Surveillance-tech report: Stonington¶
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: Stonington¶
24 mentions of surveillance technology in 15 Stonington meetings, 2020–2026
Still incomplete: 116 known meetings are not yet transcribed, so an absence here is not proof a topic never came up.
This report collects every mention of surveillance technology found in Stonington'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 Stonington 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 Stonington police¶
Six Connecticut towns have released the Flock audit log of every search run against their cameras. Below is what that record holds for Stonington's own police department -- not a finding, just the log.
Stonington CT PD
- 7,434 searches between 2023-03 and 2026-07 (41 months with at least one search)
- 455 camera networks swept by the average single search
- 100% of them reached beyond Stonington'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 Stonington CT PD's search dashboard -- every one of those searches, filterable by month, stated reason, search type and how far it reached, with a How to read this tab covering what each field means and what the record cannot tell you.
A floor, not a total. The record only sees queries that reached those six towns' cameras. A single Flock query typically sweeps thousands of networks at once, so most of a Connecticut department's searching does land in it -- but the real count is higher. Nothing in it names an officer, shows a plate, or records what any search returned.
Mentions by topic: first seen / most recent¶
Back to the meetings. Everything above this point was about licence-plate searches -- what the town's police looked up. Everything below is about what was said: each mention is a moment in a recorded public meeting where a surveillance technology came up, with a link to that moment in the video.
| Topic | Mentions | Meetings | First seen | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPR / Flock | 12 | 6 | 2021-03-11 | 2026-09-09 |
| Body cameras | 4 | 3 | 2021-03-11 | 2026-03-30 |
| Drones | 3 | 3 | 2021-03-10 | 2026-03-02 |
| Predictive policing | 3 | 3 | 2020-05-07 | 2026-03-04 |
| General surveillance | 2 | 2 | 2021-02-23 | 2024-04-24 |
Timeline¶
15 meetings surfaced a finding (15 dated, spanning 2020-05-07 to 2026-09-09; 0 of unknown date, listed last). Newest first.
Since 2026-08-28 (through 2026-09-27, when this report was generated):
2026-09-09 -- Board of Selectmen¶
Board of Selectmen - 09.09.26 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> Jessica Morrisy Stonington. Uh 43 years. I still want to know what your official stance is regarding data centers, flock, and ICE. >> We are going to cover all those things...
Earlier meetings (14)
2026-08-26 -- Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen - 08.26.26 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...question, what is the official stance from the town of Stonington on data centers, flock, you name it. I'd like to know what your stance is. I understand that flock has...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...centers, flock, you name it. I'd like to know what your stance is. I understand that flock has been incorporated in the town of Stonington for a couple years now and...
2026-03-30 -- Board of Finance
Board of Finance - 03.30.26 (topics: alpr, body_camera)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...children have gone from kindergarten all the way through 8th grade now. Um today I wanted to talk about the Flock security cameras. >> Get a little closer to the mic....alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...>> Get a little closer to the mic. >> Sure. the flock security cameras um that were approved in the budget in 2022 um kind of during the co uh since then...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...things but um you uh the electronic founder Fontation did uh a pretty good uh dive into the Flock security cameras and many of the the security vulnerabilities that they found uh were...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...and many of the the security vulnerabilities that they found uh were were startling and it took Flock a very long time to patch these vulnerabilities and the reaction of the company itself...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Um, we have we have to hire third party people to to find these security vulnerabilities and Flock's very quiet and um secretive about all of their technology which has been shown to be...body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Taking 168650 from the old turf account, $70,000 from the body cam account. uh 53,500 from the file retention account and...
2026-03-04 -- Board of Finance
Board of Finance -03.04.26 (topics: predictive_policing)
predictive_policingWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...particular model, look at marry the specs with the model. We needed to find a a foundry that could produce the core from 1962 or equal. We needed a company that can...
2026-03-02 -- Board of Finance
Board of Finance - 03.02.26 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...leaking issues and a thermal study done on the roof. New thermal studies are absolutely awesome. They use a drone fly over it to get a full picture. Not like the old ones where they just took a...
2026-02-03 -- Planning & Zoning Commission
Stonington Planning & Zoning Commission 2-3-2026 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...square foot lot in an RH10. And if you look at the site map, the this was this was shot with a drone on the on uh November 16th, I believe it was. Uh and if you look, there's an...
2025-09-24 -- Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen - 09.24.25 (topics: predictive_policing)
predictive_policingWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...Thanks, Jen. All right. Um, nothing else. We can stand adjourned. And Debbie, thanks for joining via Gotham. Oh, thank you. See you soon....
2024-06-12 -- Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen - 06.12.24 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...there like a software that doesn't read the license plate yeah so there's a license plate reader component in that and what it does is it takes all the information from that and if it meets...
2024-04-24 -- Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen - 04.24.24 (topics: surveillance_general)
surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...you want to come here just because we are recording these now um thank you CCTV um we sit there and spoiler alert for everyone else you'll get the same exact...
2021-08-04 -- Board of Finance
Board of Finance 08 04 2021 (topics: body_camera)
body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...yes so this is just part of the necessary upgrades we're going to need to support the upcoming body cam camera system uh for the police department...
2021-03-11 -- Board of Finance
Board of Finance Budget Hearings 3/11/21 (topics: alpr)
alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...though are uh the license plate readers currently we maintain a one license plate reader um it's a 25 to 30 thousand dollar option that's been a sip request in the future...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...one that we have based on the lpr technology that's going to go into the car so the license plate reader now for anybody who doesn't know it captures license plates stores them in a database...
2021-03-11 -- Board of Police Commissioners
Board of Police Commissioners 3/11/21 (topics: alpr, body_camera)
body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...the florida finance and one of the big things is the axon which is a body cam and dash cam quote um so we have lieutenant schneider behind me...body_cameraWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...assurance plan and what that does is it allows the pd to acquire 45 individual body cam units and some may ask why 45 when you have a...alpr_flockWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...uh has lpr technology built into it lpr is the uh license plate reader that we currently have on one of our cars that's a sip item that we usually uh...
2021-03-10 -- Board of Finance
Board of Finance Budget Hearings 3/10/21 (topics: drone)
droneWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...i've got him here i don't i didn't seagulls now i gotta get the drone out and look at that yeah but it just seems very extremely fragile to me for...
2021-02-23 -- Board of Finance
Board of Finance Budget Hearings Tuesday Feb 23 General Govt wCIP WPCA wCIP 2/23/21 (topics: surveillance_general)
surveillance_generalWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...at page 92 93 93 line 13 town wide surveillance camera program i think line line three video security...
2020-05-07 -- Board of Selectmen
Town of Stonington Board of Selectmen - Special Meeting with UCONN Students - 5/7/20 (topics: predictive_policing)
predictive_policingWatch on YouTube ▸ > ...than 10 which are indicated by the red hashes and are found underneath a former foundry of the mill building to the right are the non hazardous areas which are indicated by blue hashes and they're...
Findings by topic¶
ai_data_fusion¶
(no findings)
alpr¶
-
[2026-09-09] Board of Selectmen -- Board of Selectmen - 09.09.26
...>> Jessica Morrisy Stonington. Uh 43 years. I still want to know what your official stance is regarding data centers, flock, and ICE. >> We are going to cover all those things... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
-
[2026-08-26] Board of Selectmen -- Board of Selectmen - 08.26.26
...question, what is the official stance from the town of Stonington on data centers, flock, you name it. I'd like to know what your stance is. I understand that flock has... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
-
[2026-08-26] Board of Selectmen -- Board of Selectmen - 08.26.26
...centers, flock, you name it. I'd like to know what your stance is. I understand that flock has been incorporated in the town of Stonington for a couple years now and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
-
[2026-03-30] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance - 03.30.26
...Um, we have we have to hire third party people to to find these security vulnerabilities and Flock's very quiet and um secretive about all of their technology which has been shown to be... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
-
[2026-03-30] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance - 03.30.26
...children have gone from kindergarten all the way through 8th grade now. Um today I wanted to talk about the Flock security cameras. >> Get a little closer to the mic.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
-
[2026-03-30] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance - 03.30.26
...and many of the the security vulnerabilities that they found uh were were startling and it took Flock a very long time to patch these vulnerabilities and the reaction of the company itself... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
-
[2026-03-30] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance - 03.30.26
...>> Get a little closer to the mic. >> Sure. the flock security cameras um that were approved in the budget in 2022 um kind of during the co uh since then... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
-
[2026-03-30] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance - 03.30.26
...things but um you uh the electronic founder Fontation did uh a pretty good uh dive into the Flock security cameras and many of the the security vulnerabilities that they found uh were... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
-
[2024-06-12] Board of Selectmen -- Board of Selectmen - 06.12.24
...there like a software that doesn't read the license plate yeah so there's a license plate reader component in that and what it does is it takes all the information from that and if it meets... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
-
[2021-03-11] Board of Police Commissioners -- Board of Police Commissioners 3/11/21
...uh has lpr technology built into it lpr is the uh license plate reader that we currently have on one of our cars that's a sip item that we usually uh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
-
[2021-03-11] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance Budget Hearings 3/11/21
...one that we have based on the lpr technology that's going to go into the car so the license plate reader now for anybody who doesn't know it captures license plates stores them in a database... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
-
[2021-03-11] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance Budget Hearings 3/11/21
...though are uh the license plate readers currently we maintain a one license plate reader um it's a 25 to 30 thousand dollar option that's been a sip request in the future... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)
biometrics_other¶
(no findings)
body_camera¶
-
[2026-03-30] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance - 03.30.26
...Taking 168650 from the old turf account, $70,000 from the body cam account. uh 53,500 from the file retention account and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
-
[2021-08-04] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance 08 04 2021
...yes so this is just part of the necessary upgrades we're going to need to support the upcoming body cam camera system uh for the police department... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
-
[2021-03-11] Board of Police Commissioners -- Board of Police Commissioners 3/11/21
...assurance plan and what that does is it allows the pd to acquire 45 individual body cam units and some may ask why 45 when you have a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
-
[2021-03-11] Board of Police Commissioners -- Board of Police Commissioners 3/11/21
...the florida finance and one of the big things is the axon which is a body cam and dash cam quote um so we have lieutenant schneider behind me... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)
cad¶
(no findings)
cell_site_sim¶
(no findings)
data_broker¶
(no findings)
doorbell_partnership¶
(no findings)
drone¶
-
[2026-03-02] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance - 03.02.26
...leaking issues and a thermal study done on the roof. New thermal studies are absolutely awesome. They use a drone fly over it to get a full picture. Not like the old ones where they just took a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
-
[2026-02-03] Planning & Zoning Commission -- Stonington Planning & Zoning Commission 2-3-2026
...square foot lot in an RH10. And if you look at the site map, the this was this was shot with a drone on the on uh November 16th, I believe it was. Uh and if you look, there's an... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)
-
[2021-03-10] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance Budget Hearings 3/10/21
...i've got him here i don't i didn't seagulls now i gotta get the drone out and look at that yeah but it just seems very extremely fragile to me for... 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¶
-
[2026-03-04] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance -03.04.26
...particular model, look at marry the specs with the model. We needed to find a a foundry that could produce the core from 1962 or equal. We needed a company that can... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: predictive_policing, unreviewed)
-
[2025-09-24] Board of Selectmen -- Board of Selectmen - 09.24.25
...Thanks, Jen. All right. Um, nothing else. We can stand adjourned. And Debbie, thanks for joining via Gotham. Oh, thank you. See you soon.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: predictive_policing, unreviewed)
-
[2020-05-07] Board of Selectmen -- Town of Stonington Board of Selectmen - Special Meeting with UCONN Students - 5/7/20
...than 10 which are indicated by the red hashes and are found underneath a former foundry of the mill building to the right are the non hazardous areas which are indicated by blue hashes and they're... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: predictive_policing, unreviewed)
purchasing_broker¶
(no findings)
rtcc¶
(no findings)
surveillance_general¶
-
[2024-04-24] Board of Selectmen -- Board of Selectmen - 04.24.24
...you want to come here just because we are recording these now um thank you CCTV um we sit there and spoiler alert for everyone else you'll get the same exact... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
-
[2021-02-23] Board of Finance -- Board of Finance Budget Hearings Tuesday Feb 23 General Govt wCIP WPCA wCIP 2/23/21
...at page 92 93 93 line 13 town wide surveillance camera program i think line line three video security... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)
undercover_tools¶
(no findings)
vehicle_forensics¶
(no findings)
video_analytics¶
(no findings)
Agenda/minutes mentions (unreviewed -- live keyword scan, no human review queue yet)¶
ai_data_fusion¶
(no mentions)
alpr¶
(no mentions)
biometrics_other¶
(no mentions)
body_camera¶
(no mentions)
cad¶
(no mentions)
cell_site_sim¶
(no mentions)
data_broker¶
(no mentions)
doorbell_partnership¶
(no mentions)
drone¶
(no mentions)
facial_recognition¶
(no mentions)
gunshot_detection¶
(no mentions)
mobile_forensics¶
(no mentions)
osint_social_monitor¶
(no mentions)
predictive_policing¶
(no mentions)
purchasing_broker¶
(no mentions)
rtcc¶
(no mentions)
surveillance_general¶
(no mentions)
undercover_tools¶
(no mentions)
vehicle_forensics¶
(no mentions)
video_analytics¶
(no mentions)
How this report was built¶
Everything below describes the corpus and its limits, rather than what was found in it.
Coverage status¶
- Channels registered: 1
- Active meeting bodies: 20
- Videos registered: 391 (fetched: 275, no captions: 4)
- Date range covered: 2020-03-19 to 2026-09-09 (all 391 videos dated)
Channels¶
| display_name | channel_id | handle |
|---|---|---|
| Town of Stonington, CT. | stonington_ct | @townofstoningtonct.9270 |
Tab crawl history¶
| channel_id | tab | last_crawled_at | video_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| stonington_ct | streams | 2026-09-27 14:40:42.915820 | 16 |
| stonington_ct | videos | 2026-09-27 14:40:41.964337 | 481 |
Registered meeting bodies¶
| body_name | category | active | video_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board of Finance | budget_finance | True | 53 |
| Board of Selectmen/Board of Finance Joint Meeting | budget_finance | True | 0 |
| Retirement Board | budget_finance | True | 3 |
| K-12 Building Committee | education | True | 4 |
| Architectural Design Review Board | other | True | 10 |
| Beautification Committee | other | True | 4 |
| Board of Assessment Appeals | other | True | 5 |
| Board of Selectmen | other | True | 104 |
| Charter Revision Commission | other | True | 20 |
| Climate Change Task Force | other | True | 10 |
| Economic Development Commission | other | True | 14 |
| Harbor Management Commission | other | True | 17 |
| Inland Wetlands & Water Courses Commission | other | True | 2 |
| Mystic River Boathouse Park Implementation Committee | other | True | 11 |
| Planning & Zoning Commission | other | True | 84 |
| Public Communications Ad Hoc Committee | other | True | 6 |
| Shellfish Commission | other | True | 2 |
| Waterfront Commission | other | True | 7 |
| Zoning Board of Appeals | other | True | 3 |
| Board of Police Commissioners | public_safety | True | 32 |
Zero videos registered for: Board of Selectmen/Board of Finance Joint Meeting
Agenda/minutes coverage¶
- Agenda sources registered: 1
- Documents registered: 0 (fetched: 0)
- Date range covered: no agenda document on file carries a parseable date yet
Agenda sources¶
| source_id | platform | base_url | status |
|---|---|---|---|
| stonington_custom | custom | https://www.stonington-ct.gov/node/2341/agenda | unconfirmed |
Research log¶
| logged_at | field_name | new_value | source | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 07:45:14.691170 | channel_found | stonington_ct (Town of Stonington, CT., channel UC1V_TTW07BNFW68UX3dcVWA) -- confirmed via yt-dlp, distinct from the regional SEC-TV rebroadcast channel | WebSearch + yt-dlp --flat-playlist --dump-single-json against youtube.com/channel/UC1V_TTW07BNFW68UX3dcVWA/videos | claude |
| 2026-08-27 07:45:14.691170 | channel_scope_check | Explicitly checked the full 475-title crawl for North Stonington (a separate neighboring town with its own government, northstoningtonct.gov) contamination -- ZERO hits. "Mystic" appears in several real titles (Mystic River Boathouse Park, Mystic Harbor Management Commission) but Mystic is a village WITHIN the Town of Stonington, not a separate municipality -- not a collision. Also confirmed this channel is distinct from the regional SEC-TV channel, which per its own description also nominally serves Stonington as a rebroadcast target. | grep of yt-dlp --flat-playlist crawl of youtube.com/channel/UC1V_TTW07BNFW68UX3dcVWA/videos against "north stonington", 2026-08-27 | claude |
| 2026-08-27 07:45:14.691170 | committees_confirmed | Board of Selectmen + Board of Finance + a large set of commissions/committees confirmed directly from the real 475-title crawl | yt-dlp --flat-playlist crawl of youtube.com/channel/UC1V_TTW07BNFW68UX3dcVWA/videos, 2026-08-27 | claude |
| 2026-08-27 07:45:14.691170 | patterns_validated_from_real_titles | Unfiltered crawl of /videos (475 titles) -- 371/475 (78%) matched across 20 registered bodies | yt-dlp --flat-playlist crawl of youtube.com/channel/UC1V_TTW07BNFW68UX3dcVWA/videos, 2026-08-27 | claude |
Gaps and caveats¶
Videos with no captions available (4 shown, max 25)¶
| title | upload_date |
|---|---|
| Stonington Planning & Zoning Commission 09 01 26 | 2026-09-01 |
| Board of Finance - 03.10.26 | 2026-03-10 |
| Stonington Planning & Zoning Commission 03-03-2026 | 2026-03-03 |
| Town of Stonington, CT Board of Finance meeting 3-18/2020 5:00 PM | 2020-03-20 |
Tabs never crawled¶
(none)
Get the full transcripts¶
Download Stonington'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 stonington-meeting-transcripts.zip -d stonington
cd stonington
# 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 2026-09-27T15:53:16 from Stonington'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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