Surveillance-tech report: Newington¶
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: Newington¶
86 mentions of surveillance technology in 37 Newington meetings, 2021–2026
Not the full history: transcripts begin 2021-09-02, but Newington's published video archive goes back to 2020-04-14. Meetings before 2021 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 Newington'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 Newington police
- Mentions by topic: first seen / most recent
- Timeline
- Findings by topic
- Agenda/minutes mentions (unreviewed -- live keyword scan, no human review queue yet)
- How this report was built
- Coverage status
- Registered meeting bodies
- Agenda/minutes coverage
- Research log
- Gaps and caveats
- Get the full transcripts
Licence-plate searches by Newington police¶
Six Connecticut towns have released the Flock audit log of every search run against their cameras. Below is what that record holds for Newington's own police department -- not a finding, just the log.
Newington CT PD
- 16,875 searches between 2023-01 and 2026-07 (43 months with at least one search)
- 716 camera networks swept by the average single search
- 100% of them reached beyond Newington'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 Newington 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 | 31 | 10 | 2021-10-20 | 2026-09-08 |
| Body cameras | 5 | 3 | 2022-05-25 | 2025-08-27 |
| Doorbell-camera partnerships | 1 | 1 | 2024-09-18 | 2024-09-18 |
| Drones | 38 | 21 | 2021-11-17 | 2026-08-03 |
| Facial recognition | 1 | 1 | 2022-08-22 | 2022-08-22 |
| General surveillance | 10 | 5 | 2021-12-15 | 2024-03-13 |
Timeline¶
37 meetings surfaced a finding (37 dated, spanning 2021-10-20 to 2026-09-08; 0 of unknown date, listed last). Newest first.
Since 2026-08-28 (through 2026-09-27, when this report was generated):
2026-09-08 -- Mayor & Town Council¶
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting Sep 8, 2026 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...points. As councelor Tinyaka said, um there's been a lot of concerns raised about flock uh in in our community and in other communities. Um I share a lot of those same concerns as well. Um and...
Earlier meetings (36)
2026-08-03 -- Zoning Board of Appeals
Zoning Board of Appeals Regular Meeting Aug 3, 2026 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> Uh it was attached to the complaint that I received. >> Was it a drone? It looks like >> it appears to have been a drone. Yes. By my eye, you know. Okay....droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I received. >> Was it a drone? It looks like >> it appears to have been a drone. Yes. By my eye, you know. Okay. little not my call. Um...
2026-07-01 -- Open Space Committee
Open Space Committee Regular Meeting Jul 1, 2026 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...kind of scroll through this. Um, we start on this beautiful cover page and this was the drone footage. This is Deming Young, right? >> Yes. Deming young farm. So,...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> so Mon'nique worked with the fire marshall's office, correct? And got some drone footage for this. And her and I also went out and spent a day at our parks and took some photos for this as...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...just like a little walkthrough brochure. The first um we have to go out and get more drone footage, but the first slide on here will be the video um aerial drone footage, and then it'll go through...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...more drone footage, but the first slide on here will be the video um aerial drone footage, and then it'll go through some professional photos, some taken with the drone, some not to kind of...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...drone footage, and then it'll go through some professional photos, some taken with the drone, some not to kind of advertise these facilities. And then on each one, there's also going to be a PDF...
2026-06-23 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting Jun 23, 2026 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Willard and Cedar. So, uh, I don't know what type of cameras those are. Maybe they're flock cameras or something that have been installed there. um which is another thing that I really do not...
2025-12-11 -- Board of Fire Commissioners
Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting Dec 11, 2025 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...department. Uh the grant that we received was from the Capitol Regional Government. It's an anti- drone system that we're going to be able to use at emergency scenes, events, so forth. It's...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that we're going to be able to use at emergency scenes, events, so forth. It's a multi- agency drone system that we'll be able to use, immediately [clears throat] be able to use it, fire,...
2025-08-27 -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission
Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Aug 27, 2025 (topics: body_camera)
body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...whatever they call those alternate like police people if the town of Newington would give me a body cam and a radar gun. I would sit randomly on Kits Lane and show everybody, all due respect to...
2025-06-24 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 24, 2025 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...for record. Great. Moving along. Uh, next is sole source request for license plate reader technology. Um, councelor P, did you read that...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...determined that block safety public safety solutions is a sole source provider of license plate reader services. Now therefore, be it resolved that the town council hereby grants a...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...waiver as requested by Christopher Perry, police chief, for the requirement of sealed bids for the license plate reader technology at a cost of $65,750 in year one and amounts starting at...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Thanks mayor. And just again for the public's edification we're doing this because flock safety public safety solutions is the only game in town for Yeah. To for Yes. There's technically...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the sole source is for this technology every other community in our area uses Flock. So for it to integrate with Weathersfield, Rocky Hill, etc. We can only use Flock and and really, you know,...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Flock. So for it to integrate with Weathersfield, Rocky Hill, etc. We can only use Flock and and really, you know, the bad guys cross town lines all the time. So it's kind of useless without...
2025-06-17 -- Conservation Commission
Conservation Commission Regular Meeting Jun 17, 2025 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...and um the request from the police department for soul source uh request for license plate reader technology. Uh other than that you want to...
2025-06-10 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...you. Moving on to item B. Soul source request for license plate reader technology. Yeah. So I also have Lieutenant Amalfi who's on double duty tonight and he can...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I'm Lieutenant Scott Mely with Newington. So we are asking for a soul source for flock camera systems. I think it was 21 we got the ARPA funding for the cameras to put around town. So we...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...have approximately 27 cameras to put up. Now we need the software to make the license plate technology work. So Flock is single source. They're kind of one-stop shop. They do the software....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...throughout the country right now. So basically, in other words, if we didn't go with flock, we would have no way of communicating when they so the bad guy crosses, you know, the major...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...about it and again jump me if correct me if I'm wrong is there there is another vendor out there that does these license plate reader technology. But one one other justification with the soul source...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...not having any issues. Yep. No issues. Um it's actually increased the solvability of crimes. So using flock nationwide has helped uh prevent or solve 10% of crime. So that was my...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...roadways there's no it's all public freedom of information. We can do it. Flock will not let their data go to anyone else. So even their employees can't see the data. Everything gets...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...recently caught one at at Lowe's. So Lowe's has its own cameras. And another benefit of flock is that private companies have it. So Lowe's has it, Courtyard by Marriott, Foxboro...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...and they put it out to us. Okay. Got it. Got it. Okay. Oh wow. So yeah and Flock's pushing for residents to get it, companies to get it. They give a discount to them so then the whole...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...mounted? Are they mounted on a like a pole attached to a It's going to be a little different. Yeah. So Flock, if Flock provides it, we're kind of hybrid right now because we have our own...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...pole attached to a It's going to be a little different. Yeah. So Flock, if Flock provides it, we're kind of hybrid right now because we have our own cameras and then we're putting the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...right now because we have our own cameras and then we're putting the software on them and then Flock will have their own cameras. Okay. But so Flock will have those smaller poles on...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...software on them and then Flock will have their own cameras. Okay. But so Flock will have those smaller poles on the side of the road, you'll notice. And you they're distinguishable because of...
2025-04-09 -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission
Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Apr 9, 2025 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Thank you. Thank you. Sure doesn't want to watch this. It doesn't want to listen to me drone. Yeah. Um Paul the Have we decided about trying to put some blurb in or a reminder telling people that...
2025-03-13 -- Board of Fire Commissioners
Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting Mar 13, 2025 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...something didn't sound too good they called out the Drone okay we're going live folks uh good evening everybody Welcome to the board of fire Commissioners...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I have secured and I'm working with the chief and uh Captain Roseman on yeah we did get a drone that's put in for a couple years ago so that that should be on its way soon...
2025-03-11 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Public Hearing & Regular Meeting Mar 11, 2025 (topics: alpr, drone)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that we just have to accept that that's the trends are what they are um there's $62,000 to get our License Plate Reader technology that the police department's been working on for the last few years...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...we were having with eversource and that $62,000 is just the the license in and maintenance contract to get with flock to get the system up and running the great thing about flock is is that...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...maintenance contract to get with flock to get the system up and running the great thing about flock is is that integrates better with some of the surrounding towns block is more common...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...bulletproof there's a handle on the back so we think maybe we can deploy him from a drone at some point we're gonon see yeah R fantastic yeah Ray's fantastic um and he's adjusting well the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...to to the the the license fee for um and maintenance fee for for the LPR with flock this new vendor is $62,000 but that would get the system operating and allow us to uh I can see that I'm that's...
2024-12-11 -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission
Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Dec 11, 2024 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...change my share because Zoom is not always cooperative so this is a Drone footage so you can see the site that was uh taken on December...
2024-10-23 -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission
Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Oct 23, 2024 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...on its way with only some minor items left so what I can do is I believe the applicant might have a drone photo that a drone shot that he can show the site I'll show a couple photos quickly that I...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...left so what I can do is I believe the applicant might have a drone photo that a drone shot that he can show the site I'll show a couple photos quickly that I took today um so you can kind of see the...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...screen sh can I do that able to go ahead y okay and um I'm gonna try here to see if I can pull up the Drone video okay on here um here it is so I will if I can make...
2024-09-18 -- Board of Assessment Appeals
Board of Assessment Appeals Special Meeting - Hearings Sep 18, 2024 (topics: doorbell_partnership)
doorbell_partnershipWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...oh the Cherokee know was gone I could show you a live stream video of the of the car from The Ring doorbell in the garage a new one show your...
2024-08-20 -- Conservation Commission
Conservation Commission Regular Meeting Aug 20, 2024 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...um typically what I have done in the past is just well documenting the site asking the applicant to fly a drone over it now they're everywhere uh we had the benefit of when um 96 to 100 paining uh...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Road the Mard came in for their mod for partial site plan acceptance they had beautiful Drone footage of that three pictures showed the tpz everything they needed to see and more so even as much...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...or ask the applicant to really document everything and show you what the site looks like I don't know if a drone would work on this problem get a little Tangled on this one but I think yeah...
2024-03-13 -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission
Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Mar 13, 2024 (topics: surveillance_general)
surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...quality structure ensure that it's still functioning effectively we performed a uh CCTV inspection of the entire uh site uh site development all of the drainage on site uh we opened the top of that...
2024-03-12 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting Mar 12, 2024 (topics: body_camera)
body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...to have it so have a a question uh about Emergency Services body Cam and vehicle cameras and the um traffic cam um Network expansion I I can understand how some of...body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the subscriptions for any technology things such as that here okay so so if a police officer loses or breaks the body cam the IT department will pay for it no the body cam ones that's just the the...body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...police officer loses or breaks the body cam the IT department will pay for it no the body cam ones that's just the the actual equipment that's handled by the PD is it just the subcription it's a...
2024-02-28 -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission
Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Feb 28, 2024 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...sense and then we obviously have some photos of some of the Interior buildings and also a drone as well uh if that that pleases the commission so what you see here up on the screen now and I can I...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...being finished in terms of all the buildings we also have a little bit of a drone video uh for those of you that haven't been on site or driven by recently I'm happy to share those or...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...fire marshall but as you can see the site is actually even far more level than it was um in the Drone photo that was probably taken about a week or two ago...
2023-08-21 -- Board of Fire Commissioners
Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...decide which one they want to go forward the AMG brand okay good and we're still working on the Drone Grant or is that I haven't heard anything with nothing all right I did reach out when I...
2023-06-28 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...and the things that have been requested pretty often as public safety equipment we do have a drone donation request out there radios we have a request out there working with the library on the public...
2023-06-21 -- Board of Parks and Recreation
Board of Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...group but anyway the reason why you bring it to your attention is because they want to fly a drone and as many as many of you know drones need to be approved by the Parks and Recreation...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...to I'm perfectly fine with doing this and I believe he's going to have all the FCC uh requirements to fly a drone but I did want to bring it to your attention you also gave me permission to have six...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...space between the Glenwood Recreation Complex and Churchill park with news and properly registered drone and licensed title second second...
2023-06-09 -- Board of Fire Commissioners
Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...great and the other Grant uh two Club here we sell to Walmart and Sam's Club for the Drone Grant um and we're just uh waiting on uh excellent...
2023-05-24 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...know he's been busy a few other things like a couple other contracts we had uh one being on our License Plate Reader Program to get those up on their polls...
2023-05-10 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...grant for thermal imagers and we actually are going through a grant process for a drone for the fire department also even though the police side of the one we we wanted to use for...
2023-04-14 -- Board of Fire Commissioners
Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...town didn't have to buy so uh pay for it so thank you very much um there is a drone grant that I have out I got some feedback back and I have to...
2023-03-17 -- Board of Fire Commissioners
Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...all right grant update Chief Lobby we're very close to putting in a grant for the Drone which is between the verbiage to come back on the narrative that I provided to uh Sonia our Graham...
2023-01-25 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting (topics: surveillance_general)
surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...above that has had design work started on that and the last item got approved with CCTV inspection equipment I know the last time that we presented any projects to you and that you approved it...
2022-10-14 -- Board of Fire Commissioners
Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...out some grants for um drone because I was the chief and DJ had some interest in that so I asked her to look...
2022-08-22 -- Environmental Quality Commission
Environmental Quality Commission Regular Meeting (topics: facial_recognition)
facial_recognitionWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...cameras um but usually it's it's not I mean I guess they could do it by facial recognition if somebody knew them but it's not it you wouldn't be picking up...
2022-05-25 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting (topics: alpr, body_camera, drone, surveillance_general)
surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...improvement projects for pheasant run fisk and gilbert and moreland drive in addition to the acquisition of a cctv inspection um piece of equipment...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...of the area from a different angle right would they be lpr cameras license plate reader it could be depending on how uh mr morgan actually uh puts his plan...body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...having to you know have a camera on you or the body cam whatever um the lack of you know lack of respect lack of support um...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...activities on displaying equipment with demos emergency response team drone surveillance bicycle rodeo all of our emergency vehicles and extraction...
2022-05-11 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting (topics: surveillance_general)
surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...this gilbert drainage for 100 000 moreland drive drainage for 750 000 and some cctv inspection equipment for 75 000. um i put in brief write-ups regarding each...surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...for us to also tap in so if we needed to put in um cctv for security purposes and whatnot or access controls for gates and things of those natures so with that fiber...surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...do do the three different sites and if i we could get um just a little more description or explanation of the cctv inspection equipment i know that there was there was a write-up but...surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...hire a consultant to to move those uh forward um the uh the cctv equipment um it's closer it's closer look at television equipment that we can do our...surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...what we you know beyond you know beyond the the cash basis and manholes um that's i mean essentially the cctv equipment it's the it's a mobile package uh you know that we it consists of...
2022-03-25 -- Standing Insurance Committee
Standing Insurance Committee Special Meeting (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...so um there was a uh there's also been a um an unmanned aircraft a drone policy if you will an unmanned aircraft policy the john wallace...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...okay okay if i if i could chime in wouldn't wouldn't the uh drone coverage be under an umbrella policy um...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...right any other questions say it's like 10 grand for the drone coverage yeah it's not a lot of money...
2022-01-26 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...businesses that were impacted during the pandemic second was the acquisition and installation of license plate reader system for the newington police department...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...program slash uses one knowington small business assistance program two acquisition installment of a license plate reader slash camera system for the newington police department it's not...
2021-12-15 -- Mayor & Town Council
Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting (topics: surveillance_general)
surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...generators kick in on our critical items we also maintain wireless access points cctv security camera systems during the last several years information technology has played a...surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...telecommunication rooms telephony and data outlets cctv systems door access control systems building management systems telephone systems voicemail installation...
2021-11-17 -- Conservation Commission
Conservation Commission Regular Meeting (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the mapping of the the wetlands uh actually based on the town uas takes it in uh in um it actually overlaps in existing this...
2021-10-20 -- Conservation Commission
Conservation Commission Regular Meeting (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...was on your map and i think the determination was is the flock is those hives active and if they were could they be moved to another part of the property i think even the...
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[2026-09-08] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting Sep 8, 2026
...points. As councelor Tinyaka said, um there's been a lot of concerns raised about flock uh in in our community and in other communities. Um I share a lot of those same concerns as well. Um and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-06-23] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting Jun 23, 2026
...Willard and Cedar. So, uh, I don't know what type of cameras those are. Maybe they're flock cameras or something that have been installed there. um which is another thing that I really do not... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-24] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 24, 2025
...determined that block safety public safety solutions is a sole source provider of license plate reader services. Now therefore, be it resolved that the town council hereby grants a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-24] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 24, 2025
...for record. Great. Moving along. Uh, next is sole source request for license plate reader technology. Um, councelor P, did you read that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-24] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 24, 2025
...waiver as requested by Christopher Perry, police chief, for the requirement of sealed bids for the license plate reader technology at a cost of $65,750 in year one and amounts starting at... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-24] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 24, 2025
...Flock. So for it to integrate with Weathersfield, Rocky Hill, etc. We can only use Flock and and really, you know, the bad guys cross town lines all the time. So it's kind of useless without... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-24] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 24, 2025
...the sole source is for this technology every other community in our area uses Flock. So for it to integrate with Weathersfield, Rocky Hill, etc. We can only use Flock and and really, you know,... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-24] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 24, 2025
...Thanks mayor. And just again for the public's edification we're doing this because flock safety public safety solutions is the only game in town for Yeah. To for Yes. There's technically... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-17] Conservation Commission -- Conservation Commission Regular Meeting Jun 17, 2025
...and um the request from the police department for soul source uh request for license plate reader technology. Uh other than that you want to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...throughout the country right now. So basically, in other words, if we didn't go with flock, we would have no way of communicating when they so the bad guy crosses, you know, the major... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...have approximately 27 cameras to put up. Now we need the software to make the license plate technology work. So Flock is single source. They're kind of one-stop shop. They do the software.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...I'm Lieutenant Scott Mely with Newington. So we are asking for a soul source for flock camera systems. I think it was 21 we got the ARPA funding for the cameras to put around town. So we... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...not having any issues. Yep. No issues. Um it's actually increased the solvability of crimes. So using flock nationwide has helped uh prevent or solve 10% of crime. So that was my... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...you. Moving on to item B. Soul source request for license plate reader technology. Yeah. So I also have Lieutenant Amalfi who's on double duty tonight and he can... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...roadways there's no it's all public freedom of information. We can do it. Flock will not let their data go to anyone else. So even their employees can't see the data. Everything gets... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...recently caught one at at Lowe's. So Lowe's has its own cameras. And another benefit of flock is that private companies have it. So Lowe's has it, Courtyard by Marriott, Foxboro... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...and they put it out to us. Okay. Got it. Got it. Okay. Oh wow. So yeah and Flock's pushing for residents to get it, companies to get it. They give a discount to them so then the whole... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...mounted? Are they mounted on a like a pole attached to a It's going to be a little different. Yeah. So Flock, if Flock provides it, we're kind of hybrid right now because we have our own... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...pole attached to a It's going to be a little different. Yeah. So Flock, if Flock provides it, we're kind of hybrid right now because we have our own cameras and then we're putting the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...right now because we have our own cameras and then we're putting the software on them and then Flock will have their own cameras. Okay. But so Flock will have those smaller poles on... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...software on them and then Flock will have their own cameras. Okay. But so Flock will have those smaller poles on the side of the road, you'll notice. And you they're distinguishable because of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-06-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting June 10, 2025
...about it and again jump me if correct me if I'm wrong is there there is another vendor out there that does these license plate reader technology. But one one other justification with the soul source... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-03-11] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Public Hearing & Regular Meeting Mar 11, 2025
...we were having with eversource and that $62,000 is just the the license in and maintenance contract to get with flock to get the system up and running the great thing about flock is is that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-03-11] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Public Hearing & Regular Meeting Mar 11, 2025
...maintenance contract to get with flock to get the system up and running the great thing about flock is is that integrates better with some of the surrounding towns block is more common... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-03-11] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Public Hearing & Regular Meeting Mar 11, 2025
...to to the the the license fee for um and maintenance fee for for the LPR with flock this new vendor is $62,000 but that would get the system operating and allow us to uh I can see that I'm that's... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-03-11] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Public Hearing & Regular Meeting Mar 11, 2025
...that we just have to accept that that's the trends are what they are um there's $62,000 to get our License Plate Reader technology that the police department's been working on for the last few years... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2023-05-24] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...know he's been busy a few other things like a couple other contracts we had uh one being on our License Plate Reader Program to get those up on their polls... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2022-05-25] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...of the area from a different angle right would they be lpr cameras license plate reader it could be depending on how uh mr morgan actually uh puts his plan... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2022-01-26] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...businesses that were impacted during the pandemic second was the acquisition and installation of license plate reader system for the newington police department... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2022-01-26] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...program slash uses one knowington small business assistance program two acquisition installment of a license plate reader slash camera system for the newington police department it's not... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2021-10-20] Conservation Commission -- Conservation Commission Regular Meeting
...was on your map and i think the determination was is the flock is those hives active and if they were could they be moved to another part of the property i think even the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
biometrics_other¶
(no findings)
body_camera¶
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[2025-08-27] Town Plan & Zoning Commission -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Aug 27, 2025
...whatever they call those alternate like police people if the town of Newington would give me a body cam and a radar gun. I would sit randomly on Kits Lane and show everybody, all due respect to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
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[2024-03-12] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting Mar 12, 2024
...the subscriptions for any technology things such as that here okay so so if a police officer loses or breaks the body cam the IT department will pay for it no the body cam ones that's just the the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
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[2024-03-12] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting Mar 12, 2024
...to have it so have a a question uh about Emergency Services body Cam and vehicle cameras and the um traffic cam um Network expansion I I can understand how some of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
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[2024-03-12] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting Mar 12, 2024
...police officer loses or breaks the body cam the IT department will pay for it no the body cam ones that's just the the actual equipment that's handled by the PD is it just the subcription it's a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
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[2022-05-25] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...having to you know have a camera on you or the body cam whatever um the lack of you know lack of respect lack of support um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
cad¶
(no findings)
cell_site_sim¶
(no findings)
data_broker¶
(no findings)
doorbell_partnership¶
- [2024-09-18] Board of Assessment Appeals -- Board of Assessment Appeals Special Meeting - Hearings Sep 18, 2024
...oh the Cherokee know was gone I could show you a live stream video of the of the car from The Ring doorbell in the garage a new one show your... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: doorbell_partnership, unreviewed)
drone¶
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[2026-08-03] Zoning Board of Appeals -- Zoning Board of Appeals Regular Meeting Aug 3, 2026
...I received. >> Was it a drone? It looks like >> it appears to have been a drone. Yes. By my eye, you know. Okay. little not my call. Um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2026-08-03] Zoning Board of Appeals -- Zoning Board of Appeals Regular Meeting Aug 3, 2026
...>> Uh it was attached to the complaint that I received. >> Was it a drone? It looks like >> it appears to have been a drone. Yes. By my eye, you know. Okay.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2026-07-01] Open Space Committee -- Open Space Committee Regular Meeting Jul 1, 2026
...more drone footage, but the first slide on here will be the video um aerial drone footage, and then it'll go through some professional photos, some taken with the drone, some not to kind of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2026-07-01] Open Space Committee -- Open Space Committee Regular Meeting Jul 1, 2026
...just like a little walkthrough brochure. The first um we have to go out and get more drone footage, but the first slide on here will be the video um aerial drone footage, and then it'll go through... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2026-07-01] Open Space Committee -- Open Space Committee Regular Meeting Jul 1, 2026
...kind of scroll through this. Um, we start on this beautiful cover page and this was the drone footage. This is Deming Young, right? >> Yes. Deming young farm. So,... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2026-07-01] Open Space Committee -- Open Space Committee Regular Meeting Jul 1, 2026
...drone footage, and then it'll go through some professional photos, some taken with the drone, some not to kind of advertise these facilities. And then on each one, there's also going to be a PDF... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2026-07-01] Open Space Committee -- Open Space Committee Regular Meeting Jul 1, 2026
...>> so Mon'nique worked with the fire marshall's office, correct? And got some drone footage for this. And her and I also went out and spent a day at our parks and took some photos for this as... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-12-11] Board of Fire Commissioners -- Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting Dec 11, 2025
...that we're going to be able to use at emergency scenes, events, so forth. It's a multi- agency drone system that we'll be able to use, immediately [clears throat] be able to use it, fire,... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-12-11] Board of Fire Commissioners -- Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting Dec 11, 2025
...department. Uh the grant that we received was from the Capitol Regional Government. It's an anti- drone system that we're going to be able to use at emergency scenes, events, so forth. It's... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-04-09] Town Plan & Zoning Commission -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Apr 9, 2025
...Thank you. Thank you. Sure doesn't want to watch this. It doesn't want to listen to me drone. Yeah. Um Paul the Have we decided about trying to put some blurb in or a reminder telling people that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-03-13] Board of Fire Commissioners -- Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting Mar 13, 2025
...something didn't sound too good they called out the Drone okay we're going live folks uh good evening everybody Welcome to the board of fire Commissioners... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-03-13] Board of Fire Commissioners -- Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting Mar 13, 2025
...I have secured and I'm working with the chief and uh Captain Roseman on yeah we did get a drone that's put in for a couple years ago so that that should be on its way soon... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2025-03-11] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Public Hearing & Regular Meeting Mar 11, 2025
...bulletproof there's a handle on the back so we think maybe we can deploy him from a drone at some point we're gonon see yeah R fantastic yeah Ray's fantastic um and he's adjusting well the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-12-11] Town Plan & Zoning Commission -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Dec 11, 2024
...change my share because Zoom is not always cooperative so this is a Drone footage so you can see the site that was uh taken on December... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-10-23] Town Plan & Zoning Commission -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Oct 23, 2024
...screen sh can I do that able to go ahead y okay and um I'm gonna try here to see if I can pull up the Drone video okay on here um here it is so I will if I can make... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-10-23] Town Plan & Zoning Commission -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Oct 23, 2024
...on its way with only some minor items left so what I can do is I believe the applicant might have a drone photo that a drone shot that he can show the site I'll show a couple photos quickly that I... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-10-23] Town Plan & Zoning Commission -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Oct 23, 2024
...left so what I can do is I believe the applicant might have a drone photo that a drone shot that he can show the site I'll show a couple photos quickly that I took today um so you can kind of see the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-08-20] Conservation Commission -- Conservation Commission Regular Meeting Aug 20, 2024
...um typically what I have done in the past is just well documenting the site asking the applicant to fly a drone over it now they're everywhere uh we had the benefit of when um 96 to 100 paining uh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-08-20] Conservation Commission -- Conservation Commission Regular Meeting Aug 20, 2024
...Road the Mard came in for their mod for partial site plan acceptance they had beautiful Drone footage of that three pictures showed the tpz everything they needed to see and more so even as much... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-08-20] Conservation Commission -- Conservation Commission Regular Meeting Aug 20, 2024
...or ask the applicant to really document everything and show you what the site looks like I don't know if a drone would work on this problem get a little Tangled on this one but I think yeah... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-02-28] Town Plan & Zoning Commission -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Feb 28, 2024
...sense and then we obviously have some photos of some of the Interior buildings and also a drone as well uh if that that pleases the commission so what you see here up on the screen now and I can I... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-02-28] Town Plan & Zoning Commission -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Feb 28, 2024
...being finished in terms of all the buildings we also have a little bit of a drone video uh for those of you that haven't been on site or driven by recently I'm happy to share those or... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2024-02-28] Town Plan & Zoning Commission -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Feb 28, 2024
...fire marshall but as you can see the site is actually even far more level than it was um in the Drone photo that was probably taken about a week or two ago... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-08-21] Board of Fire Commissioners -- Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting
...decide which one they want to go forward the AMG brand okay good and we're still working on the Drone Grant or is that I haven't heard anything with nothing all right I did reach out when I... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-06-28] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...and the things that have been requested pretty often as public safety equipment we do have a drone donation request out there radios we have a request out there working with the library on the public... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-06-21] Board of Parks and Recreation -- Board of Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting
...group but anyway the reason why you bring it to your attention is because they want to fly a drone and as many as many of you know drones need to be approved by the Parks and Recreation... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-06-21] Board of Parks and Recreation -- Board of Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting
...space between the Glenwood Recreation Complex and Churchill park with news and properly registered drone and licensed title second second... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-06-21] Board of Parks and Recreation -- Board of Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting
...to I'm perfectly fine with doing this and I believe he's going to have all the FCC uh requirements to fly a drone but I did want to bring it to your attention you also gave me permission to have six... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-06-09] Board of Fire Commissioners -- Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting
...great and the other Grant uh two Club here we sell to Walmart and Sam's Club for the Drone Grant um and we're just uh waiting on uh excellent... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-05-10] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...grant for thermal imagers and we actually are going through a grant process for a drone for the fire department also even though the police side of the one we we wanted to use for... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-04-14] Board of Fire Commissioners -- Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting
...town didn't have to buy so uh pay for it so thank you very much um there is a drone grant that I have out I got some feedback back and I have to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2023-03-17] Board of Fire Commissioners -- Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting
...all right grant update Chief Lobby we're very close to putting in a grant for the Drone which is between the verbiage to come back on the narrative that I provided to uh Sonia our Graham... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-10-14] Board of Fire Commissioners -- Board of Fire Commissioners Regular Meeting
...out some grants for um drone because I was the chief and DJ had some interest in that so I asked her to look... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-05-25] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...activities on displaying equipment with demos emergency response team drone surveillance bicycle rodeo all of our emergency vehicles and extraction... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-25] Standing Insurance Committee -- Standing Insurance Committee Special Meeting
...so um there was a uh there's also been a um an unmanned aircraft a drone policy if you will an unmanned aircraft policy the john wallace... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-25] Standing Insurance Committee -- Standing Insurance Committee Special Meeting
...okay okay if i if i could chime in wouldn't wouldn't the uh drone coverage be under an umbrella policy um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-25] Standing Insurance Committee -- Standing Insurance Committee Special Meeting
...right any other questions say it's like 10 grand for the drone coverage yeah it's not a lot of money... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2021-11-17] Conservation Commission -- Conservation Commission Regular Meeting
...the mapping of the the wetlands uh actually based on the town uas takes it in uh in um it actually overlaps in existing this... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
facial_recognition¶
- [2022-08-22] Environmental Quality Commission -- Environmental Quality Commission Regular Meeting
...cameras um but usually it's it's not I mean I guess they could do it by facial recognition if somebody knew them but it's not it you wouldn't be picking up... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)
gunshot_detection¶
(no findings)
mobile_forensics¶
(no findings)
osint_social_monitor¶
(no findings)
predictive_policing¶
(no findings)
purchasing_broker¶
(no findings)
rtcc¶
(no findings)
surveillance_general¶
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[2024-03-13] Town Plan & Zoning Commission -- Town Plan & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Mar 13, 2024
...quality structure ensure that it's still functioning effectively we performed a uh CCTV inspection of the entire uh site uh site development all of the drainage on site uh we opened the top of that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
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[2023-01-25] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...above that has had design work started on that and the last item got approved with CCTV inspection equipment I know the last time that we presented any projects to you and that you approved it... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
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[2022-05-25] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...improvement projects for pheasant run fisk and gilbert and moreland drive in addition to the acquisition of a cctv inspection um piece of equipment... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
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[2022-05-11] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...hire a consultant to to move those uh forward um the uh the cctv equipment um it's closer it's closer look at television equipment that we can do our... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
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[2022-05-11] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...what we you know beyond you know beyond the the cash basis and manholes um that's i mean essentially the cctv equipment it's the it's a mobile package uh you know that we it consists of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
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[2022-05-11] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...for us to also tap in so if we needed to put in um cctv for security purposes and whatnot or access controls for gates and things of those natures so with that fiber... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
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[2022-05-11] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...this gilbert drainage for 100 000 moreland drive drainage for 750 000 and some cctv inspection equipment for 75 000. um i put in brief write-ups regarding each... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
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[2022-05-11] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...do do the three different sites and if i we could get um just a little more description or explanation of the cctv inspection equipment i know that there was there was a write-up but... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
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[2021-12-15] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...generators kick in on our critical items we also maintain wireless access points cctv security camera systems during the last several years information technology has played a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
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[2021-12-15] Mayor & Town Council -- Mayor & Town Council Regular Meeting
...telecommunication rooms telephony and data outlets cctv systems door access control systems building management systems telephone systems voicemail installation... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
undercover_tools¶
(no findings)
vehicle_forensics¶
(no findings)
video_analytics¶
(no findings)
Agenda/minutes mentions (unreviewed -- live keyword scan, no human review queue yet)¶
ai_data_fusion¶
(no mentions)
alpr¶
- [2026-01-13] Mayor & Town Council -- Town Council Agenda - 2026-01-13 (agenda)
... Easy integration 4d radar The second camera acts either as an HTTPS request, multi-platform For maximum detection capture overview or a second ALPR. Remote compliance, GDS interface with setup and management without event monitoring program interruption
... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
- [2026-06-23] Mayor & Town Council -- Town Council Minutes - 2026-06-23 (minutes)
... agree with you. • Louis, [address redacted] (via Zooiii). Don't know what types ofcameras were set up, but there was a camera set up on Willard and Cedar. Maybe it's a flock camera, which I do not support, they are not secure and are on Amazon's web services. Our cost of living is a snowball ofeverything increasing. I know that there ... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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¶
- [2026-08-06] Zoning Board of Appeals -- Zoning Board of Appeals Minutes - 2026-08-06 (minutes)
... August 6, 2026 Page 11
Erik Hinckley: It was attached to the complaint that 1 received. It appears to be a drone. After the July 10th one, the Notice ofViolation was also attached, received his appeal, and then just on July 29th another item stamped in the Town Clerk's office and delivered to me about anot... View document ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
facial_recognition¶
(no mentions)
gunshot_detection¶
(no mentions)
mobile_forensics¶
(no mentions)
osint_social_monitor¶
(no mentions)
predictive_policing¶
(no mentions)
purchasing_broker¶
(no mentions)
rtcc¶
(no mentions)
surveillance_general¶
(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: 22
- Videos registered: 738 (fetched: 544, no captions: 27)
- Date range covered: 2020-04-14 to 2026-09-23 (all 738 videos dated)
Channels¶
| display_name | channel_id | handle |
|---|---|---|
| Town of Newington, CT - Government | newington_ct | @townofnewingtonct-governme6307 |
Tab crawl history¶
| channel_id | tab | last_crawled_at | video_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| newington_ct | streams | 2026-09-27 14:27:18.489276 | 1131 |
| newington_ct | videos | 2026-09-27 14:27:02.839477 | 116 |
Registered meeting bodies¶
| body_name | category | active | video_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee Insurance and Pension Benefits Committee | budget_finance | True | 6 |
| Standing Insurance Committee | budget_finance | True | 5 |
| Mayor & Town Council | council | True | 214 |
| Board & Commissions Review Subcommittee | other | True | 1 |
| Board of Assessment Appeals | other | True | 20 |
| Board of Ethics | other | True | 6 |
| Board of Parks and Recreation | other | True | 40 |
| Charter Revision Commission | other | True | 11 |
| Commission on Aging and Disability | other | True | 9 |
| Conservation Commission | other | True | 64 |
| Economic Development Commission | other | True | 50 |
| Environmental Quality Commission | other | True | 23 |
| Human Rights Commission | other | True | 25 |
| Newington Affordable Housing Monitoring Agency | other | True | 1 |
| Open Space Committee | other | True | 13 |
| Town Plan & Zoning Commission | other | True | 110 |
| Town Pools Project Building Committee | other | True | 18 |
| Youth Adult Council | other | True | 23 |
| Zoning Board of Appeals | other | True | 31 |
| Board of Fire Commissioners | public_safety | True | 63 |
| Fire Department Facilities Project Building Committee | public_safety | True | 2 |
| Local Emergency Planning Committee | public_safety | True | 3 |
Agenda/minutes coverage¶
- Agenda sources registered: 1
- Documents registered: 340 (fetched: 333)
- Date range covered: 2022-02-28 to 2026-10-14
Agenda sources¶
| source_id | platform | base_url | status |
|---|---|---|---|
| newington_agendacenter | agendacenter | https://www.newingtonct.gov/AgendaCenter | confirmed |
Research log¶
| logged_at | field_name | new_value | source | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 07:44:44.696656 | channel_found | newington_ct (Town of Newington, CT - Government, channel UCyCIn2g8yF96HNDW_d0SbaQ) -- confirmed via yt-dlp | WebSearch + yt-dlp --flat-playlist --dump-single-json against youtube.com/channel/UCyCIn2g8yF96HNDW_d0SbaQ/videos | claude |
| 2026-08-27 07:44:44.696656 | committees_confirmed | Mayor & Town Council + a wide set of boards/commissions/committees confirmed directly from the real 115-title crawl, since newingtonct.gov's own committee list page was not exhaustively checked against acronym/abbreviated forms | yt-dlp --flat-playlist crawl of youtube.com/channel/UCyCIn2g8yF96HNDW_d0SbaQ/videos, 2026-08-27; newingtonct.gov/1294/Town-Council | claude |
| 2026-08-27 07:44:44.696656 | patterns_validated_from_real_titles | Unfiltered crawl of /videos (115 titles) -- 79/115 (68%) matched across 21 registered bodies; Board of Education has ZERO presence on this channel (likely covered separately by Newington Public Schools, not investigated further) | yt-dlp --flat-playlist crawl of youtube.com/channel/UCyCIn2g8yF96HNDW_d0SbaQ/videos, 2026-08-27 | claude |
Gaps and caveats¶
Videos with no captions available (25 shown, max 25)¶
| title | upload_date |
|---|---|
| Town Council Rules of Procedure Subcommittee Special Meeting Jun 29, 2026 | 2026-06-29 |
| Mayor & Town Council Public Hearing & Regular Meeting Mar 10, 2026 | 2026-03-10 |
| Board of Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting Feb 17, 2026 | 2026-02-17 |
| Board of Parks and Recreation Special Meeting Oct 28, 2025 | 2025-10-28 |
| Board of Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting Sep 16, 2025 | 2025-09-16 |
| Town Pools Project Building Committee Special Meeting Aug 25, 2025 | 2025-08-25 |
| Board of Fire Commissioners Special Meeting Apr 22, 2025 | 2025-04-22 |
| Board of Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting Jan 21, 2025 | 2025-01-21 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting Oct 18, 2024 | 2024-10-18 |
| Board of Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting Oct 15, 2024 | 2024-10-15 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting Jul 18, 2024 | 2024-07-18 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting Jul 15, 2024 | 2024-07-15 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting Jan 16, 2024 | 2024-01-16 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting | 2023-08-16 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting | 2023-06-29 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting | 2023-05-17 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting | 2023-05-10 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting | 2023-05-04 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting | 2023-05-02 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting | 2023-04-21 |
| Human Rights Commission Special Meeting | 2023-03-24 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting | 2023-03-09 |
| Town Plan & Zoning Commission Special Meeting | 2022-10-27 |
| Mayor & Town Council Special Meeting | 2022-10-26 |
| Youth Adult Council Meeting | 2022-10-19 |
Tabs never crawled¶
(none)
Get the full transcripts¶
Download Newington'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 newington-meeting-transcripts.zip -d newington
cd newington
# 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 2026-09-27T15:39:12 from Newington'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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