...That was something that we wouldn't want to expire. So that's us putting in information that we're looking for this specific vehicle. vehicle never goes by a flock reader we're never you know we're never going to get an alert but if it goes by system's not gonna theoretically two years later it would theoretically if they kept redoing that area yeah okay so there was a missing person case that was ongoing and was re-entered... Watch ▸ jump to 2:44:43 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...So next slide, please. Sure. So now Jim and I are going to discuss flock safety as it refers to how we use it in Manchester. Okay. In 2022, we were introduced to flock. We were dealing with some staffing issues at the time, and flock safety was essentially introduced by another agency in Connecticut. West Hartford had obtained the flat cameras and our auto theft task force at the time... Watch ▸ jump to 2:06:45 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...that it wasn't just somebody running a query you'll be able to know exactly where the car was when it went by the license plate reader okay and when say there was a stolen car and it was entered and then it kicked out a hit that had gone through or by one of the flock cameras in manchester would that notice go out to kind of organization wide or would it go to a central um reporting spot so it would go out the officers have the ability to select what type of... Watch ▸ jump to 2:45:27 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...a missing person with a vehicle tied to it specifically if we wanted to know uh that would actually go into the collect system which would go nationwide okay uh for a missing person kind of like an amber alert um but for flock you want to know if it's going off somewhere that it wasn't just somebody running a query you'll be able to know exactly where the car was when it went by the license plate reader okay and when say there was a stolen car and... Watch ▸ jump to 2:45:10 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...So now we're going to talk about some success stories locally and the impact to the community. So on October 4th of 2022, we had an armed robbery. The vehicle was identified through a flock reader. We were able to identify the vehicle that was involved, identified who the suspects, subsequently identified who the suspects were, and were able to make an arrest on that.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:14:33 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...We had a evading responsibility back in 2023. We had a vehicle that was identified, I think, a similar-looking vehicle as a suspect vehicle that was involved in an evading accident. Flock license plate reader showed that vehicle being in another part of town when the accident happened and basically cleared the person who was accused of being involved in the evading accident and cleared them from being a suspect. Also in 2023, a vehicle involved in a decent exposure.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:15:02 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...I just think that we need to – we got through it, but when you do a long night, you get tired. And then, you know, as a matter of fact, Mr. Wood got up here. We probably had more questions, but we just had an hour on the flock. So we will carefully watch the reports as we go forward to get us out in a decent hour. I have ordered egg and cheese and home fries for all of you who are ready for breakfast.... Watch ▸ jump to 4:26:47 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...Or, you know, we know where some of the people, the groups of people who are stealing cars, where those cars may go to, some of the neighborhoods. So when officers get hits on a flock alert, they'll flood to that area and try and come up with a game plan as to, you know, come up with a plan to apprehend these folks without getting into a pursuit. Also, we had a rash a couple years ago, catalytic converter thefts. We would get license plates through some intelligence briefings of vehicles that were involved in that.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:13:25 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-03-26] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Budget Workshop 03-26-2026

...Good evening and welcome to a special minute board director's budget workshop number six for Thursday, March 26, 2026. We'll have the police budget workshop. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, for liberty and justice for all. Great. So I promised the chief and the captains would be out of here by seven. I think if we cooperate, we'll get there. Six is fine by me. But the flock cameras will, just so the board knows, it's an agenda item for April, t... Watch ▸ jump to 3:36 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-03-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 03/03/2026

...Vice Chair, Director Lantini. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. We've previously discussed concerns regarding FLOC cameras and other automated license plate readers in town. I'd like to ask that discussion of whether or not to continue our contract with FLOC be added to our April agenda. Thank you.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:30:09 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...Sorry, Chief. Can you just go back a slide? So this is net, so this is assuming that we've dedicated the personnel to... Personnel, administrative costs, and lease agreements with these companies based on what other towns have negotiated for leases. One of the things that Ronnie had pointed out he has seen in other contracts... Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:13 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...They stopped the people, took them into custody, found a bunch of stolen goods, and then working backwards through investigative steps, linked them to crimes all up and down the East Coast. Thank you. last train here, when the images from traffic enforcement cameras are presented, do we have a sense of how many are either rejected at the discretion of the officer or what I guess... Watch ▸ jump to 1:53:51 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...So this is generally something that's utilized by local or nearby law enforcement. We don't usually see interstate requests. We sometimes do, and we have made requests for other out-of-state flock cameras, and we've had some cases. We had one recently where there was just an indictment of some folks.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:45:52 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...We got a flock hit from the Carolinas, notified the local agency. They stopped the people, took them into custody, found a bunch of stolen goods, and then working backwards through investigative steps, linked them to crimes all up and down the East Coast. Thank you. last train here, when the images from traffic enforcement cameras are presented, do we have... Watch ▸ jump to 1:53:42 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...grants to start these programs. But I believe with Middletown, they entered into a lease agreement and it really took them several months, maybe up to six months before they had a revenue stream coming in, before they worked out all the kinks, did the reviews, the tickets out and then had the you know the money coming in so uh there uh since that then there have been other bid specs that have gone out that they have a uh net neutral where if there's... Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:41 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...And so we knew who had the car. We got a flock hit from the Carolinas, notified the local agency. They stopped the people, took them into custody, found a bunch of stolen goods, and then working backwards through investigative steps, linked them to crimes all up and down the East Coast. Thank you.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:53:37 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...And an optimistic, if we had a 75% collection rate, would be just over $2 million. And again, this would be just for these three cameras set up in those locations as a pilot program. Sorry, Chief. Can you just go back a slide? So this is net, so this is assuming that we've dedicated the personnel to... Personnel, administrative costs, and lease agreements with these companies... Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:11 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...agreement and it really took them several months, maybe up to six months before they had a revenue stream coming in, before they worked out all the kinks, did the reviews, the tickets out and then had the you know the money coming in so uh there uh since that then there have been other bid specs that have gone out that they have a uh net neutral where if there's no money coming in we're not obligated to pay so where the town's not you know fronting any money... Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:47 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...along with a job description for the part-timers that they have hired to help do the administrative part of the system. There is also a component. So if somebody wants to contest a ticket, there's only certain criteria that they can contest it.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:46:29 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...from people concerned about FLOC cameras. And I know that automated traffic enforcement cameras are different than automated license plate readers, but the concern with the accessibility of that data by outside parties has been raised to us all.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:15 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...we would roll it out in just the commercial district only to maximize safety impact while minimizing regressive equity risk to residential neighborhoods. There would be fiscal guardrails, like we just talked about, the cost neutrality with vendor contract so we would not you know have to make any payments if there was no money coming in and then a reinvestment that lockbox that they had talked about all net revenue can go towards... Watch ▸ jump to 1:44:33 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...and we picked out some locations, and we would have to submit that to the state along with our plan and give census data for the equity piece of that for the residential areas that are up there, and they would have to approve this. So according to Middletown, it's about a three- to six-month process. We would have to first pass an ordinance, a town ordinance,... Watch ▸ jump to 1:45:55 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...minimizing regressive equity risk to residential neighborhoods. There would be fiscal guardrails, like we just talked about, the cost neutrality with vendor contract so we would not you know have to make any payments if there was no money coming in and then a reinvestment that lockbox that they had talked about all net revenue can go towards physical infrastructure improvements ensuring that every dollar collected goes directly back... Watch ▸ jump to 1:44:39 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...that went all the way down to New Jersey, down to, I believe it was North Carolina or South Carolina. And so we knew who had the car. We got a flock hit from the Carolinas, notified the local agency. They stopped the people, took them into custody, found a bunch of stolen goods, and then working backwards through investigative steps, linked them to crimes all up and down the East Coast.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:46:29 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...physical infrastructure improvements ensuring that every dollar collected goes directly back to community safety so our recommendation would be to start with the speed cameras you know there's the traffic light cameras also but i think rather than trying to start too big you know, let's start in one particular area, the commercial area, it'll have less impact on our residential neighborhoods, get the system up... Watch ▸ jump to 1:45:11 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...that the Manchester Police Department currently has and whether or not that's accessible by outside entities? - Sure, so we have a contract with Flock Safety, which is I think probably the biggest vendor, license plate reader vendor in the country right now.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:40 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...- Sure, so we have a contract with Flock Safety, which is I think probably the biggest vendor, license plate reader vendor in the country right now. We permit people to share, so we have control over who we share with.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:47 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
[2025-09-09] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 09/09/2025

...officially thank you you're welcome vice chair jones thank you mr chair um i i didn't raise this during communications because we all received it but i did want to um acknowledge and ask for a report or feedback from the town manager regarding um the flock cameras that we were um i know i spoke with several residents in the community but also we had received a communication as a group about that and so i just wanted to raise that as a as a question for a future agenda and i do um want to remind everyone... Watch ▸ jump to 1:44:52 ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

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[2026-03-26] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Budget Workshop 03-26-2026

...All right. Well, welcome. Thank you for having us. Just the overview of the big picture for fiscal year 27. Budget requests, $23,695,644. That's a year-to-year increase, a little over 1.1 million, or 4.95%. The drivers of this increase, the biggest ones, is obviously salary and benefits, overtime, body cam services, which we'll touch on, software subscriptions have increased, police accountability bill requirements, building repairs, investigative costs. We see a decrease in our narcotics, and a decrease in the conference and phone centralization categories. As we look at the pie chart, essent... Watch ▸ jump to 5:30 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-03-27] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Meeting 03/27/2025

...but the rest of them are continuing ed credits that we try to do in Connecticut. So the training once you get out of school is minimal in terms of traveling out of state. Okay, so a quarter of a year's salary for someone being trained as a polygrapher is going just to their time as in polygraphy trained. Correct.... Watch ▸ jump to 57:59 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-03-27] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Meeting 03/27/2025

...Correct. Okay, and I assume travel expenses are also being covered in addition to that. Correct. Okay, so salary, benefits, travel expenses. Do you happen to know what rates, say, Mark Handler is charging for his polygraphy services?... Watch ▸ jump to 58:26 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-03-27] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Meeting 03/27/2025

...nor would I ever send any of our applicants. Just picking someone who's listed on the post-C list. Just because the man works for the defense bar sometimes. No, no, no. Oh, I didn't even know that.... Watch ▸ jump to 59:11 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-03-27] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Meeting 03/27/2025

...The software-related cost, the $19.985, you'll see evidence tagging, citizen engagement awareness app. So the software we use, NextGen, has a geolocation based on the longitude and latitude. So what it does, it matches the officers to the calls, so it can tag the officer to the body-worn camera footage, whoever was on that call. And it uses the longitude and latitude. It also provides the ability for citizens or victims to upload any security footage they may have... Watch ▸ jump to 57:58 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-03-27] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Meeting 03/27/2025

...It also provides the ability for citizens or victims to upload any security footage they may have or phone footage to our cloud so we can include it as part of that case. We get a tremendous amount of FOI requests for body-worn camera footage in this tagging. We couldn't accomplish it or provide the service to the public if we didn't have that. Yeah, so what happened in the past is if an officer was out at a scene, they would come back,... Watch ▸ jump to 58:23 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-03-27] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Meeting 03/27/2025

...and they match it up to the body camera based off of the GPS location of the body camera and the fact that they were on that call. So it brings everything, every video camera, whether it be a dash cam or a body cam, together on that call, they automatically get linked. That way, if we have to release any video for an FOI request or court needs it for any case,... Watch ▸ jump to 59:12 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...I mean, it's just, it would, for us to do that, because we've got to go through, we've got to redact, you know, certain people, victims, juveniles, so you have to redact faces, voices, victims of crime.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:21:55 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...So Attorney O'Neill gets involved a lot and says you need to narrow your, dramatically narrow your scope to like a specific time, date, instance, something that's just not so big... Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:00 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...So some of that stuff may not even be obtainable. So we don't keep them forever? We don't keep it forever. So there are certain things DUIs are required to keep for two years, so we tag certain things. I got a notification yesterday about a lawsuit, so we went in, something from December, so we went in and we tagged.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:11 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...Again, to your prior comments about how valuable they are, the complaint that I received about the lawsuit does not match what is on the body camera video. So the benefit of having good quality video, I think, will be successful with that soon. Thank you. You're welcome.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:21 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...So the benefit of having good quality video, I think, will be successful with that soon. Thank you. You're welcome. Communications. Yes, communications.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:32 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...usually anxiety and so many other things that they may have been diagnosed with so i'm really glad to hear that the police um no longer will even if you might have to calm the kid and put a hands on that you're saying you don't but at least it doesn't go as far as putting a six or seven year old in a patrol car yeah okay thank you you're welcome thank you um we haven't called them in a while, Director Lentini. You put a microphone in front of me, Mr.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:28:43 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...Director Lantini, the bulb on this machine is burning up here, so you're up again. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So in terms of the body-worn camera vendor, are we using Axon? Yes. Okay. Just as a professional matter, I'm a criminal defense attorney. I watch a ton of... Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:11 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...Yes. Okay. Just as a professional matter, I'm a criminal defense attorney. I watch a ton of body-worn camera footage. Axon's interface for accessing this footage is the best I've ever seen now. Earlier today, I was downloading a half-hour body-worn camera video. It's over two gigabytes of data. It takes a while to get that, but the video player is clean. The data comes through... Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:24 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...Okay. Just as a professional matter, I'm a criminal defense attorney. I watch a ton of body-worn camera footage. Axon's interface for accessing this footage is the best I've ever seen now. Earlier today, I was downloading a half-hour body-worn camera video. It's over two gigabytes of data. It takes a while to get that, but the video player is clean. The data comes through clean it's easy to clip the portions that you need it is worth the expense just to have these... Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:32 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...because somebody will submit a very vague. So you have people now that have YouTube stations or, you know, so they're looking for police body cam that they can post online, and they'll ask for all our body cam from 2023. I mean, it's just, it would, for us to do that,... Watch ▸ jump to 1:28:45 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...So you have people now that have YouTube stations or, you know, so they're looking for police body cam that they can post online, and they'll ask for all our body cam from 2023. I mean, it's just, it would, for us to do that, because we've got to go through,... Watch ▸ jump to 1:28:48 ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

cad¶

(no findings)

cell_site_sim¶

(no findings)

data_broker¶

(no findings)

doorbell_partnership¶

[2025-03-27] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Meeting 03/27/2025

...And at that south end of the town, for anybody who lives down off of South Main Street, very poor cell phone coverage. So when we have cruisers go down there, we have GPS tracking in the cars, you know, and that's how they get their information through the computers. That's how we can tell where officers are when they go into that south end of town. They drop off the computer. They lose the connection, and, you know, we don't know where they are.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:21:23 ▸ (term: doorbell_partnership, unreviewed)
[2025-03-27] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Meeting 03/27/2025

...neighborhoods. It happens every once in a while. It seems to be down a little bit. Yeah, I mean, you're still on social media or on the ring doorbell cameras. You see sometimes, you know, it's still going on, but not to the extent that it was. You look at back in fiscal year 21, we were at 330, 370 for the year.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:21:24 ▸ (term: doorbell_partnership, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...because we've identified who some of these uh these people are uh one was arrested the others were still working on but we know who they are and we think that because we know who they are they're uh you know they're at least staying out of manchester so uh the other uh areas we've talked about in the in the past that's from motor vehicles a number of vehicles being impacted, vehicles that were broken... Watch ▸ jump to 19:28 ▸ (term: doorbell_partnership, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...As you can see, we had a spike in '22 of 72,521. We went down to 66,567 in '23. And some of that we're attributing to, like we just talked about, we have about 90 deployable officers on the road. So when you have less officers on the road, you have less traffic stops,... Watch ▸ jump to 1:25:00 ▸ (term: doorbell_partnership, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...you have less patrol checks, you have less traffic-related services that we did years past, like checkpoints, roving patrols, things of that nature. So those numbers will be decreased dramatically as a result of having less officers on the road. And the chief talked about, I get a lot of calls, a lot of them are, can you get a police officer sitting at the street because everyone rolls through the stops and... Watch ▸ jump to 1:25:22 ▸ (term: doorbell_partnership, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...So technology is our friend, but it's also our... They took that dollar that I keep in there all the time just to see if they break in. I think people are aware, especially if you follow some of the community groups or the ring doorbell groups and things like that, people notify as soon as they see somebody on their property. I just think less people are leaving stuff in their cars or they're locking their cars.... Watch ▸ jump to 19:25 ▸ (term: doorbell_partnership, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...now we just electronically send them and we also have an officer's got an investigation or a detective they can give they can send an email to you have ring doorbell at your home and you have video footage you want to share we can send you a link that will take that video and import it um to the axon and it'll attach it to our case for any body camera video anything that people have so we can link everything up from um you know video... Watch ▸ jump to 1:25:05 ▸ (term: doorbell_partnership, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...that will take that video and import it um to the axon and it'll attach it to our case for any body camera video anything that people have so we can link everything up from um you know video cameras from businesses to ring doorbell cameras to any type of video uh people can send and it can be attached to that case so yeah it's a superior product no doubt and it is definitely a help for of people on my end of the cases because we are required by law to give the state's attorney's... Watch ▸ jump to 1:25:22 ▸ (term: doorbell_partnership, unreviewed)

drone¶

[2026-08-11] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 08-11-2026

...Should we have cameras that are movable and can be placed around town? Should we lease drones? Flock provides a drone system. What images should we collect? Should we only take pictures of vehicles or also pedestrians and cyclists?... Watch ▸ jump to 4:25:53 ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
[2026-03-26] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Budget Workshop 03-26-2026

...Um, rather than just going straight to a, uh, to a lethal option. So we, uh, we worked on deescalation tactics, uh, the use of drones. We have, uh, several officers in the department, uh, particularly patrol officers, uh, who are drone pilots. They have their certification through the FAA and, uh, they carry their drones with them when they're out, um, on patrol so that we can deploy them. If we have missing people, somebody flees from the scene of a crime, uh, or if we're dealing with a, uh, like a barricaded subject, we can see from an aerial view, you know, to keep an eye on things and to k... Watch ▸ jump to 1:22:46 ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
[2025-10-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 10/07/2025

...They made some recommendations to us on what they think we should move forward with some evaluations, and from there, we'll see where it can take us. Sounds good. I definitely think, yeah, erosion is a big problem. And then even, like, bikers making their own paths and loops, I think, are a problem.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:15:36 ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
[2025-10-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 10/07/2025

...with some evaluations, and from there, we'll see where it can take us. Sounds good. I definitely think, yeah, erosion is a big problem. And then even, like, bikers making their own paths and loops, I think, are a problem. But, yeah, it's good that we're on it and that we're talking about it.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:15:41 ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
[2025-10-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 10/07/2025

...and we've conveyed that because that really is a public safety issue that people need to be able to identify where they're at. Yeah, the public safety folks also have a great drone team that they've been using more and more up in the Case Mountain area to help locate lost hikers. With infrared technology, you can just put the drone up and it can locate somebody, which is as scary as it can be useful. Thank you, thank you.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:15:35 ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
[2025-10-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 10/07/2025

...that people need to be able to identify where they're at. Yeah, the public safety folks also have a great drone team that they've been using more and more up in the Case Mountain area to help locate lost hikers. With infrared technology, you can just put the drone up and it can locate somebody, which is as scary as it can be useful. Thank you, thank you. And if you want a task force for any of that, I'm volunteering now.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:15:43 ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
[2025-08-12] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 08/12/2025

...12A, appointments to boards and commissions which have members with terms expiring November 2024. All right, 12A1 and 12A2 will stay tabled. 12A3. Secretary Shane?... Watch ▸ jump to 1:10:47 ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
[2024-05-06] Planning and Zoning Commission -- Planning and Zoning Commission 05/06/2024

...the staff again thank you thank you mr. but you have any comments on on that I I guess modification request. Yeah, I think the timelines, I think we can be a little flexible. I wouldn't want to add too much to the timeline because basically if it was to be implemented, it would be basically 11 days. And to submit a new plan would be four days.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:03:40 ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
[2024-05-06] Planning and Zoning Commission -- Planning and Zoning Commission 05/06/2024

...So that's why the initial notice of violations were issued. And then this follow-up cease and desist order. This photo here is an aerial taken by a town drone on April 24th of this year. It's a little hard to see, but there is a newly cut swale, which Ms. Pill is highlighting with the cursor, and that's on the outside of the west side of the fence.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:03:40 ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
[2024-03-20] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/20/2024

...Thank you, thank you, thank you. And thank you, Chris, and your staff for the wonderful job that you do. I will circle back to requesting another drone show later because my grandchildren are still, we're watching it on YouTube now. I mean, it's, that was amazing. So I'll talk more, request that later.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:39:43 ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

facial_recognition¶

[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...There's many different places or checkboxes that you could choose to make sure you are hearing about Amber Alerts. VAC is very proud to be endorsed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that runs the nation's Amber Alert program because of how effective it is in returning missing children to their families. We do not have facial recognition. We were kind of having a discussion about this earlier, but this is not a red light camera. This is not a speed camera.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:11:16 ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

gunshot_detection¶

(no findings)

mobile_forensics¶

(no findings)

osint_social_monitor¶

(no findings)

predictive_policing¶

(no findings)

purchasing_broker¶

(no findings)

rtcc¶

(no findings)

surveillance_general¶

[2024-06-03] Planning and Zoning Commission -- Planning and Zoning Commission 06/03/2024

...IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS. THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANTED TO NOTE, BECAUSE is a little unusual. The contour lines that you see here, both in the gray for the existing conditions and then proposed in the dark black lines, they're actually representing two-tenths of a foot. So it's just shy of two and a half inches per line, representing that change in elevation. Normally, everything you see is one-foot contours, so each line represents... Watch ▸ jump to 20:57 ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
[2024-06-03] Planning and Zoning Commission -- Planning and Zoning Commission 06/03/2024

...A LOT OF OUR OTHER PARKS AS FAR AS ENHANCEMENTS. AND IN ADDITION, PART OF OUR PROJECT, WE ARE INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF THE UTILITY poll which can accommodate both illumination and security surveillance camera. That was I believe the request of the police department. So we'll be able to have the poll ready for somebody else to come in and provide power and the equipment necessary to satisfy that.... Watch ▸ jump to 20:58 ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)

traffic_cameras¶

[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...I don't think anybody is confused as to my position on ALPRs. License plate readers are not really something I support, and I would like to speak in support of these automated traffic enforcement devices that we're discussing today. Years ago in a campaign finance discussion,... Watch ▸ jump to 3:11:36 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...The speed cameras, the DOT has strict parameters to make sure that studies are done regarding the proposed location, that there's a rationale for it. I think very importantly that it's not disproportionately impacting historically marginalized communities. So there's a lot of due diligence that goes into the speed camera process, which would be required through working with the state. But we would not even get there until the board passed an enabling ordinance. So once we pass an enabling ordinance, we could begin to engage with the state oversight process?... Watch ▸ jump to 3:17:39 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...So the school bus arms are much less of a sort of tedious process. It's really an enabling ordinance. The speed cameras, the DOT has strict parameters to make sure that studies are done regarding the proposed location, that there's a rationale for it. I think very importantly that it's not disproportionately impacting historically marginalized communities. So there's a lot of due diligence that goes into the speed camera process, which would be required through working with the state.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:17:20 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...Thank you, Mr. Mayor. A question for you to the manager. With the speed cameras, we still need to go through a process of state approval. Is that not true? Yes, Mr. Secretary.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:16:59 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...to select a vendor who then would start the initial process and then um subsequently uh as as we move forward you would consider a a ordinance and the feedback from director lentini is is well taken i think good as we potentially look forward on on the uh speed cameras but no formal action was taken which is why i'm um putting in front of you tonight and then an rfp would get issued and And then sometime in the next few months, we would follow up with that with ordinances for each of them.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:16:26 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...The best way to lower speeds is to change road design, not through enforcement. But when we have roads that we cannot change the shape of, where we cannot use road design to affect driver behavior, the best thing we can do is let them know that there is an enforcement mechanism there that is going to catch them if they are driving at excessive speeds. I would recommend that we set in any enabling ordinance that speed cameras not be activated unless a driver is traveling more than 11 miles an hour over the speed limit. There needs to be some sort of a grace window built in there. But that's my ... Watch ▸ jump to 3:14:50 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...And I think that's where the biggest threat to civil liberties tends to come in on these. If they're placed in areas that will predominantly affect minority groups or other traditionally disfavored classes, that can be a real civil liberties issue. Where we've been discussing the placement of speed cameras is, to my recollection, piloting them up by Buckland Hills Mall. And I recall not too long ago where we learned of a pedestrian being struck and killed by a vehicle just past the Red Robin along the stretch of road where I believe the chief was planning on installing the first cameras. That ... Watch ▸ jump to 3:12:59 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...The nays were Vice Chair Jones, Secretary Shane, Director Lantini, and Director Miss Paul. So at 4-4, it fails on to item number 13-C. 13-C, authorization of town to issue our fees for automated traffic enforcement safety devices. 13c Mr. Stefano are you still on or do you want to... Watch ▸ jump to 3:09:23 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...And the enforcement requires an actual human being, not some AI system, taking a look and verifying that a violation has taken place. The presentation that we got from the chief on installing speed cameras focused on the question of location. And I think that's where the biggest threat to civil liberties tends to come in on these.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:12:34 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...earlier this year on two programs that are now authorized by the state speed cameras and then school bus stop arm cameras uh there had sort of informally i'd been given feedback to uh move forward to sort of kick the... Watch ▸ jump to 3:09:53 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-09-01] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 09-01-2026

...on pretty strongly. This is one of those moments where I do. The devices that we're talking about now for this particular item are speed cameras and school bus arm cameras, which basically only capture images of people who are committing active violations.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:11:58 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-07-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 07-07-2026

...Okay. So that is the main issue. The only solution that might have to be done is speed cameras on those streets. That's the only thing I can come up with as a solution to get people to pay attention. That's the only thing I see on that.... Watch ▸ jump to 34:53 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...enforcement mechanism. It's a great tool. I'll just give you some brief information about it only here to talk about the school bus stop arm so not not to speak on the red light camera but in terms of the problem it's been there are about 40 40 million violations that occur per year of nationally of people passing out school buses most of these aren't enforced most municipalities... Watch ▸ jump to 3:35:55 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...I mean what I would recommend is what was put forward is if if the board wants to Initiate the first steps on it that we suggested a pilot program the Buckland Hills Mall area We have to go through several steps. It's a lot more stringent on the red light and the speed cameras We need to work with the CTDOT and do it a study. We have to make sure that there's no implicit biases... Watch ▸ jump to 3:43:08 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...The automated systems eliminate the need for as much direct enforcement. While that will still take place, while officers will still write tickets, Having speed cameras prevents the need for them to patrol these high-traffic, high-speed corridors where we would be receiving a lot of the high-volume infractions. The other reason is for the safety of drivers themselves.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:44:43 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...if a police officer stopped someone currently by site that violation is a 450 violation there's a requirement to to pay the fine appear in the court there's a penalty on license things of that nature points on license. For photo enforcement, there isn't that. There's a $250 fine and there's a local appeals process and so that's the ordinance that the town passes is for the local appeal process. Every violation that occurs is reviewed by a local law enforcement expert here in... Watch ▸ jump to 3:36:44 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...VAC is very proud to be endorsed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that runs the nation's Amber Alert program because of how effective it is in returning missing children to their families. We do not have facial recognition. We were kind of having a discussion about this earlier, but this is not a red light camera. This is not a speed camera. This is not indiscriminate evidence.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:11:18 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...automated law enforcement systems. That being said, as someone who takes civil liberties very seriously, I actually do support automated speed enforcement. And the main reasons are twofold. One, limiting the number of risks to our officers is critically important.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:44:15 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...We do not have facial recognition. We were kind of having a discussion about this earlier, but this is not a red light camera. This is not a speed camera. This is not indiscriminate evidence. This is focused only on alerting your law enforcement to vehicles that have been associated with crimes or wanted individuals.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:11:23 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...across the country and certainly in Connecticut don't have the resources to enforce school bus stop prom violations so the general assembly as you referenced a couple years ago changed the law to allow for photo enforcement when they did that they made a few modifications if a police officer stopped someone currently by site that violation is a 450 violation there's a requirement to to pay the fine appear in the court there's a penalty on license things of that nature... Watch ▸ jump to 3:36:21 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...Thank you. Thank you, Jim. Thank you, Chief. And thank you, Trevor. And we're going to go on to 13J. Secretary Shane. 13-J, authorization for town manager to initiate the formal process of drafting ordinances for automated traffic enforcement safety devices and school bus violation enforcement systems and begin the requisite safety planning and state coordination for board review. Thank you. Mr. Stefano, I believe we have a guest in Mr. Andrew Wood.... Watch ▸ jump to 3:33:33 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...The officer may be having a bad day. You just don't know. So automated traffic enforcement on this level provides public safety for limiting the speed on our roadways, and it provides public safety in limiting the number of officer motorist interactions that have to take place so i do support this for those reasons secretary shane yep i'll be quick um... Watch ▸ jump to 3:45:29 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-04-07] Board of Directors -- Board of Directors Meeting 04-07-2026

...Good evening. Through you, Mr. Mayor, just wanted to thank you for the opportunity to answer some questions tonight. Given the hour and given the exciting debate, I'm sure you guys are excited to hear about a new photo enforcement mechanism. It's a great tool. I'll just give you some brief information about it only here to talk about the school bus stop arm so not not... Watch ▸ jump to 3:35:40 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-03-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 03/03/2026

...Director Frye. I just want to reiterate, I'd ask to continue the discussion on the speed cameras, the red light cameras. I guess it needs to be on the agenda for next month. Is that different than what you asked for?... Watch ▸ jump to 2:32:15 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-03-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 03/03/2026

...I would ask that we have an item on the agenda regarding taking action on implementing the speed camera plan that was presented to us by Chief Darby. - Okay, thank you.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:33:22 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...it's okay. And I think when we start doing this stuff and we're seeing the 70% respond, that's amazing in a survey, correct? Unbelievable.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:30:37 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...That's where we spend the most money, right? Well, we learned about your vision tonight. Your arms are just getting longer, Luke. But we have to. That's where we need to start if we're going to make even more strides on this.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:36:52 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...and then working backwards through investigative steps, linked them to crimes all up and down the East Coast. Thank you. last train here, when the images from traffic enforcement cameras are presented, do we have a sense of how many are either rejected at the discretion of the officer or what I guess we would call false positives? I don't know at this point. Okay. Are you for the traffic... Watch ▸ jump to 1:46:46 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...Sorry, Chief. Can you just go back a slide? So this is net, so this is assuming that we've dedicated the personnel to... Personnel, administrative costs, and lease agreements with these companies based on what other towns have negotiated for leases. One of the things that Ronnie had pointed out he has seen in other contracts... Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:13 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...along with Chief Darby are going to give a presentation on, let's see, I get this term right, automated traffic enforcement safety devices, which has been a frequently requested topic now that it's been legalized in the state.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:28:14 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...Director, Ms. Poland. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Chief and Ronnie for this presentation. Quick question. This is not replacing police officers, stopping people speeding in the Buckland Hills area. This is just like a, I don't know, an additional tool. Yeah, I will tell you there's not enough police officers to, you know, to go around to stop cars. Like, you know, we're doing better with our numbers, you know, than we've been in the past. I mean, we got as low as in the, you know, 102, 103.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:01:36 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...So back in 2023, Public Act 23-116 was passed, which allowed the state and municipalities to use automatic traffic safety devices, being speed cameras and red light cameras. As part of that legislation, they have a mandated equity component, which requires that we prove our deployment was equitable... Watch ▸ jump to 1:29:04 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...and then a reinvestment that lockbox that they had talked about all net revenue can go towards physical infrastructure improvements ensuring that every dollar collected goes directly back to community safety so our recommendation would be to start with the speed cameras you know there's the traffic light cameras also but i think rather than trying to start too big you know, let's start in one particular area, the commercial area, it'll have less... Watch ▸ jump to 1:36:50 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...At the same time, there's also a reduced risk of the unconscious biases that such discretion might introduce, though. So there's a leveling factor there. The reason I ask is because a lot of the opposition to automated traffic enforcement comes from civil liberties supporters. And there's an argument to be made that you get a greater net benefit to civil liberties by reducing direct interactions with law enforcement that can lead to additional consequences and reducing the amount of opportunities for bias to introduce themselves into an interaction. So having an automated system can, in many w... Watch ▸ jump to 2:01:36 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...It would just be for the speeding. Correct. Okay. Yeah, and my understanding is it just goes to, you don't know who's driving the car. It just goes to the registered owner of the car, the $50.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:57:29 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...And then in 2025, they had plans for Beacon Falls, Fairfield, Greenwich, Marlboro, Middletown, Milford, New Haven, Stratford, and Wethersfield. Hampton and Stanford have submitted applications. West Hartford unanimously approved and automated speed cameras in 15 locations. They hope to be up in the middle of this year. Let's see, they have a federal grant that is helping pay for them with Vision Zero plan that you mentioned.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:57:31 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...This would target regional violator population with high-volume commercial traffic and would also protect Manchester's most economically vulnerable neighborhoods during this pilot phase. Middletown is probably the, I know Washington, Connecticut, I think, was the first one to actually have speed cameras. Middletown might have been number two, but they're the most comparable community to us. I believe they've been up and running since the summertime.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:30:38 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...Let me just stop this. Try to talk a little louder and see if they can. I'm wondering if our town is doing anything about the speed cameras. Can you hear them back? A little bit.... Watch ▸ jump to 5:31 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...They can do an online contestment, and most of those are denied because they don't meet those criteria. If the people want to come in and have a face-to-face, they do a per diem. They have four attorneys that are on retainer that they pay $150 an hour to. They do seven to ten in person each session, and they do two sessions a month.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:46:48 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...I can tell you that. And I would say, like, if anybody uses Waze or Google Maps, If you drive through Middletown, it lets you know where the speed cameras are. I wonder if people who put up cameras but they're not actually connected to anything, sometimes that just stops people if they know they're on camera.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:51:49 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...we've gotten a number of emails from people concerned about FLOC cameras. And I know that automated traffic enforcement cameras are different than automated license plate readers, but the concern with the accessibility of that data... Watch ▸ jump to 1:43:12 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...You know and I think some of the numbers the success rate I mean or even the numbers have gone up like again We are accepting mental health More than we did 5 10 20 years ago. We have students hopefully more comfortable sharing That it's okay, and I think you'll see those numbers increase in some areas or drop Peter talks about his generation. I'm a little older than his generation.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:28:03 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...We have, I believe, I forget exactly where we're at right now. I think we're around 15 cameras that we have at different locations in town. I understand the concerns behind it. But I can also tell you from the law enforcement perspective, the reason why our stolen cars are so low and things like that, or the flat cameras, our solvability rates on crimes and... Watch ▸ jump to 1:51:44 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2026-02-03] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 02/03/2026

...I mean, I grew up in the suck-it-up generation, right? You sucked it up, right? You didn't do it. I wish I knew this alcohol religious thing, because I would have got out of trouble in high school. My dad yelled at me. I would have said it was religious reasons. But anyways, I think it's all about we've got to remove the stigma, first and foremost,... Watch ▸ jump to 1:28:49 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-12-02] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 12/02/2025

...I mean, they seem to be working in other towns. And as an option to totally reconstructing and putting a burden on the businesses and the taxpayers of this town. You know, if the speed cameras are working in other towns, and that's a more viable option, let's investigate that. The other thing is, one other thing is, the infrastructures that need attention that were already addressed, and I spoke with this with the town manager. There's some drainage problems still, even though the drainage problems were supposed to be fixed.... Watch ▸ jump to 43:42 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-12-02] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 12/02/2025

...That's all I want to say about that. As far as the Main Street thing, the scape, the speed cameras. Did anybody really investigate, like, the speed cameras? I mean, they seem to be working in other towns. And as an option to totally reconstructing and putting a burden on the businesses and the taxpayers of this town.... Watch ▸ jump to 43:27 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-12-02] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 12/02/2025

...Just follow the law. That's all I want to say about that. As far as the Main Street thing, the scape, the speed cameras. Did anybody really investigate, like, the speed cameras? I mean, they seem to be working in other towns.... Watch ▸ jump to 43:21 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-11-18] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 11/18/2025

...So that's a question I have as far as the explorers. A11, the speed and aggressive driving program, is this just supplement the income for radar, or is there a way that we can direct these funds maybe towards a speed camera, seeing as that there's a problem with speeding on Main Street as well as other aspects of the town.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:15:57 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-11-18] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 11/18/2025

...I don't know how much speed cameras are, but I know they're not cheap. But if we start punishing the people in town that are speeding through our streets and causing a hazard, I'm all for speed cameras. That's my question. Thank you.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:16:20 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-11-18] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 11/18/2025

...Back to Secretary Shane. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Following up on the discussion of speed cameras, A traffic issue that people have been mentioning to me, and possibly we could package it up in the same presentation, or if it went another month, that would be okay. But how are we going to deal with the wide variety of, like, motorized transportation being used on the roads, you know, from bikes and scooters and ATVs?... Watch ▸ jump to 2:45:56 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-11-18] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 11/18/2025

...Let's go back to the calendar. Director Frye. Cameras and red light cameras. Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:43:24 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2025-11-18] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Meeting 11/18/2025

...as that there's a problem with speeding on Main Street as well as other aspects of the town. I don't know how much speed cameras are, but I know they're not cheap. But if we start punishing the people in town that are speeding through our streets and causing a hazard, I'm all for speed cameras.... Watch ▸ jump to 2:16:10 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...Hollywood Squares. Hollywood Squares? Well, we're not Hollywood Squares. Well, I'd have some names for the three of them that are in a row over here. I'm going to go with Director Shane.... Watch ▸ jump to 1:33:39 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)
[2024-03-21] Board of Directors -- Board of Director Budget Workshop 03/21/2024

...and I think it's probably an appropriate time and the question hasn't come up but I think most of you are probably aware that the state is allowing now traffic cameras for red light enforcement speeding certain areas I you know it's that's obviously a policy decision but I know I think both the chief and I feel that it's probably best to kind of see how it plays out in some of these other... Watch ▸ jump to 1:33:38 ▸ (term: traffic_enforcement_camera, unreviewed)

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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: 4
Videos registered: 707 (fetched: 155, no captions: 0)
Date range covered: 2015-01-28 to 2026-09-21 (all 707 videos dated)

Channels¶

display_name	channel_id	handle
Silk City Television (Manchester CT, channel 16) — Cablecast VOD	manchester_cablecast

Tab crawl history¶

channel_id	tab	last_crawled_at	video_count
manchester_cablecast	cablecast_vod	2026-09-27 19:26:22.474088	707

Registered meeting bodies¶

body_name	category	active	video_count
Board of Directors	council	True	252
Board of Education	education	True	215
Charter Revision Commission	other	True	3
Planning and Zoning Commission	other	True	236

Agenda/minutes coverage¶

No agenda source registered for this town yet.

Agenda sources¶

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Research log¶

logged_at	field_name	new_value	source	by
2026-09-27 19:25:22.069983	channel_found	manchester_cablecast -- Silk City Television's Tightrope Cablecast VOD site, open REST API. BOD 249 / BOE 218 / PZC 237 meeting VODs from 2015 to 2026-09-21, still updating, plus Charter Revision Commission meetings 2021-2025. Direct MP4 per VOD; no usable captions.	Cablecast /CablecastAPI/v1/projects and /shows?include=vod, 2026-09-27	claude
2026-09-27 19:25:22.069983	out_of_state_collision_ruled_out	YouTube @silkcitytv is Paterson NJ (also nicknamed Silk City), not this station. channel16 confirmed Manchester CT from mpspride.org/boe, which says BOE meetings are broadcast on Silk City Television and links this site.	mpspride.org/boe; @silkcitytv channel contents, 2026-09-27	claude
2026-08-13 14:27:05.592906	platform_blocker	No working YouTube channel found for Board of Directors or Board of Education meetings. Search results point to Facebook (facebook.com/townofmanchesterct/videos/...) for Board of Directors, and "Silk City Television" (local cable access) + Facebook for Board of Education. A guessed handle (@townofmanchesterct) returned a real HTTP 404. LOWER CONFIDENCE than Stamford/Meriden's platform_blocker findings -- manchesterct.gov itself returned HTTP 403 to automated fetches during this research and was not checked manually; a more thorough pass (checking the .gov site directly, searching for alternate real channel names) is worth doing before treating this as fully confirmed the way Stamford/Meriden are.	WebSearch results (facebook.com/townofmanchesterct, mansfieldct.gov cross-reference), yt-dlp 404 on guessed handle @townofmanchesterct	claude
2026-09-27 19:25:22.069983	platform_blocker_resolved	The 2026-08-13 platform_blocker (Facebook + cable access only) was wrong: the station publishes every meeting on its own Cablecast VOD site. The first pass only looked for captioned YouTube. Facebook is still not fetchable without a login (yt-dlp "Cannot parse data") and duplicates the same meetings, so it is not used.	Research pass 2026-09-27: Cablecast API probes, yt-dlp against facebook.com/townofmanchesterct	claude

Gaps and caveats¶

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

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Tabs never crawled¶

channel	tab
Silk City Television (Manchester CT, channel 16) — Cablecast VOD	videos
Silk City Television (Manchester CT, channel 16) — Cablecast VOD	streams

Get the full transcripts¶

Download Manchester'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 manchester-meeting-transcripts.zip -d manchester
cd manchester

# 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 2026-09-30T07:03:59 from Manchester'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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