Surveillance-tech report: New Milford¶
Mentions current to 27 September 2026
This report covers meetings processed up to 2026-09-27. Anything newer shows up first in This Week in Surveillance.
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At a glance: New Milford¶
63 mentions of surveillance technology in 25 New Milford meetings, 2020–2026
Not the full history: transcripts begin 2016-03-01, but New Milford's published video archive goes back to 2014-01-13. Meetings before 2016 are not yet transcribed, so this report cannot say what was discussed then. Older meetings are still being added.
This report collects every mention of surveillance technology found in New Milford'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¶
- Mentions by topic: first seen / most recent
- Timeline
- Findings by topic
- Agenda/minutes mentions (unreviewed -- live keyword scan, no human review queue yet)
- How this report was built
- Coverage status
- Registered meeting bodies
- Agenda/minutes coverage
- Research log
- Gaps and caveats
- Get the full transcripts
Mentions by topic: first seen / most recent¶
| Topic | Mentions | Meetings | First seen | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPR / Flock | 24 | 4 | 2022-02-23 | 2026-09-14 |
| Body cameras | 1 | 1 | 2020-06-07 | 2020-06-07 |
| Drones | 31 | 15 | 2021-11-08 | 2026-07-23 |
| Facial recognition | 4 | 3 | 2023-03-13 | 2026-02-09 |
| Predictive policing | 3 | 3 | 2020-02-28 | 2026-05-11 |
Timeline¶
25 meetings surfaced a finding (25 dated, spanning 2020-02-28 to 2026-09-14; 0 of unknown date, listed last). Newest first.
Since 2026-08-28 (through 2026-09-27, when this report was generated):
2026-09-14 -- Town Council¶
Town Council Regular Meeting / September 14, 2026 / New Milford, CT (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...devices at the intersection of 7 and 55 are CT dot installs and are go through cameras, not flock type cameras, which are collaborative. Um when I was working, I like to tell my users it's in...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...act concerning use and retention of data derived from ALPRs, goes into effect on October 1st. It limits ALPR data retention to 21 days absent a criminal investigation....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...constituents and their privacy. Buck the trend of your party. I believe you when you say there are no ALPRs or flock type cameras in New Milford. So I'm going to make a suggestion. Towns like West...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...struggling with how to respond. If there are no cloud processed or even closed ALPR systems in town, be proactive and stand up for the Fourth Amendment and privacy of your citizens. Ban automatic...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...privacy of your citizens. Ban automatic license plate readers. And by ALPRs, I mean I don't mean Flock, I mean all of them. Motorola, Vigilant, Axon, Recctor, Verata, and Cororum. And there are...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the Townline approaches on 7 South, 7 North, 202, and Southeast. Don't automatically assume they're an ALPR. Do a little homework. Reach out to the DOT. Don't harass Lieutenant Lef. I don't...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...information for all the cameras on seven and 55 and I also have the upgrade for the license plate reader for the MotoBix. I guess I'll leave it with you, >> Stephanie....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...meeting minutes, um it says a future agenda item was proposed concerning automatic license plate reader cameras. It should state that it was proposed by council member Rosenberg and it should...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the on the cameras because people as was talked about today are thinking that they're LPRs ALPR is already here and they are not. >> But we could have a moratorum before...
Earlier meetings (24)
2026-08-24 -- Town Council
Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...public works has received about a camera that's in the Gaylordsville area. Some people claiming that to be a flock camera. First and foremost, New Milford does not have flock cameras. Uh I've...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...people claiming that to be a flock camera. First and foremost, New Milford does not have flock cameras. Uh I've asked the police department, the chief is there. He can talk a little bit about...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...it as well. Also ask our public works departments. There are no, we have no flock cameras. We've uh contacted Connecticut DOT. We've contacted the state police to see what they are and I...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...but I'll apprise the council once we hear more from that as well. >> Ari, so um Flock is a name brand like Kleenex, right? Um but there are other automated license plate reader products...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> Ari, so um Flock is a name brand like Kleenex, right? Um but there are other automated license plate reader products out there. Do we have any automated license plate readers in Milford? N and...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Kleenex, right? Um but there are other automated license plate reader products out there. Do we have any automated license plate readers in Milford? N and this one, this one people are telling us...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...this one, this one people are telling us that are asking, they're saying it's an actual flock. >> So the chief is uh here tonight too. They're going to investigate to see...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...if it is. >> Could we perhaps at a future meeting uh discuss a moratorum on the automated license plate readers? >> Absolutely....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> Before we adjourn, I I just asked earlier if we could put on a future agenda a moratorum on automated license plate readers. Is that something we would be asking attorney Debella to...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...of like we're doing with these ordinances. >> You're not talking about the flock the the multiple people getting it. You're talking about just having...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the multiple people getting it. You're talking about just having >> that same style whether it's the flock brand or another brand. Well, the flock means it takes every car that goes by....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...talking about just having >> that same style whether it's the flock brand or another brand. Well, the flock means it takes every car that goes by. >> Well, that's the name brand,...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the Danbury News Times today about the difference between the different kinds of cameras. And flock is just a name brand for the for a variety that information can be shared...
2026-07-23 -- Virtual Town Hall (Mayor's briefing)
Weekly Virtual Town Hall with Mayor Pete Bass! (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...We're going to have the helicopter that's going to land and display. We're going to have the police drone. We're going to have the K9 demo. We're going to be shooting hoops with the officers....
2026-05-11 -- Town Council
Town Council Regular Meeting / May 11, 2026 / New Milford, CT (topics: predictive_policing)
predictive_policingWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...J&J Collision and Repair. West Street Power. the New Milford Foundry, the Bleachery, Mitchell Oil. These are just to name a few that are in the aquifer....
2026-02-09 -- Town Council
Regular Meeting of the Town Council / February 9th, 2026 / New Milford, CT (topics: facial_recognition)
facial_recognitionWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...more. Um, we work hard to leverage technology. We're using rapid DNA. We're using facial recognition. We're using social media uh software that allows us to scan open sources and provide us with...
2025-12-08 -- Town Council
Regular Meeting of the Town Council / New Milford, CT / December 8th, 2025 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> sixth one, sixth sixth academy. >> She is donating uh $1,000 to go to our drone to the PD's drone unit and $1,000 for other departmental needs. >> Second....
2025-10-27 -- Town Council
Regular Meeting of the Town Council | October 27th, 2025 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...So, we uh did conduct an inspection of the bridge back in 2024. That included a combination of drone inspection with a scan of the bridge, some hands-on inspection. And those inspections...
2025-09-22 -- Town Council
Regular Meeting of the Town Council | September 22nd, 2025 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...units like the K9 team, the dive team, the aviation, the drone, the detectives, the dispatch. Also, they're going to allow you to use the simulator, which is for we we used...
2025-05-27 -- Town Council
Regular Meeting of the Town Council | May 27th, 2025 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...patrols in those areas. So, we work very uh closely with uh First Light. Uh we also have a drone that we put up over their property to look for people who are swimming in areas that are dangerous...
2024-11-25 -- Town Meeting
Regular Town Meeting | November 25th, 2024 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...readers are installed to capture vehicle information from all traffic Lanes these enclosures would house the License Plate Reader cameras illuminators and antenna uh for this...
2024-02-29 -- Joint Budget Hearing
LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 29th, 2024 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...right-and picture uh was one of our snow days and uh Mr Cunningham now has a commercial drone license and so this is one of our images uh from that drone showing um how the how the Lots in the...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...days and uh Mr Cunningham now has a commercial drone license and so this is one of our images uh from that drone showing um how the how the Lots in the road were nicely cleaned up um and so...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...helps us look at our response drills such as fire drills um when we put the Drone up and take a look at what's going on there bottom left hand we have a very lovely uh social media presence and...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...just a quick comment I've been approached and asked why does the Board of Education have a drone and I said it's probably safety and maintenance well so one of the reasons...
2024-02-28 -- Joint Budget Hearing
LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 28th, 2024 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...mayor anyway I want to a few highlights while we're since we're um there's some new things Micah is our drone operator we have a drone um in fact mayor we have a nice video of the of the lovers leap...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...while we're since we're um there's some new things Micah is our drone operator we have a drone um in fact mayor we have a nice video of the of the lovers leap bridge and good news is it looks really...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...much as you may think this is in poor condition it's really not that bad so I had Mike do a camera uh do a drone on that it really underneath I mean if we could get the deck fixed and you know...
2024-02-26 -- Town Council
LIVE Public Hearing + New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | February 26th, 2024 (topics: facial_recognition)
facial_recognitionWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...vendors that have been used in Connecticut already um they are using facial recognition um they're using automatic Tools in Suburban areas and like I said...
2023-10-10 -- Town Council
LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | October 10th, 2023 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...you want to do yours first do you want to do yours first okay I don't see the Drone one there you have to go down it's store and go that's what you...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...want take the control not like training didn't go AP like Mayor Road Bridge Drone footage calling the 5-year-old okay um so start with the first one is there going to be...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...like to do is give you kind of at the beginning uh an overview these are some aerial Drone footage of East Street school stuff you can see that's the back of...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...room area area oh wait there's the Copo we all just saw versus the uh Drone footage and there's where there's the front of uh the Littest building East...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...walk in there so what I did was the next best thing we had pictures taken we did a drone fly now Jack is going to talk a little bit about we just got in which you guys will receive in the public we...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...uh on lovers Le the first thing I want to do is I'm going to have um like we did at gourman Mike will take the Drone up there he'll do a complete scan of it and then we can use that to talk with...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...17,25 was the airbag system rescue boat underwater sonar drying cabinets washing machine drone Vortex washing machine other adjustments uh they returned they were...
2023-09-11 -- Town Council
LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | September 11th, 2023 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Youngfield this whole section has had no flooding whatsoever we've gone out and taken Drone footage that's got dates and times on it if anyone wants to question that um so I know it's in a flood zone...
2023-03-13 -- Town Council
LIVE Public Hearing + New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | March 13th, 2023 (topics: facial_recognition)
facial_recognitionWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...back and they can't say oh I didn't get that yeah you did we got a receipt we have you on video your facial recognition how the hell did it get to this kid so it really enables safety is...facial_recognitionWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that bought it and they can't deny oh I didn't buy that do we have you on camera it's facial recognition you have the receipt it's everything you have to scan your ID when you went in there it stays...
2023-02-22 -- Joint Budget Hearing
LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 22nd, 2023 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...ways um we do have now a drone that drone was paid for through a part a grant and another part through asset forfeiture so thanks to various...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...asset forfeiture so thanks to various local drug dealers we were able to obtain uh this drone uh we qualified for many traffic grants we assumed uh duties with this new...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...them or does it just sit in a big pot of money we can use those uh for example the Drone we were able to use um approximately 12 or 13 000 of asset...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...um approximately 12 or 13 000 of asset forfeiture for that drone and we were able to say that that drone could be used for uh drug operations and maybe uh...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...approximately 12 or 13 000 of asset forfeiture for that drone and we were able to say that that drone could be used for uh drug operations and maybe uh drug enforcement so the funds are...
2022-07-14 -- Virtual Town Hall (Mayor's briefing)
13 July 2022 NMHS Fire Updates Virtual Townhall (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...helping provide plans and had maintenance people there that we could talk to the building they had a drone flying over there live showing hot spots for their people and that we were able...
2022-07-11 -- Town Council
LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | July 11th, 2022 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that oversight because he said my office just can't be up there watching I can do Drone footage I can go up on lifts I need somebody really to check all the boxes as this this is going in so that...
2022-02-23 -- Joint Budget Hearing
LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 23rd, 2022 (topics: alpr, drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...we purchased a new arizona vortex for a rope rescue squad for fifty two hundred dollars uh our underwater drone for uh search and recovery uh in the in the lake as well as in the river for another...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...they're going to call into play or our cameras are going to draw that information through a license plate reader and that information is going to enter right into a ticket that's printed...
2022-01-10 -- Town Council
LIVE Special Town Meeting + New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | January 10th, 2022 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...underwater sonar equipment, PPE drying cabinet, washing machines, underwater drone, Arizona Forex, Gaylordsville Fire Department, 23 Global Radios, Lucas CPR Our device, three AEDs, air...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...PPE drying cabinet 12934 washing machine 14,842 underwater drone 404572 Arizona Forex 5,274 there's the additional funds that we're...
2021-11-08 -- Town Council
LIVE Special Town Meeting + New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | November 8th, 2021 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that would be the uh i'm assuming this one chief is the drone underwater drone and sonar yep right now we don't have sonar in the town...
2021-10-25 -- Town Council
LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | October 25th, 2021 (topics: predictive_policing)
predictive_policingWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...for our future use it was known as the milford water company it was managed by the milford foundry and sold the united water company the united water company put this...
2020-06-07 -- Virtual Town Hall (Mayor's briefing)
Special Virtual Town Hall With Mayor Pete Bass and NMPD Chief Spencer Cerruto (topics: body_camera)
body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Ellen power thank you thank you guys for tuning in and Mandy says do you need to purchase a body cam for each individual officer when they just use them while on duty...
2020-02-28 -- Joint Budget Hearing
27 Feb Budget Meeting (topics: predictive_policing)
predictive_policingWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...thousand dollars therefore an imprudent manner not to do that the board decided and we once again people of Gotham my name is work with the town bring forward helps everyone here on...
Findings by topic¶
ai_data_fusion¶
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alpr¶
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[2026-09-14] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / September 14, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...privacy of your citizens. Ban automatic license plate readers. And by ALPRs, I mean I don't mean Flock, I mean all of them. Motorola, Vigilant, Axon, Recctor, Verata, and Cororum. And there are... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-14] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / September 14, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...the on the cameras because people as was talked about today are thinking that they're LPRs ALPR is already here and they are not. >> But we could have a moratorum before... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-14] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / September 14, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...devices at the intersection of 7 and 55 are CT dot installs and are go through cameras, not flock type cameras, which are collaborative. Um when I was working, I like to tell my users it's in... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-14] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / September 14, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...act concerning use and retention of data derived from ALPRs, goes into effect on October 1st. It limits ALPR data retention to 21 days absent a criminal investigation.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-14] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / September 14, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...meeting minutes, um it says a future agenda item was proposed concerning automatic license plate reader cameras. It should state that it was proposed by council member Rosenberg and it should... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-14] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / September 14, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...constituents and their privacy. Buck the trend of your party. I believe you when you say there are no ALPRs or flock type cameras in New Milford. So I'm going to make a suggestion. Towns like West... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-14] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / September 14, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...the Townline approaches on 7 South, 7 North, 202, and Southeast. Don't automatically assume they're an ALPR. Do a little homework. Reach out to the DOT. Don't harass Lieutenant Lef. I don't... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-14] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / September 14, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...information for all the cameras on seven and 55 and I also have the upgrade for the license plate reader for the MotoBix. I guess I'll leave it with you, >> Stephanie.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-14] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / September 14, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...struggling with how to respond. If there are no cloud processed or even closed ALPR systems in town, be proactive and stand up for the Fourth Amendment and privacy of your citizens. Ban automatic... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...public works has received about a camera that's in the Gaylordsville area. Some people claiming that to be a flock camera. First and foremost, New Milford does not have flock cameras. Uh I've... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...of like we're doing with these ordinances. >> You're not talking about the flock the the multiple people getting it. You're talking about just having... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...>> Ari, so um Flock is a name brand like Kleenex, right? Um but there are other automated license plate reader products out there. Do we have any automated license plate readers in Milford? N and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...but I'll apprise the council once we hear more from that as well. >> Ari, so um Flock is a name brand like Kleenex, right? Um but there are other automated license plate reader products... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...people claiming that to be a flock camera. First and foremost, New Milford does not have flock cameras. Uh I've asked the police department, the chief is there. He can talk a little bit about... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...the multiple people getting it. You're talking about just having >> that same style whether it's the flock brand or another brand. Well, the flock means it takes every car that goes by.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...>> Before we adjourn, I I just asked earlier if we could put on a future agenda a moratorum on automated license plate readers. Is that something we would be asking attorney Debella to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...this one, this one people are telling us that are asking, they're saying it's an actual flock. >> So the chief is uh here tonight too. They're going to investigate to see... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...if it is. >> Could we perhaps at a future meeting uh discuss a moratorum on the automated license plate readers? >> Absolutely.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...Kleenex, right? Um but there are other automated license plate reader products out there. Do we have any automated license plate readers in Milford? N and this one, this one people are telling us... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...it as well. Also ask our public works departments. There are no, we have no flock cameras. We've uh contacted Connecticut DOT. We've contacted the state police to see what they are and I... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...the Danbury News Times today about the difference between the different kinds of cameras. And flock is just a name brand for the for a variety that information can be shared... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-24] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / August 24, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...talking about just having >> that same style whether it's the flock brand or another brand. Well, the flock means it takes every car that goes by. >> Well, that's the name brand,... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2024-11-25] Town Meeting -- Regular Town Meeting | November 25th, 2024
...readers are installed to capture vehicle information from all traffic Lanes these enclosures would house the License Plate Reader cameras illuminators and antenna uh for this... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2022-02-23] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 23rd, 2022
...they're going to call into play or our cameras are going to draw that information through a license plate reader and that information is going to enter right into a ticket that's printed... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
biometrics_other¶
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body_camera¶
- [2020-06-07] Virtual Town Hall (Mayor's briefing) -- Special Virtual Town Hall With Mayor Pete Bass and NMPD Chief Spencer Cerruto
...Ellen power thank you thank you guys for tuning in and Mandy says do you need to purchase a body cam for each individual officer when they just use them while on duty... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
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data_broker¶
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doorbell_partnership¶
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drone¶
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[2026-07-23] Virtual Town Hall (Mayor's briefing) -- Weekly Virtual Town Hall with Mayor Pete Bass!
...We're going to have the helicopter that's going to land and display. We're going to have the police drone. We're going to have the K9 demo. We're going to be shooting hoops with the officers.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-12-08] Town Council -- Regular Meeting of the Town Council / New Milford, CT / December 8th, 2025
...>> sixth one, sixth sixth academy. >> She is donating uh $1,000 to go to our drone to the PD's drone unit and $1,000 for other departmental needs. >> Second.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-10-27] Town Council -- Regular Meeting of the Town Council | October 27th, 2025
...So, we uh did conduct an inspection of the bridge back in 2024. That included a combination of drone inspection with a scan of the bridge, some hands-on inspection. And those inspections... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-09-22] Town Council -- Regular Meeting of the Town Council | September 22nd, 2025
...units like the K9 team, the dive team, the aviation, the drone, the detectives, the dispatch. Also, they're going to allow you to use the simulator, which is for we we used... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-05-27] Town Council -- Regular Meeting of the Town Council | May 27th, 2025
...patrols in those areas. So, we work very uh closely with uh First Light. Uh we also have a drone that we put up over their property to look for people who are swimming in areas that are dangerous... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-02-29] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 29th, 2024
...days and uh Mr Cunningham now has a commercial drone license and so this is one of our images uh from that drone showing um how the how the Lots in the road were nicely cleaned up um and so... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-02-29] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 29th, 2024
...helps us look at our response drills such as fire drills um when we put the Drone up and take a look at what's going on there bottom left hand we have a very lovely uh social media presence and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-02-29] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 29th, 2024
...just a quick comment I've been approached and asked why does the Board of Education have a drone and I said it's probably safety and maintenance well so one of the reasons... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-02-29] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 29th, 2024
...right-and picture uh was one of our snow days and uh Mr Cunningham now has a commercial drone license and so this is one of our images uh from that drone showing um how the how the Lots in the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-02-28] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 28th, 2024
...mayor anyway I want to a few highlights while we're since we're um there's some new things Micah is our drone operator we have a drone um in fact mayor we have a nice video of the of the lovers leap... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-02-28] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 28th, 2024
...much as you may think this is in poor condition it's really not that bad so I had Mike do a camera uh do a drone on that it really underneath I mean if we could get the deck fixed and you know... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-02-28] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 28th, 2024
...while we're since we're um there's some new things Micah is our drone operator we have a drone um in fact mayor we have a nice video of the of the lovers leap bridge and good news is it looks really... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-10-10] Town Council -- LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | October 10th, 2023
...uh on lovers Le the first thing I want to do is I'm going to have um like we did at gourman Mike will take the Drone up there he'll do a complete scan of it and then we can use that to talk with... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-10-10] Town Council -- LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | October 10th, 2023
...want take the control not like training didn't go AP like Mayor Road Bridge Drone footage calling the 5-year-old okay um so start with the first one is there going to be... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-10-10] Town Council -- LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | October 10th, 2023
...you want to do yours first do you want to do yours first okay I don't see the Drone one there you have to go down it's store and go that's what you... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-10-10] Town Council -- LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | October 10th, 2023
...room area area oh wait there's the Copo we all just saw versus the uh Drone footage and there's where there's the front of uh the Littest building East... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-10-10] Town Council -- LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | October 10th, 2023
...17,25 was the airbag system rescue boat underwater sonar drying cabinets washing machine drone Vortex washing machine other adjustments uh they returned they were... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-10-10] Town Council -- LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | October 10th, 2023
...like to do is give you kind of at the beginning uh an overview these are some aerial Drone footage of East Street school stuff you can see that's the back of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-10-10] Town Council -- LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | October 10th, 2023
...walk in there so what I did was the next best thing we had pictures taken we did a drone fly now Jack is going to talk a little bit about we just got in which you guys will receive in the public we... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-09-11] Town Council -- LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | September 11th, 2023
...Youngfield this whole section has had no flooding whatsoever we've gone out and taken Drone footage that's got dates and times on it if anyone wants to question that um so I know it's in a flood zone... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-22] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 22nd, 2023
...um approximately 12 or 13 000 of asset forfeiture for that drone and we were able to say that that drone could be used for uh drug operations and maybe uh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-22] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 22nd, 2023
...ways um we do have now a drone that drone was paid for through a part a grant and another part through asset forfeiture so thanks to various... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-22] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 22nd, 2023
...them or does it just sit in a big pot of money we can use those uh for example the Drone we were able to use um approximately 12 or 13 000 of asset... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-22] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 22nd, 2023
...approximately 12 or 13 000 of asset forfeiture for that drone and we were able to say that that drone could be used for uh drug operations and maybe uh drug enforcement so the funds are... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-02-22] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 22nd, 2023
...asset forfeiture so thanks to various local drug dealers we were able to obtain uh this drone uh we qualified for many traffic grants we assumed uh duties with this new... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-07-14] Virtual Town Hall (Mayor's briefing) -- 13 July 2022 NMHS Fire Updates Virtual Townhall
...helping provide plans and had maintenance people there that we could talk to the building they had a drone flying over there live showing hot spots for their people and that we were able... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-07-11] Town Council -- LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | July 11th, 2022
...that oversight because he said my office just can't be up there watching I can do Drone footage I can go up on lifts I need somebody really to check all the boxes as this this is going in so that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-02-23] Joint Budget Hearing -- LIVE Town of New Milford Joint Budget Hearing | February 23rd, 2022
...we purchased a new arizona vortex for a rope rescue squad for fifty two hundred dollars uh our underwater drone for uh search and recovery uh in the in the lake as well as in the river for another... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-01-10] Town Council -- LIVE Special Town Meeting + New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | January 10th, 2022
...PPE drying cabinet 12934 washing machine 14,842 underwater drone 404572 Arizona Forex 5,274 there's the additional funds that we're... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-01-10] Town Council -- LIVE Special Town Meeting + New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | January 10th, 2022
...underwater sonar equipment, PPE drying cabinet, washing machines, underwater drone, Arizona Forex, Gaylordsville Fire Department, 23 Global Radios, Lucas CPR Our device, three AEDs, air... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2021-11-08] Town Council -- LIVE Special Town Meeting + New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | November 8th, 2021
...that would be the uh i'm assuming this one chief is the drone underwater drone and sonar yep right now we don't have sonar in the town... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
facial_recognition¶
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[2026-02-09] Town Council -- Regular Meeting of the Town Council / February 9th, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...more. Um, we work hard to leverage technology. We're using rapid DNA. We're using facial recognition. We're using social media uh software that allows us to scan open sources and provide us with... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)
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[2024-02-26] Town Council -- LIVE Public Hearing + New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | February 26th, 2024
...vendors that have been used in Connecticut already um they are using facial recognition um they're using automatic Tools in Suburban areas and like I said... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)
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[2023-03-13] Town Council -- LIVE Public Hearing + New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | March 13th, 2023
...that bought it and they can't deny oh I didn't buy that do we have you on camera it's facial recognition you have the receipt it's everything you have to scan your ID when you went in there it stays... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)
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[2023-03-13] Town Council -- LIVE Public Hearing + New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | March 13th, 2023
...back and they can't say oh I didn't get that yeah you did we got a receipt we have you on video your facial recognition how the hell did it get to this kid so it really enables safety is... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)
gunshot_detection¶
(no findings)
mobile_forensics¶
(no findings)
osint_social_monitor¶
(no findings)
predictive_policing¶
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[2026-05-11] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting / May 11, 2026 / New Milford, CT
...J&J Collision and Repair. West Street Power. the New Milford Foundry, the Bleachery, Mitchell Oil. These are just to name a few that are in the aquifer.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: predictive_policing, unreviewed)
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[2021-10-25] Town Council -- LIVE New Milford Town Council Regular Meeting | October 25th, 2021
...for our future use it was known as the milford water company it was managed by the milford foundry and sold the united water company the united water company put this... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: predictive_policing, unreviewed)
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[2020-02-28] Joint Budget Hearing -- 27 Feb Budget Meeting
...thousand dollars therefore an imprudent manner not to do that the board decided and we once again people of Gotham my name is work with the town bring forward helps everyone here on... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: predictive_policing, unreviewed)
purchasing_broker¶
(no findings)
rtcc¶
(no findings)
surveillance_general¶
(no findings)
undercover_tools¶
(no findings)
vehicle_forensics¶
(no findings)
video_analytics¶
(no findings)
Agenda/minutes mentions (unreviewed -- live keyword scan, no human review queue yet)¶
ai_data_fusion¶
(no mentions)
alpr¶
(no mentions)
biometrics_other¶
(no mentions)
body_camera¶
(no mentions)
cad¶
(no mentions)
cell_site_sim¶
(no mentions)
data_broker¶
(no mentions)
doorbell_partnership¶
(no mentions)
drone¶
(no mentions)
facial_recognition¶
(no mentions)
gunshot_detection¶
(no mentions)
mobile_forensics¶
(no mentions)
osint_social_monitor¶
(no mentions)
predictive_policing¶
(no mentions)
purchasing_broker¶
(no mentions)
rtcc¶
(no mentions)
surveillance_general¶
(no mentions)
undercover_tools¶
(no mentions)
vehicle_forensics¶
(no mentions)
video_analytics¶
(no mentions)
How this report was built¶
Everything below describes the corpus and its limits, rather than what was found in it.
Coverage status¶
- Channels registered: 1
- Active meeting bodies: 9
- Videos registered: 447 (fetched: 277, no captions: 0)
- Date range covered: 2014-01-13 to 2026-09-24 (all 447 videos dated)
Channels¶
| display_name | channel_id | handle |
|---|---|---|
| Town of New Milford | town_of_new_milford | @TownofNewMilford |
Tab crawl history¶
| channel_id | tab | last_crawled_at | video_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| town_of_new_milford | streams | 2026-09-27 14:30:31.811005 | 267 |
| town_of_new_milford | videos | 2026-09-27 14:30:27.517828 | 234 |
Registered meeting bodies¶
| body_name | category | active | video_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board of Finance | budget_finance | True | 19 |
| Joint Budget Hearing | budget_finance | True | 74 |
| Town Council | council | True | 289 |
| Board of Education | education | True | 0 |
| Planning Commission | other | True | 0 |
| Town Meeting | other | True | 22 |
| Virtual Town Hall (Mayor's briefing) | other | True | 42 |
| Zoning Commission | other | True | 1 |
| Police Commission | public_safety | True | 0 |
Zero videos registered for: Board of Education, Planning Commission, Police Commission
Agenda/minutes coverage¶
- Agenda sources registered: 1
- Documents registered: 0 (fetched: 0)
- Date range covered: no agenda document on file carries a parseable date yet
Agenda sources¶
| source_id | platform | base_url | status |
|---|---|---|---|
| new_milford_custom | custom | https://www.newmilford.org/content/3086/3114/default.aspx | unconfirmed |
Research log¶
| logged_at | field_name | new_value | source | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 15:11:35.035311 | agenda_platform | ASP.NET custom CMS, "Powered by QScend" footer, /content/ |
curl + WebFetch of newmilford.org, 2026-08-27 | claude |
| 2026-08-27 15:11:35.035311 | both_tabs_checked | /videos 234 titles, /streams 262 titles (496 combined). The /streams tab holds more than half the corpus -- mandatory both-tabs rule mattered here. | yt-dlp --flat-playlist crawl of both tabs, 2026-08-27 | claude |
| 2026-08-27 15:11:35.035311 | channel_found | "Town of New Milford" (UCy-PHUq7KONS5ytwwbiyMdA, @TownofNewMilford) confirmed via direct yt-dlp --skip-download --print channel probe. | yt-dlp channel probe + --flat-playlist crawl of both tabs (WebSearch budget exhausted, ytsearch: fallback used for discovery), 2026-08-27 | claude |
| 2026-08-27 15:11:35.035311 | collision_check_milford | COLLISION RISK CHECKED: Milford, CT is already onboarded (mgat). Full CT-town-name scan of the 496-title corpus: 283 titles contain "Milford" and all 283 are "New Milford" -- zero Milford-the-city content. Not a shared channel; patterns left unanchored. | Python CT-town-name scan of the full combined corpus, 2026-08-27 | claude |
| 2026-08-27 15:15:16.776285 | dry_run_sanity_check | town_of_new_milford: /videos 234 listed / 203 matched, /streams 262 listed / 239 matched. Combined 442/496 (89.1%). | the transcript fetcher --tabs videos,streams --mode filtered --dry-run against the live DB after seeding, 2026-08-27 | claude |
| 2026-08-27 15:15:16.776285 | patterns_validated_from_real_titles | 442/496 combined-tab titles matched (89.1%) across 9 registered bodies. Unmatched is mostly non-meeting content (a Film Commission interview series, an agriculture workshop series, COVID-era updates). | Python pattern validation against the full combined corpus, 2026-08-27 | claude |
| 2026-08-27 15:11:35.035311 | title_vocabulary_from_crawl | Unfiltered crawl surfaced title vocabulary a .gov-derived pattern would have missed: "NMTC" and "TC Meeting" for Town Council, and a large recurring "Joint Budget Hearing"/"Joint Budget Special Hearings" series (92 titles) that is a meeting type in its own right, registered as its own meeting_bodies row. | Unfiltered yt-dlp crawl of both tabs + Python frequency analysis, 2026-08-27 | claude |
| 2026-08-27 15:11:35.035311 | zero_coverage_bodies_registered | Planning Commission (0 matches) and Police Commission (0 matches) are real bodies per newmilford.org but have no video coverage on this channel. Registered anyway so the zero-coverage state is visible in town_coverage rather than silent -- same convention as Hartford's Civilian Police Review Board. Note these will show in the data-quality check's zero-match CRITICAL list by design. | newmilford.org homepage/boards navigation + Python pattern validation, 2026-08-27 | claude |
Gaps and caveats¶
Videos with no captions available (0 shown, max 25)¶
(none)
Tabs never crawled¶
(none)
Get the full transcripts¶
Download New Milford'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 new-milford-meeting-transcripts.zip -d new-milford
cd new-milford
# every meeting that mentions a term, with the surrounding line
grep -rin "license plate" .
# just the meeting dates, from the filenames
grep -ril "flock" . | sort
The filename's leading date is the meeting date, so a hit tells you which meeting to watch. Find that meeting in the Timeline below for a direct, timestamped link to that moment in the video.
These are machine-generated captions, not certified minutes. Expect mis-heard names and technical terms, and quote the video rather than the transcript when accuracy matters.
Generated 2026-09-27T15:38:52 from New Milford'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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