Surveillance-tech report: South Windsor¶
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: South Windsor¶
223 mentions of surveillance technology in 14 South Windsor meetings, 2021–2026
This report collects every mention of surveillance technology found in South Windsor'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 South Windsor 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 South Windsor police¶
Six Connecticut towns have released the Flock audit log of every search run against their cameras. Below is what that record holds for South Windsor's own police department -- not a finding, just the log.
South Windsor CT PD
- 7,658 searches between 2023-05 and 2026-08 (40 months with at least one search)
- 358 camera networks swept by the average single search
- 96% of them reached beyond South Windsor'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 South Windsor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI data fusion | 1 | 1 | 2026-03-16 | 2026-03-16 |
| ALPR / Flock | 215 | 11 | 2021-09-21 | 2026-09-21 |
| Body cameras | 1 | 1 | 2021-12-06 | 2021-12-06 |
| Drones | 3 | 2 | 2022-03-07 | 2022-06-27 |
| Predictive policing | 3 | 2 | 2026-03-16 | 2026-04-06 |
Timeline¶
14 meetings surfaced a finding (14 dated, spanning 2021-09-21 to 2026-09-21; 0 of unknown date, listed last). Newest first.
Since 2026-08-28 (through 2026-09-27, when this report was generated):
2026-09-21 -- Town Council¶
Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...there. We're not touching on all of those only the ones that we actually have permits for at this time. Additionally, um, we've got this this report is not comprehensive at all. I've...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...been asked to keep confidential at this point by the individuals who are working on them and unfortunately I can't share them with all of you uh since this is a public meeting. But hopefully once we do...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...council member will have their own opportunity to comment on our use of flock cameras and the need and recent behavior of federal ICE agents, especially those in Connecticut when we...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...get to the point where I can share them, I will. Um, so with that being said, I'm going to run through these and then we can uh have some additional conversation afterwards if anybody'd like. So uh in...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...three commercial which is three commercial buildings at 220 Buckland Road um two 265 Buckland the roof is completed framing exterior walls 255 Buckland erecting steel 245 Buckland...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...on at [address redacted]. Building one, framing second war, second floor walls. Building two, foundation complete. Building three is not yet started. Building four, plumbing, electrical, and...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...mechanicals are ongoing. I know uh some people may be questioning why uh the actual construction of these buildings is equates to economic development. Um I think uh if you take the time to look at...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...think uh if you take the time to look at the way South Windsor is set up and the way that we work here in South Windsor, we view all of our jobs as economic development. Whether that's the building...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the way South Windsor is set up and the way that we work here in South Windsor, we view all of our jobs as economic development. Whether that's the building department, the police department, all...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...seen that in actual writing. So uh fingers crossed that comes to fruition. Yankee Candle at 261 Evergreen Way uh permit has been issued and construction is under is in progress and AT&T 508...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...is under is in progress and AT&T 508 Evergreenway interior work has started. In terms of Benson Bagels, uh the health department did a walkthrough at the end of la of a couple weeks ago and has...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...department did a walkthrough at the end of la of a couple weeks ago and has authorized the owner to bring food in. Uh once they're ready to open, staff are ready to conduct the preop inspection...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...authorized the owner to bring food in. Uh once they're ready to open, staff are ready to conduct the preop inspection for opening. Uh this has been communicated to the owner and we're...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...is in progress. Uh same with uh building number five, but it looks like building number three, there's nothing happening. Is there a reason? Do they have a problem?...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...problem? >> I think there's I think there's some underground um infrastructure that needs to get taken care of first in that in that location that needs to get...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...underground um infrastructure that needs to get taken care of first in that in that location that needs to get connected into the other buildings first and then they can build that that last...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...very specific things that cleaned up the property. They did portions of them. Um, I would argue they didn't do 100% of it. Maybe like 80 85% of it got done. Um, Um, we've notified them that of that....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...steps already to bring them back to court to have the $50,000 penalty awarded to the town >> and how far in the process or has it gone into court yet or are we still...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> Okay. All right. Thank you. >> Uh, councelor Cordera. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, Mr. Man, thank you for the detailed with the report. Again, it's very well done. A couple...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...questions and a follow up to Mazda. Um, it says here you spoke to the owner and uh with potential buyers or whatever so forth, but the owner of the property there might be with some roadblock. Is...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...significant issues of the building just from that alone. Um, the understanding I have from potential buyers is they have offered over asking price a couple times and they consist...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...from that alone. Um, the understanding I have from potential buyers is they have offered over asking price a couple times and they consist they consistently are just met with no...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...speak. Um I spoke to you folks some months ago regarding my concerns around flock and I know there were recent discussions around that which I appreciate. I saw you folks asking great...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...came up in the last meeting. Um there was some confusion. Another gentleman um was concerned that flock was being used for speed enforcement and I know we got the answer that no it's not being used...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...importance we learned from the fiasco recently in Shabbo in Wisconsin is that Flock is indeed recording speed data. They're also saving it for 5 years apparently. Um,...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...But it's pretty easy to get confused also because if you look at the installation of the flock scanner on Buckland Road when it was installed last year, a sign...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...could be very easily um misinterpreted to mean that flock is being used only for speed enforcement. Now this is bucklump road. No one's speeding in the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I know Chief Lindstöm was resistant to the idea of um releasing the the flock transparency report. Um he was asked about that. I appreciate that question was asked. Um...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...as I mentioned before our town opted out of that transparency report in the the flock portal. So I can't get any direct information from flock about how we are using their platform. But what I can do...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...of that transparency report in the the flock portal. So I can't get any direct information from flock about how we are using their platform. But what I can do is I can look at the transparency...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...towns to get that information? Why wasn't it revealed in the fairly bare bones transparency portal that Flock offers? I don't know. That decision was made....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I would very much appreciate more transparency around this both from our side and honestly from Flock's side as well. I mean we I mentioned briefly what we saw in Shabban, Wisconsin recently....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...we saw in Shabban, Wisconsin recently. Five years of data being retained. Now, Flock immediately did damage control and said, "Oh, we're deleting the original ALPR data after the 30-day retention...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Flock immediately did damage control and said, "Oh, we're deleting the original ALPR data after the 30-day retention period." Okay, that's nice. They mean the pictures. Now, if they're storing...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Mallerie Spencer, [address redacted]. I am here tonight to once again demand that the town council remove ALPR cameras from South Windsor. Cities everywhere are catching on that these...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...liberties, specifically the Fourth Amendment. Boston specifically has ended their contract with Flock after it shared data with law enforcement agencies outside the city. A Flock data...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...their contract with Flock after it shared data with law enforcement agencies outside the city. A Flock data sharing function was enabled despite a clear contractual agreement to prohibit...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...obligation is a financial one. At a previous town council meeting, Chief Lindstöm mentioned that Flock wouldn't do exactly what they did now in Boston, that it would be a breach of contract....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...they did this in at least one major US city. Breach of contract is a slap on the wrist for a company like Flock. It is a civil offense, not a criminal one. The worst that would happen to them...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...not competing well in the market as big tech companies are getting uh enormous government subsidies. Flock is showing the country their true colors. So why is South Windsor Police Department...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that Chief Lindstöm used many times to describe the comments of people speaking out against the ALPR cameras. Misinformation. Yet, in not a single instance has he...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...of the people. And the will of many of the people here in South Windsor is to take the ALPR cameras down and prevent us from falling down the slippery slope of a dystopian totalitarian surveillance...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...A resolution setting a public hearing to receive citizen input on the potential removal of flock safety cameras on South Windsor Roads. Be it resolved that the South Windsor Town Council hereby sets...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ..."Those are not my officers searching 590,000 times." Now, what bothers me is when the flock representative was here, what he said in a in a very flippant way, well, they probably had their, you...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...yet within 30 days they found that that data was being searched even though the flock company told them, "Oh, just turn the disable switch and it'll only be for your town."...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...besides then you hear people saying well data centers. But when the flock camera people tell you that the data is in the cloud, it's going to these data centers that are...
2026-09-08 -- Town Council¶
Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...now and there's a time after the meeting. You won't be able to talk to us when we get to flock camera or whatever the topic is that you want to talk. So, how many people does it look like? Okay....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Windsor station apartments. Um Windsor recently made the decision to turn off our flock cameras. Um and I wanted to share with you some of the lessons learned that we got from that experience...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...cycle. We recently went through our budget cycle. When you are assessing the cost of flock, it is important to understand it is not just the cost of the contract that right now there are...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...you're going to see more cases opened up the like. So, as you are budgeting for the cost of flock, it is important to consider that you're not just budgeting for the contract, you're budgeting for...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...However, when I learned that your community has opted to uh uh contract with Flock and engaging in mass surveillance of of of our community, the people who visit as well as the people...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...also sharing that information with um other places. We all heard the example of a flock providing information uh to a police department in Texas who was looking to prosecute a woman who uh...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I hope that uh uh you all make the decision to to cease this mass surveillance with Flock, but all of these companies generally. Um I would love to come back and enjoy the uh...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...shared as well about the cost of this uh to the community. uh my own community, Middletown, did cease our uh flock uh program as well um as we came to learn more about the company and the actions....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Windsor. I am here tonight to ask that the C town council in South Windsor Police Department remove the flock cameras from our town following the lead of Windsor, Milford, Killingworth, and...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Freedom of Information Act request last year to get nine weeks worth of data from his town's flock cameras. In that time, Windsor data was searched about 590,000...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...innocent until proven guilty. Let me be clear that this isn't just against flock specifically, but all big tech companies that use ALPRs. These are distinctly not red light or...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...will misuse this technology as they have an ethical and civic responsibility for our safety, but Flock and other ALPR vendors have no such responsibility. They only have a financial...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Amendment violation or not. All I know is that a world where big tech companies are tracking our movements with ALPR cameras is a world that will breed mistrust, confusion, and fear. Do you...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...previous couple of the previous speakers that whether or not you know Flock claims that they delete the data after a certain period of time that data is...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...You might hear some people tonight uh you might hear from someone from Flock tonight to suggest somehow that or uh from others that flot cameras stop crime....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...technology surveillance and privacy rights. Uh recently I presented here on the use of automated license plate readers in a nonpartisan uh manner because my organization is nonpartisan...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...about the number of cameras. Uh according to publicly reported data, it's approximately 120,000 automated license plate readers around the country with block uh publicly reported again...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...you will hear uh that to date there hasn't been a specific court case uh that has ruled that automated license plate readers are unconstitutional. But I think the juristp prudence is changing...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...uh in my presentation I mentioned how important this is because uh effectively uh the algorithm that powers automated license plate readers is powered by AI and while this is a narrow AI uh you...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that's a hazard and maybe get that fixed. I appreciate it. Uh, for the record on the flock camera, I I do agree with uh everyone here tonight who spoke. I'm not in favor of it. Um, I just think...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...All right. We are up to item uh 13A which is uh flock safety cameras. Um and just a a point of reference for people on our agenda next to items it says who...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Chief Lindstöm um, and Josh Thomas, who I hope is, um, online, who's a representative from Flock Safety, uh, to tonight's meeting as we try to bring him in. Thank you. U, thank you, Mr. Thomas....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...session, the then town council, um, our police department entered into a contract with Flock Safety to, I believe, install eight cameras at specific town-owned property throughout...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...um this is an unusual topic for a town council meeting. So I would view you and the representative as flock as if you will the 10th and 11th or the today the 9th and the 10th town council member. So...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...once they're hired, once they're trained, once they're certified, they'll get a Flock user account that's linked to their department email. And for them to...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...to their department email. And for them to access the data, they'll log into Flock, it's a dual factor authentication. So they'll put in their username and...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...model policy and state legislation. Um when Flock started, when Flock first came out, um we were able to and there was a lot of reciprocity with outofstate...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...sharing and that's where we currently sit today. It was instate sharing. Um I get each month from flock a sharing report and I have August here. Oh, that's turn to the right page. Um it it...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...asked you that you'd like to share before we talk to the the person from Flock and then have a council have a discussion? >> Yeah, the you know, I wanted to I kind...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...of been ignoring Josh up there in the monitor, but um he was here in case you had technical questions about Flock that I couldn't answer. Um, so before I I read some remarks, I'll ask Josh. Josh,...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...mission statement, three of them are particularly relevant to today's discussion on flock. Today, we're discussing the tenant of the tenant of respecting the rights of individuals,...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...As I said last time I stood up here, there's an abundance of misinformation being thrust at all of us about flock. Some of it comes from our phones. Some of it comes from the community. Heck,...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that input is up to you. My decision to approve the installation and use of flock license plate readers was one that was not made lightly. After a written proposal was submitted to beam by our...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...involving a rammed cruiser, a package ID theft case, a robbery, and a stalking case. Our 104 successful flock uses to date involve zero incidents involving im involving immigration. They involve zero...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...tragedy. It left two kids dead and nine others hurt. An independent review of that incident credited the area's flock system with a quote critical transition in the investigation end quote by...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that you might be feeling that weight right now. If you direct the manager to direct me to abandon the flock program, any fallout or impact from that decision will rest heavily on your already heavy...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...audit assistance. It's making it easier for uh the chief to be able to audit the usage of the flock system. Another one of those things that we announced is that our default data retention period...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...suspicion of any sort of usage that is against policy, the user will be automatically locked out of the flock safety system until the chief gets a chance to review it and determine...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...because on August 31st I attended a Zoom call with the uh CEO and a senior vice president from Flock and it was very informational and the uh a lot of the items that you just discussed the audit...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...but Chief, I have a question. Um, can you clarify why South Windsor is not currently listed in Flock's public transparency portal and whether the department would consider opting in to...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...different. It would just potentially bring something to light quicker uh with some of the safeguards that Flock is going to implement. Um again, we're waiting to see what the what the state...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...number. So if someone calls for service, that's the case number that will be logged into the flock system to send out an alert that this license plate blah blah blah....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> Okay. And uh I think >> and I'll clarify, Flock has a lot of different products in their product line. you log in onto Flock Safety, the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> and I'll clarify, Flock has a lot of different products in their product line. you log in onto Flock Safety, the website, there's all sorts of things. There's LPRs, there's drones, there's...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...account numbers, there's no dates of birth, none of that. the flock cameras that are on private property, condos, retail establishments. Do you in South Windsor, do you have...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I understand what South Windsor PD uses the information for, but the information goes to Flock ultimately. Correct. >> That's where it's stored. It's stored on the cloud that they provide. And in the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that. It's for law enforcement purposes only. >> And is Flock doing that? Does Flock sell the data to anybody? Does Flock allow access to the data to anyone?...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...only. >> And is Flock doing that? Does Flock sell the data to anybody? Does Flock allow access to the data to anyone? >> They've been explicit that they they...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...And that's way more invasive information than a picture of the back of your car. >> Um, Flock a little while ago had a webinar they provided to uh law enforcement and...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...one you're speaking of. The the only webinar I'll call it that I've attended with Flock was with you folks when we had office hours with the CEO. That's the only time I've been on a Flock...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...with Flock was with you folks when we had office hours with the CEO. That's the only time I've been on a Flock webinar. And did you or anyone in the department get the um the guidance that...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...system and look. I don't know. >> The monthly audit that that you do is do you do it or does Flock do it for you? >> Nope. The other administrator, the other system administrator, the detective, the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> like is it just felonies or Yeah. >> Yeah. it there. It has to be a a um [sighs] APL ALPR technologies used by a police department to automate the process of analyzing license plates and...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...you have that information. You've got the license plate number. >> Yeah, but that's not Flock's fault. We have that anyway. We have DMV records or DMB records and...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...in Massachusetts and we know from mass state police they're coming across a state line. Do we get to leverage flock in any way for those instances or is it an after the fact?...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...So, >> like I said, it is owned by the city of Windsor, not by Flock. So, I can't access that. We'd have to get it from the city of Windsor....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...it in front of me 60 to 70,000 cars a week that are going by that. So 60. You're talking about flock cameras now. >> I'm talking about cars driving down Route Five....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...one direction. >> So if we're taking >> So if we put a flock camera there, those cars will drive by that camera and in theory the camera will take a picture of...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...going to argue. I've received more phone calls, emails, conversations about flock. Do what you want. I'm telling you, we'll respond to the the call from the citizenry, but it's not going to be...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Now, this data here, it just has a plate. Correct, Chief? And that plate 123 ABC, whatever it may be. Flock doesn't know who it belongs to because they don't have access to the data point...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...means to continue to pro protect the people. I know that uh flock cameras there are pros and cons to it but don't relent your effort in...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> Yeah, I haven't heard I haven't looked at it recently. My understanding is that it's a a 30-day notification to Flock that we're going to break the contract, and I think there's a nominal fee of...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Manson about that. Um, I don't know his his thoughts. I'm I would go out on a limb and guess he's probably a flock supporter, you know, a tech that supporter of this technology and the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...public who came out. I want to thank uh Chief Lindstöm, um Mr. Thomas from Flock. Um these are the kind of conversations that we need to have. I'm glad that we asked a whole bunch of...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...have this be about South Windsor and um so we weren't the first to talk about flock cameras. We may not be the last. We definitely are not the first uh to talk about ICE um and to a secondary...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...less safe. And so we can't say, "Yeah, we're down with flock, but we're not down with making sure that somebody's not picking somebody up off the street just because...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...envy the weight of the decisions you have to make. I wanted to come back and speak on the topic of flock but I heard you talk about two other things that I also wanted to provide feedback on. Um...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...talk about the things we see that scare us. The most powerful tool that our police have is not flock. It is us reporting information. It is us giving statements. It is us sharing when we see...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Thank you for listening to that. I have a few more things that I do want to say on the topic of flock. And I know there's only 30 minutes, so I'll be quick um because I don't want to take...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...accurate, but it is also static. And we know that technology is not static. Those are single data points and flock themselves on their website sell that part of their system is the network that...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...assumption and I think that he acknowledged that when he talked about being able to use Flock to locate criminals that were fleeing because it's not one data point. It is tracking a...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> Thank you. Our contract included things that weren't in our town's policy regarding Flock. So, our counselors, like you were doing their best and trying to create tools that were...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...like you were doing their best and trying to create tools that were meaningful, but but Flock has things in their contract that violated our town policy. So, for the best efforts of our...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...policy. So, for the best efforts of our counselors, the the contracts the contracts gave Flock the ability to to violate our town policy. Um, I just have two more bullets in my life to finish....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...South Windsor. But it does not begin to touch on the lawsuits of the people who have been negatively impacted by Flock because Flock has a lot of failures in their data. And there are people who...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...touch on the lawsuits of the people who have been negatively impacted by Flock because Flock has a lot of failures in their data. And there are people who have been arrested, who have been...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...13 days for which they can't go to work, for which they can't take care of their children because of wrong flock information for which the charges were eventually dropped. The same is true for...
2026-09-08 -- Town Council¶
Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I know is that a world where big big tech companies are tracking our movements with ALPR cameras is a world that will breed mistrust confusion and fear Do you want to live in such a world If not please see Sarah Gary who's a a key wave Sarah um...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...cute puppies or kittens It's It's opposition to the mass surveillance that Flock cameras represent And there's nationwide and communitywide support support for their removal You might...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...looking at police technology surveillance and privacy rights Uh recently I presented here on the the use of automated license plate readers in a nonpartisan manner because my organization is nonpartisan But this evening...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...correction Uh there was an individual earlier who talked about the number of of cameras According to publicly reported data it's approximately 120,000 automated license plate readers around the country country with flock uh publicly reported again controlling...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...about the number of of cameras According to publicly reported data it's approximately 120,000 automated license plate readers around the country country with flock uh publicly reported again controlling approximately 85% of those cameras So as a community is...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...hear uh that to date there hasn't been a specific court case case uh that has ruled that automated license plate readers are unconstitutional but I think the juristprudence is changing and evolving rapidly given recent Supreme Court decisions on...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...So I would just ask that somebody maybe come out and take a look at that and see if that's a hazard and maybe get that fixed I appreciate it Uh for the record on the flock camera I I I do agree with uh everyone here tonight who spoke I'm not a favorite of...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...and the extensions passes unanimously All right we are up to item uh 13A 13A which is uh flock safety cameras Um Um and just a a point of reference for people on our agenda Next items it says who...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...formally Police Chief Lindstöm um and Josh Josh Thomas who I hope is um online who's a representative from Flock Safety Safety uh to tonight's meeting as we try to bring in Thank you U thank you Mr Thomas Uh before we start the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Uh in 2023 after an executive session the then town town council um our police department entered into a contract with Flock Safety to I believe install eight cameras at specific specific town-owned...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...you want us to consider consider at this time Uh clearly um this is an unusual topic for a town council council meeting So I would view you and the representative as flock as if you will the 10th and 11th or the today the 9th and the the 10th town council member So if...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...right we're hiring honest hardworking forthcoming people Um once they're hired once they're trained once they're certified they'll get a flock user account that's linked to their department department email And for them to access...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that's linked to their department department email And for them to access the data they'll log into Flock It's a dual factor authentication So they'll put in their username and password and then they'll get a a second factor authentication to...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...query I'll I'll read to you directly from our policy which mirrors the state's policy Queries can be made to the A A ALPR system for a permitted purpose The user must log in with their personal credentials which are specific to that user only To query the system...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...rules that we are in terms of uh post post model policy and state legislation Um when flock started started when flock first um we were able to and there was a lot of reciprocity with outofstate agencies and um you know...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...legislation Um when flock started started when flock first um we were able to and there was a lot of reciprocity with outofstate agencies and um you know agencies that really had no direct ties to us and then we...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...just instate sharing sharing and that's where we currently sit today is instate sharing Um I get each month from flock flock a sharing report and I have August here turn to the right page Um Um it it says a monthly...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...one is something that I haven't asked asked you that you'd like to share before we talk to the the person from flock and then have the council have a discussion. Yeah the you know I wanted to I kind of been been ignoring Josh up there in the monitor but um he was here in case you had...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the you know I wanted to I kind of been been ignoring Josh up there in the monitor but um he was here in case you had technical questions about flock that I couldn't answer Um so before I I I read some remarks I'll ask Josh...
Earlier meetings (11)
2026-07-06 -- Town Council
Town Council Regular Meeting - July 6, 2026 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...off the bat that this is a different topic, a different conversation entirely than the license plate reader conversation. They're two different devices, two different objectives, two...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...neighborhood and others are worried about all the things we've talked about with flock with LPRs. Before anyone calls me a hypocrite for being supportive of the LPRs and hesitant with...
2026-06-01 -- Town Council
Town Council Regular Meeting - June 1, 2026 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> That's a lot of hard work. >> That is a lot of work. >> And then also the uh the flock license plate reader. I guess there's there's a lot of comments that how it's an...
2026-04-20 -- Town Council
Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...firstly, thank you to the council for hearing my concerns in the past several weeks regarding our use of Flock. Um I appreciate you listening, asking questions, researching on your own....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...in our last meeting a a few times at least, the term was used that Flock is tracking people. I used it saying Flock is tracking people. Chief Lindstrom said, "Well, the the ALPRs are...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...a few times at least, the term was used that Flock is tracking people. I used it saying Flock is tracking people. Chief Lindstrom said, "Well, the the ALPRs are not tracking people."...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...just tapping on for a couple minutes. Um ALPR technology, automated license plate readers, have been around for at least a couple decades. It's not new technology....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...sure, whatever. There are good uses for that. What Flock is doing is quite different. Now, I have to assume Chief Lindstrom was referencing those legacy ALPR...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...What Flock is doing is quite different. Now, I have to assume Chief Lindstrom was referencing those legacy ALPR systems that simply check who is passing a certain...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...simply check who is passing a certain checkpoint and that's all. But what Flock is doing is they're using a network of these scanners all across the public roadway...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...to an infusion clinic. Well, now all this is being fed into Flock's AI. So, now Flock AI is looking at this and saying, "Okay, you went to an infusion clinic. Possibly, we have,...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...cancer. Now, is it bothering to specifically aggregate health records? No, that's not Flock's stated purpose, but they draw conclusions on all of your...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Um problem just becomes that I can't drive anywhere without Flock tracking that. If I go somewhere, that says something about me. Now, Flock...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I can't drive anywhere without Flock tracking that. If I go somewhere, that says something about me. Now, Flock recently started making actual judgment statements about a...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...person's intentions based on its observations. That was about a year ago. So, now we have Flock looking at my activity and not just logging it and making decisions about what I'm doing,...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...You want to talk about privacy invasion? Here's a case where a lady was tracked down using Flock because she had an illegal abortion. Um...
2026-04-06 -- Town Council
Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026 (topics: alpr, predictive_policing)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh as you had requested, uh Chief Lindstrom is here to talk about the Flock camera systems, and I'm going to yield my time over to him uh for this period of time....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...on uh our automated license plate readers. There's been a lot of misinformation in the media and misinformation online,...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...and what we're doing. So, uh the town of South Windsor currently uses Flock Safety is a private company. And uh we utilize Flock Safety's license plate reader system....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...So, uh the town of South Windsor currently uses Flock Safety is a private company. And uh we utilize Flock Safety's license plate reader system. They have a lot of different products...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...currently uses Flock Safety is a private company. And uh we utilize Flock Safety's license plate reader system. They have a lot of different products within their their product line. The one...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...gentleman from the public was here um and spoke on Flock and quite frankly there was a lot of misinformation that was given to you folks. I know you're...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...is stored for 30 days. That's our data, the town of South Windsor's data, housed on Flock's cloud hardware software. Um...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...how it works. All of our um officers have been trained in using it. They have a Flock accounts. They log in with their own credentials. So, if they're making queries in the system, it...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...maybe three, depending on who's around, to look for this car that left. What we can do is we can check Flock cameras. We call them cameras. Um they're not doing any video. It's a...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...cameras. We call them cameras. Um they're not doing any video. It's a static photo. We can check Flock cameras. We can check our own. And we can check neighboring towns who've given...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...still close by. Uh it helps us saturate areas for investigative purposes. Um Flock does not take any pictures of people. You've been told otherwise....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...efficient in holding suspects accountable. Flock does nothing other than take a picture. It's then left to the skill set of our investigators to go and piece...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Um we've had three family violence suspects apprehended as a direct result of Flock hits. We've had about five uh weapons seized because of Flock hits. We've had about...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...of Flock hits. We've had about five uh weapons seized because of Flock hits. We've had about 12 stolen cars recovered. We've had uh three armed robberies that...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh Chief, just a quick question. Is the public able to go into the Flock system to see what your department has taken pictures of?...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I watched the public input on March 16th at the coun- No, if it was a year ago or 2 years ago, the Flock was mentioned by you. Um and I want to say I'm very happy for the families that we were able to...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I'm I don't stray far off the line. If if I'm a by policy, by the law, and Flock isn't taking anyone into custody. Our investigators are. There's more legwork to be done. It's...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that's for sure. Okay? And if my kid gets pulled over, you know, and Flock isn't pulling people over. Right? Flock is There's a decision by an...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...you know, and Flock isn't pulling people over. Right? Flock is There's a decision by an officer. Right. Yeah....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...successful. And if you ask any of those families involved if we didn't have the Flock, a lot of those cases would probably go unsolved....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the same type of cameras? The same type of cameras. >> of cameras. It's the license plate reader. There's no video anywhere. >> Right. Our reciprocity is just LPRs....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...permission? Yeah. They they would have to be, you know, it would have to be hacked. Right. Um Flock sent out a letter to Connecticut Chiefs. Uh and they very specifically...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Um one of the it it's highlighting misconceptions and and misinformation. Number eight here is has Flock been breached and why do I keep hearing that it has? No. The recent concerns agencies...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...it has? No. The recent concerns agencies are hearing are not the result of a successful hack or compromise of Flock's platform or cloud environment. The breach narrative you may see in YouTube...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Junior have the car out that night, was it whatever, was it a rental, who knows. But Flock is just giving us the back of the car pic a static picture of the back of the car. And that's also by design to...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...of the car as it goes by these these readers. So, one last question. How confident are you that the Flock Corporation is not going into or entering into agreements with other...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...you're at that comfort level, that kind of honest level. Okay. Thank you. And and Flock has also offered to come to council meetings in Connecticut and speak and I don't know if we're to that...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...protecting us from on a daily basis. Obviously I spoke before regarding my concerns about Flock and I did just want to follow up on a couple things that the chief said. Um...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...now he mentioned that we are not using the any you know, people monitoring systems from Flock which I appreciate knowing because I didn't know. I went to the Flock transparency portal where each...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...systems from Flock which I appreciate knowing because I didn't know. I went to the Flock transparency portal where each Flock customer uh has their usage of Flock disclosed...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...knowing because I didn't know. I went to the Flock transparency portal where each Flock customer uh has their usage of Flock disclosed and South Windsor had nothing. We had...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the Flock transparency portal where each Flock customer uh has their usage of Flock disclosed and South Windsor had nothing. We had apparently opted out of that...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...apparently opted out of that transparency report. So I didn't know we weren't using those specific Flock Condor vulnerable cameras. I'm still concerned about the ALPRs...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...now the chief mentioned that among other things he does not believe that Flock is sharing that data with other companies. Um...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...issues if they were doing so. And that he could only rely on what Flock was telling him though which is completely fair. That's what I'm doing too. All I can do is rely on what Flock...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Flock was telling him though which is completely fair. That's what I'm doing too. All I can do is rely on what Flock tells me. I did read the Flock contract. It's...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...too. All I can do is rely on what Flock tells me. I did read the Flock contract. It's publicly available. It's right on their website....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...paid license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute the customer data. That is a right granted to Flock. So, I would like to know who Flock is doing...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...That is a right granted to Flock. So, I would like to know who Flock is doing all of that sharing with...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...because their contract clearly specifies that they can do it. Now, we know that Flock is partnered with Palantir, which is a scary mass surveillance company....predictive_policingWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that they can do it. Now, we know that Flock is partnered with Palantir, which is a scary mass surveillance company. We don't know if Palantir's getting this...predictive_policingWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...with Palantir, which is a scary mass surveillance company. We don't know if Palantir's getting this data. We don't know if other companies are getting this data. It's not...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...are getting this data. It's not disclosed. But, the fact that the Flock contract clearly specifies that they can do so, that they don't have to pay us for all...
2026-03-16 -- Town Council
Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026 (topics: ai_data_fusion, alpr, predictive_policing)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...um a AI-powered mass surveillance system from the company Flock Safety. Um it is essentially a system designed to...ai_data_fusionWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...over time, and record where they're going. All of that gets fed into their Flock Nova analytics platform, which infers what they're doing and who they're doing those things with....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...over time, and record where they're going. All of that gets fed into their Flock Nova analytics platform, which infers what they're doing and who they're doing those things with....predictive_policingWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...over time, and record where they're going. All of that gets fed into their Flock Nova analytics platform, which infers what they're doing and who they're doing those things with....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...they're doing those things with. All of this data is, according to the Flock contract, owned by the town and accessible to the town to um...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...However, there's no evidence that it prevents violent crime. If you look at the Flock website, they make some grand claims. They have a research paper backing it up, which was...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...make some grand claims. They have a research paper backing it up, which was authored by Flock employees, so that doesn't exactly hold water. Um...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...aspects of this. There are some cybersecurity concerns. Um for example, Flock Condor cameras, it was revealed about a month ago, are streaming their video over the internet....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Um we have, unfortunately, a growing mound of cases where people have been identified as Flock as criminals. They are treated as such by the police. They're pulled out of their...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...face down on the asphalt with guns in their back, do the police realize that Flock got it wrong again. There are plenty of these cases. Um the...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...search or surveillance to occur, and of course the signature of a judge. What Flock is doing is recording all of the movements and behaviors of everyone in his area of control as best...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...demand its deletion and the cessation of further collection. In the Flock contract, you have the one copy that the police department holds, but you are also granting the Flock...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...In the Flock contract, you have the one copy that the police department holds, but you are also granting the Flock corporate a second copy of that data. It's a complete royalty-free copy. They...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Windsor's example. A few weeks ago, they disabled their Flock systems specifically because of privacy concerns. I hope you folks might consider similarly....
2026-03-02 -- Town Council
Town Council Regular Meeting - March 2, 2026 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...I think we talked about this the last meeting. I'm going to call it the the flock system, but it's the special um things that are registering people's information. Um I do have a couple...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...that data. Um, at my direction, the police department did go back and look through the settings on our flock system to make sure that that information is not being shared. And I can tell you...
2025-07-21 -- Town Council
Town Council Regular Meeting - July 21, 2025 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...uh my written report, I wanted to remind the council as well as the public that the town has installed a flock system several months ago. That's a plate reader c uh plate reader cameras...
2022-06-27 -- Town Council
South Windsor Town Council Special Meeting - June 27, 2022 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...install their equipment into your recording areas and then they have remote operators like drone operators in california that'll actually record your meetings and do everything that our...
2022-03-07 -- Town Council
South Windsor Town Council Regular Meeting - March 7, 2022 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...will we will get it published tomorrow and send that out tomorrow thank you so do we have a town drone like how did that fly over work i never so this is a natural evolution of the...droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...um certainly wasn't done on my own no i mean that wasn't my main question i was just i liked the drone fly over so you said our our pci averages did you...
2021-12-06 -- Town Council
South Windsor Town Council Meeting 12/6/21 (topics: body_camera)
body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...process with axon enterprises inc whereas the town of south windsor police department's current body-worn camera program has existed for approximately six years...
2021-09-21 -- Town Council
South Windsor Town Council Regular Meeting (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...there are options available as one example license plate readers from a company called flock that are being used successfully in three towns in rhode island...
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ai_data_fusion¶
- [2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...over time, and record where they're going. All of that gets fed into their Flock Nova analytics platform, which infers what they're doing and who they're doing those things with.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: ai_data_fusion, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...besides then you hear people saying well data centers. But when the flock camera people tell you that the data is in the cloud, it's going to these data centers that are... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...yet within 30 days they found that that data was being searched even though the flock company told them, "Oh, just turn the disable switch and it'll only be for your town."... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
..."Those are not my officers searching 590,000 times." Now, what bothers me is when the flock representative was here, what he said in a in a very flippant way, well, they probably had their, you... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...A resolution setting a public hearing to receive citizen input on the potential removal of flock safety cameras on South Windsor Roads. Be it resolved that the South Windsor Town Council hereby sets... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...of the people. And the will of many of the people here in South Windsor is to take the ALPR cameras down and prevent us from falling down the slippery slope of a dystopian totalitarian surveillance... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...that Chief Lindstöm used many times to describe the comments of people speaking out against the ALPR cameras. Misinformation. Yet, in not a single instance has he... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...not competing well in the market as big tech companies are getting uh enormous government subsidies. Flock is showing the country their true colors. So why is South Windsor Police Department... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...they did this in at least one major US city. Breach of contract is a slap on the wrist for a company like Flock. It is a civil offense, not a criminal one. The worst that would happen to them... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...obligation is a financial one. At a previous town council meeting, Chief Lindstöm mentioned that Flock wouldn't do exactly what they did now in Boston, that it would be a breach of contract.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...their contract with Flock after it shared data with law enforcement agencies outside the city. A Flock data sharing function was enabled despite a clear contractual agreement to prohibit... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...liberties, specifically the Fourth Amendment. Boston specifically has ended their contract with Flock after it shared data with law enforcement agencies outside the city. A Flock data... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...Mallerie Spencer, [address redacted]. I am here tonight to once again demand that the town council remove ALPR cameras from South Windsor. Cities everywhere are catching on that these... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...Flock immediately did damage control and said, "Oh, we're deleting the original ALPR data after the 30-day retention period." Okay, that's nice. They mean the pictures. Now, if they're storing... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...we saw in Shabban, Wisconsin recently. Five years of data being retained. Now, Flock immediately did damage control and said, "Oh, we're deleting the original ALPR data after the 30-day retention... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...I would very much appreciate more transparency around this both from our side and honestly from Flock's side as well. I mean we I mentioned briefly what we saw in Shabban, Wisconsin recently.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...towns to get that information? Why wasn't it revealed in the fairly bare bones transparency portal that Flock offers? I don't know. That decision was made.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...of that transparency report in the the flock portal. So I can't get any direct information from flock about how we are using their platform. But what I can do is I can look at the transparency... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...as I mentioned before our town opted out of that transparency report in the the flock portal. So I can't get any direct information from flock about how we are using their platform. But what I can do... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...I know Chief Lindstöm was resistant to the idea of um releasing the the flock transparency report. Um he was asked about that. I appreciate that question was asked. Um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...could be very easily um misinterpreted to mean that flock is being used only for speed enforcement. Now this is bucklump road. No one's speeding in the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...But it's pretty easy to get confused also because if you look at the installation of the flock scanner on Buckland Road when it was installed last year, a sign... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...importance we learned from the fiasco recently in Shabbo in Wisconsin is that Flock is indeed recording speed data. They're also saving it for 5 years apparently. Um,... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...came up in the last meeting. Um there was some confusion. Another gentleman um was concerned that flock was being used for speed enforcement and I know we got the answer that no it's not being used... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...speak. Um I spoke to you folks some months ago regarding my concerns around flock and I know there were recent discussions around that which I appreciate. I saw you folks asking great... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...council member will have their own opportunity to comment on our use of flock cameras and the need and recent behavior of federal ICE agents, especially those in Connecticut when we... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...from that alone. Um, the understanding I have from potential buyers is they have offered over asking price a couple times and they consist they consistently are just met with no... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...significant issues of the building just from that alone. Um, the understanding I have from potential buyers is they have offered over asking price a couple times and they consist... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...questions and a follow up to Mazda. Um, it says here you spoke to the owner and uh with potential buyers or whatever so forth, but the owner of the property there might be with some roadblock. Is... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...>> Okay. All right. Thank you. >> Uh, councelor Cordera. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, Mr. Man, thank you for the detailed with the report. Again, it's very well done. A couple... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...steps already to bring them back to court to have the $50,000 penalty awarded to the town >> and how far in the process or has it gone into court yet or are we still... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...very specific things that cleaned up the property. They did portions of them. Um, I would argue they didn't do 100% of it. Maybe like 80 85% of it got done. Um, Um, we've notified them that of that.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...underground um infrastructure that needs to get taken care of first in that in that location that needs to get connected into the other buildings first and then they can build that that last... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...problem? >> I think there's I think there's some underground um infrastructure that needs to get taken care of first in that in that location that needs to get... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...is in progress. Uh same with uh building number five, but it looks like building number three, there's nothing happening. Is there a reason? Do they have a problem?... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...authorized the owner to bring food in. Uh once they're ready to open, staff are ready to conduct the preop inspection for opening. Uh this has been communicated to the owner and we're... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...department did a walkthrough at the end of la of a couple weeks ago and has authorized the owner to bring food in. Uh once they're ready to open, staff are ready to conduct the preop inspection... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...is under is in progress and AT&T 508 Evergreenway interior work has started. In terms of Benson Bagels, uh the health department did a walkthrough at the end of la of a couple weeks ago and has... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...seen that in actual writing. So uh fingers crossed that comes to fruition. Yankee Candle at 261 Evergreen Way uh permit has been issued and construction is under is in progress and AT&T 508... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...the way South Windsor is set up and the way that we work here in South Windsor, we view all of our jobs as economic development. Whether that's the building department, the police department, all... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...think uh if you take the time to look at the way South Windsor is set up and the way that we work here in South Windsor, we view all of our jobs as economic development. Whether that's the building... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...mechanicals are ongoing. I know uh some people may be questioning why uh the actual construction of these buildings is equates to economic development. Um I think uh if you take the time to look at... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...on at [address redacted]. Building one, framing second war, second floor walls. Building two, foundation complete. Building three is not yet started. Building four, plumbing, electrical, and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...three commercial which is three commercial buildings at 220 Buckland Road um two 265 Buckland the roof is completed framing exterior walls 255 Buckland erecting steel 245 Buckland... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...get to the point where I can share them, I will. Um, so with that being said, I'm going to run through these and then we can uh have some additional conversation afterwards if anybody'd like. So uh in... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...been asked to keep confidential at this point by the individuals who are working on them and unfortunately I can't share them with all of you uh since this is a public meeting. But hopefully once we do... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 21, 2026
...there. We're not touching on all of those only the ones that we actually have permits for at this time. Additionally, um, we've got this this report is not comprehensive at all. I've... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...13 days for which they can't go to work, for which they can't take care of their children because of wrong flock information for which the charges were eventually dropped. The same is true for... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...touch on the lawsuits of the people who have been negatively impacted by Flock because Flock has a lot of failures in their data. And there are people who have been arrested, who have been... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...South Windsor. But it does not begin to touch on the lawsuits of the people who have been negatively impacted by Flock because Flock has a lot of failures in their data. And there are people who... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...policy. So, for the best efforts of our counselors, the the contracts the contracts gave Flock the ability to to violate our town policy. Um, I just have two more bullets in my life to finish.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...like you were doing their best and trying to create tools that were meaningful, but but Flock has things in their contract that violated our town policy. So, for the best efforts of our... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...>> Thank you. Our contract included things that weren't in our town's policy regarding Flock. So, our counselors, like you were doing their best and trying to create tools that were... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...assumption and I think that he acknowledged that when he talked about being able to use Flock to locate criminals that were fleeing because it's not one data point. It is tracking a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...accurate, but it is also static. And we know that technology is not static. Those are single data points and flock themselves on their website sell that part of their system is the network that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...Thank you for listening to that. I have a few more things that I do want to say on the topic of flock. And I know there's only 30 minutes, so I'll be quick um because I don't want to take... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...talk about the things we see that scare us. The most powerful tool that our police have is not flock. It is us reporting information. It is us giving statements. It is us sharing when we see... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...envy the weight of the decisions you have to make. I wanted to come back and speak on the topic of flock but I heard you talk about two other things that I also wanted to provide feedback on. Um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...less safe. And so we can't say, "Yeah, we're down with flock, but we're not down with making sure that somebody's not picking somebody up off the street just because... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...have this be about South Windsor and um so we weren't the first to talk about flock cameras. We may not be the last. We definitely are not the first uh to talk about ICE um and to a secondary... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...public who came out. I want to thank uh Chief Lindstöm, um Mr. Thomas from Flock. Um these are the kind of conversations that we need to have. I'm glad that we asked a whole bunch of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...Manson about that. Um, I don't know his his thoughts. I'm I would go out on a limb and guess he's probably a flock supporter, you know, a tech that supporter of this technology and the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...>> Yeah, I haven't heard I haven't looked at it recently. My understanding is that it's a a 30-day notification to Flock that we're going to break the contract, and I think there's a nominal fee of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...means to continue to pro protect the people. I know that uh flock cameras there are pros and cons to it but don't relent your effort in... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...Now, this data here, it just has a plate. Correct, Chief? And that plate 123 ABC, whatever it may be. Flock doesn't know who it belongs to because they don't have access to the data point... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...going to argue. I've received more phone calls, emails, conversations about flock. Do what you want. I'm telling you, we'll respond to the the call from the citizenry, but it's not going to be... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...one direction. >> So if we're taking >> So if we put a flock camera there, those cars will drive by that camera and in theory the camera will take a picture of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...it in front of me 60 to 70,000 cars a week that are going by that. So 60. You're talking about flock cameras now. >> I'm talking about cars driving down Route Five.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...So, >> like I said, it is owned by the city of Windsor, not by Flock. So, I can't access that. We'd have to get it from the city of Windsor.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...in Massachusetts and we know from mass state police they're coming across a state line. Do we get to leverage flock in any way for those instances or is it an after the fact?... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...you have that information. You've got the license plate number. >> Yeah, but that's not Flock's fault. We have that anyway. We have DMV records or DMB records and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...>> like is it just felonies or Yeah. >> Yeah. it there. It has to be a a um [sighs] APL ALPR technologies used by a police department to automate the process of analyzing license plates and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...system and look. I don't know. >> The monthly audit that that you do is do you do it or does Flock do it for you? >> Nope. The other administrator, the other system administrator, the detective, the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...with Flock was with you folks when we had office hours with the CEO. That's the only time I've been on a Flock webinar. And did you or anyone in the department get the um the guidance that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...one you're speaking of. The the only webinar I'll call it that I've attended with Flock was with you folks when we had office hours with the CEO. That's the only time I've been on a Flock... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...And that's way more invasive information than a picture of the back of your car. >> Um, Flock a little while ago had a webinar they provided to uh law enforcement and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...only. >> And is Flock doing that? Does Flock sell the data to anybody? Does Flock allow access to the data to anyone? >> They've been explicit that they they... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...that. It's for law enforcement purposes only. >> And is Flock doing that? Does Flock sell the data to anybody? Does Flock allow access to the data to anyone?... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...I understand what South Windsor PD uses the information for, but the information goes to Flock ultimately. Correct. >> That's where it's stored. It's stored on the cloud that they provide. And in the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...account numbers, there's no dates of birth, none of that. the flock cameras that are on private property, condos, retail establishments. Do you in South Windsor, do you have... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...>> and I'll clarify, Flock has a lot of different products in their product line. you log in onto Flock Safety, the website, there's all sorts of things. There's LPRs, there's drones, there's... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...>> Okay. And uh I think >> and I'll clarify, Flock has a lot of different products in their product line. you log in onto Flock Safety, the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...number. So if someone calls for service, that's the case number that will be logged into the flock system to send out an alert that this license plate blah blah blah.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...different. It would just potentially bring something to light quicker uh with some of the safeguards that Flock is going to implement. Um again, we're waiting to see what the what the state... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...but Chief, I have a question. Um, can you clarify why South Windsor is not currently listed in Flock's public transparency portal and whether the department would consider opting in to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...because on August 31st I attended a Zoom call with the uh CEO and a senior vice president from Flock and it was very informational and the uh a lot of the items that you just discussed the audit... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...suspicion of any sort of usage that is against policy, the user will be automatically locked out of the flock safety system until the chief gets a chance to review it and determine... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...audit assistance. It's making it easier for uh the chief to be able to audit the usage of the flock system. Another one of those things that we announced is that our default data retention period... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...that you might be feeling that weight right now. If you direct the manager to direct me to abandon the flock program, any fallout or impact from that decision will rest heavily on your already heavy... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...tragedy. It left two kids dead and nine others hurt. An independent review of that incident credited the area's flock system with a quote critical transition in the investigation end quote by... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...involving a rammed cruiser, a package ID theft case, a robbery, and a stalking case. Our 104 successful flock uses to date involve zero incidents involving im involving immigration. They involve zero... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...that input is up to you. My decision to approve the installation and use of flock license plate readers was one that was not made lightly. After a written proposal was submitted to beam by our... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...As I said last time I stood up here, there's an abundance of misinformation being thrust at all of us about flock. Some of it comes from our phones. Some of it comes from the community. Heck,... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...mission statement, three of them are particularly relevant to today's discussion on flock. Today, we're discussing the tenant of the tenant of respecting the rights of individuals,... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...of been ignoring Josh up there in the monitor, but um he was here in case you had technical questions about Flock that I couldn't answer. Um, so before I I read some remarks, I'll ask Josh. Josh,... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...asked you that you'd like to share before we talk to the the person from Flock and then have a council have a discussion? >> Yeah, the you know, I wanted to I kind... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...sharing and that's where we currently sit today. It was instate sharing. Um I get each month from flock a sharing report and I have August here. Oh, that's turn to the right page. Um it it... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...model policy and state legislation. Um when Flock started, when Flock first came out, um we were able to and there was a lot of reciprocity with outofstate... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...to their department email. And for them to access the data, they'll log into Flock, it's a dual factor authentication. So they'll put in their username and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...once they're hired, once they're trained, once they're certified, they'll get a Flock user account that's linked to their department email. And for them to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...um this is an unusual topic for a town council meeting. So I would view you and the representative as flock as if you will the 10th and 11th or the today the 9th and the 10th town council member. So... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...session, the then town council, um, our police department entered into a contract with Flock Safety to, I believe, install eight cameras at specific town-owned property throughout... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...Chief Lindstöm um, and Josh Thomas, who I hope is, um, online, who's a representative from Flock Safety, uh, to tonight's meeting as we try to bring him in. Thank you. U, thank you, Mr. Thomas.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...All right. We are up to item uh 13A which is uh flock safety cameras. Um and just a a point of reference for people on our agenda next to items it says who... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...that's a hazard and maybe get that fixed. I appreciate it. Uh, for the record on the flock camera, I I do agree with uh everyone here tonight who spoke. I'm not in favor of it. Um, I just think... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...uh in my presentation I mentioned how important this is because uh effectively uh the algorithm that powers automated license plate readers is powered by AI and while this is a narrow AI uh you... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...the you know I wanted to I kind of been been ignoring Josh up there in the monitor but um he was here in case you had technical questions about flock that I couldn't answer Um so before I I I read some remarks I'll ask Josh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...you will hear uh that to date there hasn't been a specific court case uh that has ruled that automated license plate readers are unconstitutional. But I think the juristp prudence is changing... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...one is something that I haven't asked asked you that you'd like to share before we talk to the the person from flock and then have the council have a discussion. Yeah the you know I wanted to I kind of been been ignoring Josh up there in the monitor but um he was here in case you had... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...about the number of cameras. Uh according to publicly reported data, it's approximately 120,000 automated license plate readers around the country with block uh publicly reported again... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...just instate sharing sharing and that's where we currently sit today is instate sharing Um I get each month from flock flock a sharing report and I have August here turn to the right page Um Um it it says a monthly... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...technology surveillance and privacy rights. Uh recently I presented here on the use of automated license plate readers in a nonpartisan uh manner because my organization is nonpartisan... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...legislation Um when flock started started when flock first um we were able to and there was a lot of reciprocity with outofstate agencies and um you know agencies that really had no direct ties to us and then we... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...You might hear some people tonight uh you might hear from someone from Flock tonight to suggest somehow that or uh from others that flot cameras stop crime.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...rules that we are in terms of uh post post model policy and state legislation Um when flock started started when flock first um we were able to and there was a lot of reciprocity with outofstate agencies and um you know... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...previous couple of the previous speakers that whether or not you know Flock claims that they delete the data after a certain period of time that data is... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...query I'll I'll read to you directly from our policy which mirrors the state's policy Queries can be made to the A A ALPR system for a permitted purpose The user must log in with their personal credentials which are specific to that user only To query the system... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...Amendment violation or not. All I know is that a world where big tech companies are tracking our movements with ALPR cameras is a world that will breed mistrust, confusion, and fear. Do you... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...that's linked to their department department email And for them to access the data they'll log into Flock It's a dual factor authentication So they'll put in their username and password and then they'll get a a second factor authentication to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...will misuse this technology as they have an ethical and civic responsibility for our safety, but Flock and other ALPR vendors have no such responsibility. They only have a financial... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...right we're hiring honest hardworking forthcoming people Um once they're hired once they're trained once they're certified they'll get a flock user account that's linked to their department department email And for them to access... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...innocent until proven guilty. Let me be clear that this isn't just against flock specifically, but all big tech companies that use ALPRs. These are distinctly not red light or... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...you want us to consider consider at this time Uh clearly um this is an unusual topic for a town council council meeting So I would view you and the representative as flock as if you will the 10th and 11th or the today the 9th and the the 10th town council member So if... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...Freedom of Information Act request last year to get nine weeks worth of data from his town's flock cameras. In that time, Windsor data was searched about 590,000... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...Uh in 2023 after an executive session the then town town council um our police department entered into a contract with Flock Safety to I believe install eight cameras at specific specific town-owned... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...Windsor. I am here tonight to ask that the C town council in South Windsor Police Department remove the flock cameras from our town following the lead of Windsor, Milford, Killingworth, and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...formally Police Chief Lindstöm um and Josh Josh Thomas who I hope is um online who's a representative from Flock Safety Safety uh to tonight's meeting as we try to bring in Thank you U thank you Mr Thomas Uh before we start the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...shared as well about the cost of this uh to the community. uh my own community, Middletown, did cease our uh flock uh program as well um as we came to learn more about the company and the actions.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...and the extensions passes unanimously All right we are up to item uh 13A 13A which is uh flock safety cameras Um Um and just a a point of reference for people on our agenda Next items it says who... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...I hope that uh uh you all make the decision to to cease this mass surveillance with Flock, but all of these companies generally. Um I would love to come back and enjoy the uh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...So I would just ask that somebody maybe come out and take a look at that and see if that's a hazard and maybe get that fixed I appreciate it Uh for the record on the flock camera I I I do agree with uh everyone here tonight who spoke I'm not a favorite of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...also sharing that information with um other places. We all heard the example of a flock providing information uh to a police department in Texas who was looking to prosecute a woman who uh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...hear uh that to date there hasn't been a specific court case case uh that has ruled that automated license plate readers are unconstitutional but I think the juristprudence is changing and evolving rapidly given recent Supreme Court decisions on... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...However, when I learned that your community has opted to uh uh contract with Flock and engaging in mass surveillance of of of our community, the people who visit as well as the people... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...about the number of of cameras According to publicly reported data it's approximately 120,000 automated license plate readers around the country country with flock uh publicly reported again controlling approximately 85% of those cameras So as a community is... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...you're going to see more cases opened up the like. So, as you are budgeting for the cost of flock, it is important to consider that you're not just budgeting for the contract, you're budgeting for... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...correction Uh there was an individual earlier who talked about the number of of cameras According to publicly reported data it's approximately 120,000 automated license plate readers around the country country with flock uh publicly reported again controlling... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...cycle. We recently went through our budget cycle. When you are assessing the cost of flock, it is important to understand it is not just the cost of the contract that right now there are... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...looking at police technology surveillance and privacy rights Uh recently I presented here on the the use of automated license plate readers in a nonpartisan manner because my organization is nonpartisan But this evening... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...Windsor station apartments. Um Windsor recently made the decision to turn off our flock cameras. Um and I wanted to share with you some of the lessons learned that we got from that experience... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...cute puppies or kittens It's It's opposition to the mass surveillance that Flock cameras represent And there's nationwide and communitywide support support for their removal You might... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...now and there's a time after the meeting. You won't be able to talk to us when we get to flock camera or whatever the topic is that you want to talk. So, how many people does it look like? Okay.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-09-08] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - September 8, 2026
...I know is that a world where big big tech companies are tracking our movements with ALPR cameras is a world that will breed mistrust confusion and fear Do you want to live in such a world If not please see Sarah Gary who's a a key wave Sarah um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-07-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - July 6, 2026
...off the bat that this is a different topic, a different conversation entirely than the license plate reader conversation. They're two different devices, two different objectives, two... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-07-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - July 6, 2026
...neighborhood and others are worried about all the things we've talked about with flock with LPRs. Before anyone calls me a hypocrite for being supportive of the LPRs and hesitant with... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-06-01] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - June 1, 2026
...>> That's a lot of hard work. >> That is a lot of work. >> And then also the uh the flock license plate reader. I guess there's there's a lot of comments that how it's an... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...simply check who is passing a certain checkpoint and that's all. But what Flock is doing is they're using a network of these scanners all across the public roadway... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...You want to talk about privacy invasion? Here's a case where a lady was tracked down using Flock because she had an illegal abortion. Um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...firstly, thank you to the council for hearing my concerns in the past several weeks regarding our use of Flock. Um I appreciate you listening, asking questions, researching on your own.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...in our last meeting a a few times at least, the term was used that Flock is tracking people. I used it saying Flock is tracking people. Chief Lindstrom said, "Well, the the ALPRs are... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...person's intentions based on its observations. That was about a year ago. So, now we have Flock looking at my activity and not just logging it and making decisions about what I'm doing,... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...a few times at least, the term was used that Flock is tracking people. I used it saying Flock is tracking people. Chief Lindstrom said, "Well, the the ALPRs are not tracking people."... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...just tapping on for a couple minutes. Um ALPR technology, automated license plate readers, have been around for at least a couple decades. It's not new technology.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...I can't drive anywhere without Flock tracking that. If I go somewhere, that says something about me. Now, Flock recently started making actual judgment statements about a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...sure, whatever. There are good uses for that. What Flock is doing is quite different. Now, I have to assume Chief Lindstrom was referencing those legacy ALPR... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...Um problem just becomes that I can't drive anywhere without Flock tracking that. If I go somewhere, that says something about me. Now, Flock... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...What Flock is doing is quite different. Now, I have to assume Chief Lindstrom was referencing those legacy ALPR systems that simply check who is passing a certain... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...to an infusion clinic. Well, now all this is being fed into Flock's AI. So, now Flock AI is looking at this and saying, "Okay, you went to an infusion clinic. Possibly, we have,... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-20] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 20, 2026
...cancer. Now, is it bothering to specifically aggregate health records? No, that's not Flock's stated purpose, but they draw conclusions on all of your... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...the same type of cameras? The same type of cameras. >> of cameras. It's the license plate reader. There's no video anywhere. >> Right. Our reciprocity is just LPRs.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...are getting this data. It's not disclosed. But, the fact that the Flock contract clearly specifies that they can do so, that they don't have to pay us for all... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...because their contract clearly specifies that they can do it. Now, we know that Flock is partnered with Palantir, which is a scary mass surveillance company.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...That is a right granted to Flock. So, I would like to know who Flock is doing all of that sharing with... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...paid license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute the customer data. That is a right granted to Flock. So, I would like to know who Flock is doing... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...too. All I can do is rely on what Flock tells me. I did read the Flock contract. It's publicly available. It's right on their website.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...Flock was telling him though which is completely fair. That's what I'm doing too. All I can do is rely on what Flock tells me. I did read the Flock contract. It's... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...issues if they were doing so. And that he could only rely on what Flock was telling him though which is completely fair. That's what I'm doing too. All I can do is rely on what Flock... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...now the chief mentioned that among other things he does not believe that Flock is sharing that data with other companies. Um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...apparently opted out of that transparency report. So I didn't know we weren't using those specific Flock Condor vulnerable cameras. I'm still concerned about the ALPRs... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...the Flock transparency portal where each Flock customer uh has their usage of Flock disclosed and South Windsor had nothing. We had apparently opted out of that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...knowing because I didn't know. I went to the Flock transparency portal where each Flock customer uh has their usage of Flock disclosed and South Windsor had nothing. We had... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...systems from Flock which I appreciate knowing because I didn't know. I went to the Flock transparency portal where each Flock customer uh has their usage of Flock disclosed... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...now he mentioned that we are not using the any you know, people monitoring systems from Flock which I appreciate knowing because I didn't know. I went to the Flock transparency portal where each... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...protecting us from on a daily basis. Obviously I spoke before regarding my concerns about Flock and I did just want to follow up on a couple things that the chief said. Um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...you're at that comfort level, that kind of honest level. Okay. Thank you. And and Flock has also offered to come to council meetings in Connecticut and speak and I don't know if we're to that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...of the car as it goes by these these readers. So, one last question. How confident are you that the Flock Corporation is not going into or entering into agreements with other... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...Junior have the car out that night, was it whatever, was it a rental, who knows. But Flock is just giving us the back of the car pic a static picture of the back of the car. And that's also by design to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...it has? No. The recent concerns agencies are hearing are not the result of a successful hack or compromise of Flock's platform or cloud environment. The breach narrative you may see in YouTube... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...Um one of the it it's highlighting misconceptions and and misinformation. Number eight here is has Flock been breached and why do I keep hearing that it has? No. The recent concerns agencies... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...permission? Yeah. They they would have to be, you know, it would have to be hacked. Right. Um Flock sent out a letter to Connecticut Chiefs. Uh and they very specifically... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...successful. And if you ask any of those families involved if we didn't have the Flock, a lot of those cases would probably go unsolved.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...you know, and Flock isn't pulling people over. Right? Flock is There's a decision by an officer. Right. Yeah.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...that's for sure. Okay? And if my kid gets pulled over, you know, and Flock isn't pulling people over. Right? Flock is There's a decision by an... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...I'm I don't stray far off the line. If if I'm a by policy, by the law, and Flock isn't taking anyone into custody. Our investigators are. There's more legwork to be done. It's... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...I watched the public input on March 16th at the coun- No, if it was a year ago or 2 years ago, the Flock was mentioned by you. Um and I want to say I'm very happy for the families that we were able to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh Chief, just a quick question. Is the public able to go into the Flock system to see what your department has taken pictures of?... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...of Flock hits. We've had about five uh weapons seized because of Flock hits. We've had about 12 stolen cars recovered. We've had uh three armed robberies that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...Um we've had three family violence suspects apprehended as a direct result of Flock hits. We've had about five uh weapons seized because of Flock hits. We've had about... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...and what we're doing. So, uh the town of South Windsor currently uses Flock Safety is a private company. And uh we utilize Flock Safety's license plate reader system.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...maybe three, depending on who's around, to look for this car that left. What we can do is we can check Flock cameras. We call them cameras. Um they're not doing any video. It's a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...is stored for 30 days. That's our data, the town of South Windsor's data, housed on Flock's cloud hardware software. Um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...still close by. Uh it helps us saturate areas for investigative purposes. Um Flock does not take any pictures of people. You've been told otherwise.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...gentleman from the public was here um and spoke on Flock and quite frankly there was a lot of misinformation that was given to you folks. I know you're... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...cameras. We call them cameras. Um they're not doing any video. It's a static photo. We can check Flock cameras. We can check our own. And we can check neighboring towns who've given... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...currently uses Flock Safety is a private company. And uh we utilize Flock Safety's license plate reader system. They have a lot of different products within their their product line. The one... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...on uh our automated license plate readers. There's been a lot of misinformation in the media and misinformation online,... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...So, uh the town of South Windsor currently uses Flock Safety is a private company. And uh we utilize Flock Safety's license plate reader system. They have a lot of different products... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...efficient in holding suspects accountable. Flock does nothing other than take a picture. It's then left to the skill set of our investigators to go and piece... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh as you had requested, uh Chief Lindstrom is here to talk about the Flock camera systems, and I'm going to yield my time over to him uh for this period of time.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...how it works. All of our um officers have been trained in using it. They have a Flock accounts. They log in with their own credentials. So, if they're making queries in the system, it... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...face down on the asphalt with guns in their back, do the police realize that Flock got it wrong again. There are plenty of these cases. Um the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...make some grand claims. They have a research paper backing it up, which was authored by Flock employees, so that doesn't exactly hold water. Um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...In the Flock contract, you have the one copy that the police department holds, but you are also granting the Flock corporate a second copy of that data. It's a complete royalty-free copy. They... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...they're doing those things with. All of this data is, according to the Flock contract, owned by the town and accessible to the town to um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...search or surveillance to occur, and of course the signature of a judge. What Flock is doing is recording all of the movements and behaviors of everyone in his area of control as best... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...over time, and record where they're going. All of that gets fed into their Flock Nova analytics platform, which infers what they're doing and who they're doing those things with.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...Windsor's example. A few weeks ago, they disabled their Flock systems specifically because of privacy concerns. I hope you folks might consider similarly.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...um a AI-powered mass surveillance system from the company Flock Safety. Um it is essentially a system designed to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...demand its deletion and the cessation of further collection. In the Flock contract, you have the one copy that the police department holds, but you are also granting the Flock... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...However, there's no evidence that it prevents violent crime. If you look at the Flock website, they make some grand claims. They have a research paper backing it up, which was... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...aspects of this. There are some cybersecurity concerns. Um for example, Flock Condor cameras, it was revealed about a month ago, are streaming their video over the internet.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...Um we have, unfortunately, a growing mound of cases where people have been identified as Flock as criminals. They are treated as such by the police. They're pulled out of their... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-02] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 2, 2026
...that data. Um, at my direction, the police department did go back and look through the settings on our flock system to make sure that that information is not being shared. And I can tell you... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-02] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 2, 2026
...I think we talked about this the last meeting. I'm going to call it the the flock system, but it's the special um things that are registering people's information. Um I do have a couple... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2025-07-21] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - July 21, 2025
...uh my written report, I wanted to remind the council as well as the public that the town has installed a flock system several months ago. That's a plate reader c uh plate reader cameras... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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[2021-09-21] Town Council -- South Windsor Town Council Regular Meeting
...there are options available as one example license plate readers from a company called flock that are being used successfully in three towns in rhode island... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
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(no findings)
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- [2021-12-06] Town Council -- South Windsor Town Council Meeting 12/6/21
...process with axon enterprises inc whereas the town of south windsor police department's current body-worn camera program has existed for approximately six years... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
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(no findings)
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[2022-06-27] Town Council -- South Windsor Town Council Special Meeting - June 27, 2022
...install their equipment into your recording areas and then they have remote operators like drone operators in california that'll actually record your meetings and do everything that our... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-07] Town Council -- South Windsor Town Council Regular Meeting - March 7, 2022
...will we will get it published tomorrow and send that out tomorrow thank you so do we have a town drone like how did that fly over work i never so this is a natural evolution of the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
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[2022-03-07] Town Council -- South Windsor Town Council Regular Meeting - March 7, 2022
...um certainly wasn't done on my own no i mean that wasn't my main question i was just i liked the drone fly over so you said our our pci averages did you... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
facial_recognition¶
(no findings)
gunshot_detection¶
(no findings)
mobile_forensics¶
(no findings)
osint_social_monitor¶
(no findings)
predictive_policing¶
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...with Palantir, which is a scary mass surveillance company. We don't know if Palantir's getting this data. We don't know if other companies are getting this data. It's not... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: predictive_policing, unreviewed)
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[2026-04-06] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - April 6, 2026
...that they can do it. Now, we know that Flock is partnered with Palantir, which is a scary mass surveillance company. We don't know if Palantir's getting this... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: predictive_policing, unreviewed)
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[2026-03-16] Town Council -- Town Council Regular Meeting - March 16, 2026
...over time, and record where they're going. All of that gets fed into their Flock Nova analytics platform, which infers what they're doing and who they're doing those things with.... 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: 2
- Active meeting bodies: 2
- Videos registered: 146 (fetched: 142, no captions: 3)
- Date range covered: 2021-04-26 to 2026-09-22 (all 146 videos dated)
Channels¶
| display_name | channel_id | handle |
|---|---|---|
| South Windsor Public Schools Livestream | south_windsor_public_schools | @SouthWindsorPublicSchools |
| Town of South Windsor | town_of_south_windsor | @townofsouthwindsor6878 |
Tab crawl history¶
| channel_id | tab | last_crawled_at | video_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| south_windsor_public_schools | streams | 2026-09-27 14:29:47.353108 | 7 |
| south_windsor_public_schools | videos | 2026-09-27 14:29:46.476340 | 2 |
| town_of_south_windsor | streams | 2026-09-27 14:29:53.096298 | 325 |
| town_of_south_windsor | videos | 2026-09-27 14:29:48.361409 | 22 |
Registered meeting bodies¶
| body_name | category | active | video_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Council | council | True | 138 |
| Board of Education | education | True | 8 |
Agenda/minutes coverage¶
- Agenda sources registered: 2
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| south_windsor_boe_swagit | custom | https://southwindsorschools.new.swagit.com/ | unconfirmed |
| south_windsor_custom | custom | https://www.southwindsor-ct.gov/town-council/pages/all-town-council-meeting-agendas | unconfirmed |
Research log¶
| logged_at | field_name | new_value | source | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-23 09:33:00.950757 | agenda_platform_confirmed | Custom Drupal-based .gov CMS for general town government (node/ |
southwindsor-ct.gov, southwindsorschools.org, WebSearch | claude |
| 2026-08-23 09:33:00.950757 | channel_found | town_of_south_windsor (@townofsouthwindsor6878) for Town Council/land-use; south_windsor_public_schools (@SouthWindsorPublicSchools) for Board of Education -- both yt-dlp-confirmed | yt-dlp direct verification, 2026-08-23 | claude |
| 2026-08-23 09:33:00.950757 | committees_confirmed | Council-Manager government, 9-member Town Council elected at-large, Mayor/Deputy Mayor chosen from within Council. Full official board/commission roster (~50+ entities) confirmed via the town's own 25-page "Elected and Appointed Officials" PDF (as of 2026-08-20). | southwindsor-ct.gov, working_list_board_commission_listing_as_of_8-20-26.pdf | claude |
| 2026-08-23 09:33:00.950757 | coverage_confirmed | Town Council: 134 combined title matches across /videos (21) + /streams (323) on the town channel. Board of Education: 8 combined title matches (2 /videos + 6 /streams) on its own dedicated channel -- small but real and current (most recent title May 2026). | yt-dlp --flat-playlist crawl of both tabs, both channels, 2026-08-23 | claude |
| 2026-08-23 09:33:00.950757 | scope_boundary_confirmed | Board of Finance and Police Commission are GENUINELY ABSENT from South Windsor's government structure -- confirmed by cross-checking the complete official 25-page roster of all boards/commissions/committees, not merely a zero-coverage gap. Land-use/narrow-purpose boards excluded per established precedent: Planning & Zoning Commission (126 combined matches, incl. spelling variants), Zoning Board of Appeals, Parks & Recreation Commission, Water Pollution Control Authority, Inland Wetlands Agency/Conservation Commission. | yt-dlp crawl + working_list_board_commission_listing_as_of_8-20-26.pdf | claude |
Gaps and caveats¶
Videos with no captions available (3 shown, max 25)¶
| title | upload_date |
|---|---|
| Town Council Regular Meeting - September 2nd, 2025 | 2025-09-02 |
| Town Council Special Meeting - April 15, 2024 | 2024-04-15 |
| South Windsor Town Council Special Budget Work Session - April 7, 2022 | 2022-04-07 |
Tabs never crawled¶
(none)
Get the full transcripts¶
Download South Windsor'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 south-windsor-meeting-transcripts.zip -d south-windsor
cd south-windsor
# 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 2026-09-27T15:48:27 from South Windsor'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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