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Surveillance-tech report: West Hartford

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At a glance: West Hartford

144 mentions of surveillance technology in 52 West Hartford meetings, 2017–2026

144mentionsacross 52 meetings · read the timeline 2017–2026first to latest mention2017-05-16 → 2026-09-22 6technologies discussedALPR / Flock, Body cameras, Drones, Facial recognition, Real-time crime centres, General surveillance 41,498licence-plate searchesby West Hartford police, in six towns' released Flock logs · open the dashboard 93%of known meetings transcribed777 of 834 meetings 14agenda & minutes mentionskeyword scan, not yet reviewed

This report collects every mention of surveillance technology found in West Hartford'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 West Hartford police

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

West Hartford CT PD

  • 41,498 searches between 2023-01 and 2026-08 (44 months with at least one search)
  • 473 camera networks swept by the average single search
  • 99% of them reached beyond West Hartford'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 West Hartford 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 66 17 2019-05-07 2026-09-22
Body cameras 15 10 2020-07-08 2026-06-02
Drones 55 27 2017-05-16 2026-05-05
Facial recognition 3 2 2024-11-14 2026-08-04
Real-time crime centres 1 1 2026-03-31 2026-03-31
General surveillance 4 3 2024-09-24 2026-03-31

Timeline

52 meetings surfaced a finding (52 dated, spanning 2017-05-16 to 2026-09-22; 0 of unknown date, listed last). Newest first.

Since 2026-08-28 (through 2026-09-27, when this report was generated):

2026-09-22 -- Town Council

Town Council Meeting of September 22, 2026 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...communications Corey Manento uh addressing the town council on the use of ALPR cameras. But before um Corey goes, I just want to um just sorry it's been a busy day. Uh before we begin, I...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...extremely important. I know many residents are here tonight because they want to speak about the automated license plate reader or ALPR technology, including flot cameras. We hear those...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...residents are here tonight because they want to speak about the automated license plate reader or ALPR technology, including flot cameras. We hear those concerns and take them very seriously....
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...privacy and civil liberties. We are awaiting statewide guidance regarding the use of ALPR technology. The council will continue to receive information and consider this issue as that guidance...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...different rules. Public comment during that meeting is is limited to matters on the council's agenda. Because ALPR technology is not on tonight's regular council agenda, it will not be the...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...these cameras only read license plates and that's all they're doing. But in fact on Flock's own website um they say that their existing infrastructure collects speed data....
Earlier meetings (51)

2026-08-04 -- Public Safety Committee

Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026 (topics: alpr, facial_recognition)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...Mr. led with for putting this on the agenda and\h moving it up uh before we talk about the next\h\h incredibly important uh topic. Um and I will go\h ahead and move on to our discussion regarding\h\h license plate readers also known uh commonly known\h as flock cameras. It is something that has been\h\h of great interest here in West Harford as well\h as across the country and um I would like to u...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...responsibly, uh it does make our town safer. Um at\h the same time, uh we recognize that any technology\h\h uh must has to have safeguards uh and oversight.\h and Connecticut as as you'll hear uh from the\h\h chief has enacted legislation that establishes\h standards for the use of uh license plate reader\h\h systems uh including limitations on data retention\h and access controls uh audit require...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...with that uh as an opening I'd like to turn\h things over to the chief uh who will provide\h\h an overview of the program. Uh we also invited uh\h Max Weinstein who uh is a representative from uh\h\h Flock Safety who is the vendor who we\h are working with here in West Hartford\h\h and uh through you Mr. Chairman I will\h turn things over to our chief Chief Frick.\h\h Good morning uh Mr. Manager. ...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...Extremely important to understand that\h that uh public safety and civil liberties\h\h uh are not adversaries. uh\h they can complement each other\h\h uh as we go forward as we have been going\h forward with our uh ALPR program. Uh public\h\h safety is important, protecting our\h victims, privacy is extremely important,\h\h transparency is paramount, and of course\h accountability through audits a...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...transparency is paramount, and of course\h accountability through audits and training. So why are we here uh this morning? uh if we've\h watched the national narrative uh there's been a\h\h lot of discussions regarding LPRs um LPRs uh\h people have now said associated flock to all\h\h LPRs but we know there's different vendors out\h there it reminds us of of a Kleenex there's many\h\h different ty...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...LPRs but we know there's different vendors out\h there it reminds us of of a Kleenex there's many\h\h different types of tissues but everyone just says\h Kleenex so that's where we are regarding flocks\h\h and and Flock is our vendor and I truly have an\h appreciation for the public's concern regarding\h\h potential overreach of governmental authority and\h what's happening with the data. Uh let's...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...no name tags, and utilizing some of this\h technology to uh go get immigration folks and\h\h potentially other people. So, there's been a shift\h and the public is disturbed and troubled. We all\h\h know the case uh the Texas deputy who utilized the\h ALPR system to investigate a reproductive rights\h\h case. uh no one agreed with well let me not say\h that most of us in the law enforcement commun...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...Uh that being said, we already have changed\h our policy and updated it. We are currently\h\h in compliance with this statute even though\h it doesn't come into effect until October and I have Max Mr. Max Weinstein here who can\h discuss a lot of these issues later on the flock\h\h side. So I thank him for that. Um you know vendor\h contracts prohibit the selling of data and the uh\h\h consumer uh...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...ourselves with failure, but we just want to, you\h know, take a look at this and make sure it works. Right now on our West Harford uh plea PD web\h page uh we have several policies that are there\h\h including our LPR policy. So people can take a\h look at that. Our flock transparency uh portal\h\h is there. Um and in that portal what you have\h is the number of days that the data is retained.\h\h...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...characteristics. That means if people\h put information in uh to the system,\h\h it will alert off that. uh supports permitted\h investigations and creates investigative leads.\h\h What does not do? There's no images of\h individuals. We don't use facial recognition.\h\h There's no recording of audio uh conversations.\h There's no first amendment infringements\h\h or monitoring at all. Again, this...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...uh that is not the intent uh at all and that\h is not the purpose and that's not the function. At a glance, we have 34 cameras. Um since uh\h January of this year, we recovered 38 stolen\h\h vehicles from flock alerts. Uh since the inception\h of our program in 2022, 276 Amber, silver, and\h\h missing persons alerts. uh that does not recognize\h how many of those we actually found, but these are\h...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the vehicle evaded the scene. We did talk to a few\h witnesses. We did not have uh good statements from\h\h them. Uh we found a piece of evidence on the scene\h which the investigators were able to put it to\h\h what we believe a specific vehicle. Um fortunately\h we put this information into the flock system and\h\h within 13 hours in the use of the flock technology\h uh we were able to make an a...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...them. Uh we found a piece of evidence on the scene\h which the investigators were able to put it to\h\h what we believe a specific vehicle. Um fortunately\h we put this information into the flock system and\h\h within 13 hours in the use of the flock technology\h uh we were able to make an arrest and secure an\h\h arrest warrant. uh without the FL technology this\h crime would not have remained pr...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and patrol and our community support division and\h um the community support division is called CSU.\h\h Uh that is more of our uh street crime\h uh interdiction unit in 2026 is a recent\h\h uh just a few weeks ago. Sorry, we had a flock\h hit that led to an arrest for an individual had\h\h multiple warrants at East Harford in Hartford.\h And as we talked about domestic violence,\h\h charges inclu...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...multiple warrants at East Harford in Hartford.\h And as we talked about domestic violence,\h\h charges included domestic violence,\h interfering with police and breach of peace.\h\h And also just a few weeks ago, as a result\h of a flock hit of a stolen motor vehicle,\h\h we arrested two individuals. The charges\h for failure of probation, excuse me,\h\h violation or probation, uh failure to appea...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and possession with intent to sell. Again,\h great grabs as utilization of this technology. Last year around November, we had a uh a\h family that reported one of their loved\h\h ones missing. Uh they did not know where they\h were at as a result of the flock tech. We put\h\h the information into the LPRs. Um later on in the\h evening, the vehicle hit on a couple of the LPRs.\h\h Long story short,...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...when we spoke to them and he was just trying\h to find his way home and just couldn't do it. That concludes my slideshow uh\h presentation. Uh at this time,\h\h my request through you uh Mr. share if I\h could allow uh Max Weinstein from Flock\h\h to provide some comments um regarding\h the Flock technology specifically\h\h and then after that we can entertain any\h questions uh if that's okay wit...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...That concludes my slideshow uh\h presentation. Uh at this time,\h\h my request through you uh Mr. share if I\h could allow uh Max Weinstein from Flock\h\h to provide some comments um regarding\h the Flock technology specifically\h\h and then after that we can entertain any\h questions uh if that's okay with you sir you are muted thank you I said absolutely make\h it so Chief Rick thank you appreci...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...your assistance um in helping us uh prepare for\h today. Go ahead, Max. Thank you, Chief. And uh to\h\h the committee, uh thank you very much for allowing\h me a little time to present this morning. Uh my\h\h name is Max. I'm the director of public trust\h and technology here at Flock. I've been with\h\h the company for about two and a half years. And\h as Chief uh mentioned before, one correction...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...similar meetings like this. This meeting is of\h particular personal importance because this is\h\h where my family is. Um, so thank you very much\h for for giving me the opportunity to speak. Um,\h\h Chief, as you mentioned, you know, LPR technology\h is not new. Uh, Flock was able to really transform\h\h the way it's utilized within law enforcement.\h And as a company, we really want to create\h...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...thank you again. I want to use this time as a true\h ask me anything. Uh there are a lot of fallacies\h\h out there. As chief said, we are the Kleenex of\h LPR. There are a lot of issues with vendors out\h\h there who are in our space and what they're doing.\h Uh Flock tends to take a lot of the rat for that\h\h and so I'm here to correct the record and answer\h any questions uh that the committee...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...any questions or comments, please? Yeah. Thank\h you, Mr. Chair. Um, yeah, first of all, thank\h\h you for that really informative presentation.\h uh really helps to understand uh what exactly\h\h are flock cameras. So I'm appreciative of that.\h Um I had a couple of questions. One is you said\h\h I believe that there are 34 cameras in town. I\h was wondering how you decide where you put them.\h\h...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...I believe that there are 34 cameras in town. I\h was wondering how you decide where you put them.\h\h Um which locations those go to and why? And\h then the second question I had was what was\h\h the cost of the um program? meaning what is the\h town spending on on flock cameras. Thank you.\h\h All right. Through you uh Mr. Chair, uh the the\h initial inception of this was an ARPA funding\h\h uh b...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...where it flows. We have safeguards within the\h system to make sure that it is only shared with\h\h who the town chooses and elects to share with. In\h addition, you can only share the sharing network\h\h is only for other law enforcement agencies. So\h even though Flock does have a private customer uh\h\h group uh those those customers data is completely\h separate and bifurcated from law enforce...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...subpoenas? I want to make sure that people\h understand um you know if if I don't know if a\h\h federal agency were to come to us with a subpoena\h in that case um where the obligations lie.\h\h Sure. So sorry is the question if the federal\h agency comes to flock with a subpoena or West\h\h Hartford police? Uh well I think if West\h Hartford police come we own the data so\h\h it's not a question....
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...Hartford police? Uh well I think if West\h Hartford police come we own the data so\h\h it's not a question. So outside agencies outside\h of of West Harford. [snorts] Yeah. So to be clear,\h\h if um if you if a federal agency or any agency\h comes to Flock with a subpoena or a request\h\h for customer data, it is Flock's position and\h contractual contractual obligation to refer that\h\h entity ba...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...it's not a question. So outside agencies outside\h of of West Harford. [snorts] Yeah. So to be clear,\h\h if um if you if a federal agency or any agency\h comes to Flock with a subpoena or a request\h\h for customer data, it is Flock's position and\h contractual contractual obligation to refer that\h\h entity back to the data owner. In this case,\h the town. So we would redirect to the town and\h...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...say you must go to them if you want the data. If\h for some reason, and I want to be clear, this has\h\h never happened. We are speaking in hypotheticals\h now, but if for some reason that federal agency\h\h or whatever that entity is came back to flock and\h said, "No, you must comply with this subpoena,"\h\h we would refer them back to the town and\h we will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with\h\h y...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...for some reason there is a judge that insists\h that data must be released to that federal agency,\h\h we would have no choice as the town would\h have no choice but to comply. Now, that is\h\h Flock's legal position. I can tell you that in\h the history of Flock, that has not happened. Okay. Thank you. That's very interesting\h to know and I appreciate that.\h\h One last question and I'll turn it...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...Uh so all the same parameters exist for block\h and NCIC and it's the same users that are using\h\h both systems uh sworn personnel. The\h auditing process, we take random samples\h\h of officers throughout the month. Um and Flock\h makes it very easy to audit what's been done.\h\h There's timestamps and date stamps for\h essentially every keystroke in a program.\h\h Uh so we take a random samplin...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...Hospital for example that is personal and it's\h encrypted in one drive so Microsoft cannot\h\h go in and read my data even though my data\h is hosted on a Microsoft server. Is that how\h\h it works with flock or what level of access\h does the actual corporation have to our data?\h\h Yeah. Um I can take that. That's a that's a good\h question. Uh so yes, the data the second it's\h\h data is taken...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...that you use at Hartford um is something like\h Epic, right? Where you actually need to decrypt\h\h that information for a provider to actually be\h able to read it in a patient room, for example.\h\h That is kind of where Flock is. And so there is a\h specific subset of CJIS certified employees that\h\h exist within here. I'm I'm one of them.\h uh who because we need to fix the system\h\h may at ...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...The the camera, if that's the email that you're\h that I believe you're referring to, uh that's\h\h a private entities camera. That is not a West\h Hartford uh Police Department camera, LPR camera.\h\h Um, thank you. And just so the but just to follow\h so the the flock cameras that are are in town,\h\h these are purely license plate readers and nothing\h no other information is being captured. Is...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...Um, thank you. And just so the but just to follow\h so the the flock cameras that are are in town,\h\h these are purely license plate readers and nothing\h no other information is being captured. Is that\h\h accurate for the specific flock cameras? Yes.\h However, as you know, we have s other surveillance\h\h cameras that we have throughout the town regarding\h that. But for the flock cameras that...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...these are purely license plate readers and nothing\h no other information is being captured. Is that\h\h accurate for the specific flock cameras? Yes.\h However, as you know, we have s other surveillance\h\h cameras that we have throughout the town regarding\h that. But for the flock cameras that is accurate.\h\h Uh thank you and through you Mr. Chair. Just one\h other request um and the U transpa...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...is the protections surrounding this um are are\h answering those questions. Um and we still need\h\h to, you know, be eyes wide open and if anything\h were to change, uh if the courts were to start to\h\h insist, uh that flock open up data for a use for\h something, that would change, uh the dynamic of of\h\h how we would handle and what kind of information\h we would have available uh for um any ...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...is really uh understanding how we can prevent\h um by training and uh and audits and then and\h\h and then making sure that we are enforcing any\h anything that goes that goes wrong. Um we had uh\h\h a meeting with uh several city residents and one\h was from Windsor who had disconnected um the flock\h\h and um and had their reasons for for doing\h that and mostly I think there were a lot of\h\h u...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...was the a had audits been done prior to sort\h of this current environment and, um, I think\h\h that question was answered uh, that you had done\h them. I just want to make sure that we get back\h\h to Robin on that. and the flock had a 20% I think\h it was clearance rate is the is the term uh and\h\h West Hartford uh she asked about whether that was\h a similar clearance rate and would we have th...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...have to go before a judge and secure a judicial\h warrant, serve that warrant to the data owner,\h\h which would be West Hartford in this case, and\h then they would have to choose whether or whether\h\h or not to comply. It takes flock, it takes\h the private side out of it completely.\h\h Uh but that is how the process will\h work once SP 397 goes into effect.\h\h Yeah. Okay. That's what I just ...

2026-06-02 -- Public Safety Committee

Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - June 2, 2026 (topics: body_camera)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...evidence that we absolutely can. Uh the main thing right off the hop is we want to make sure we preserve all body worn camera, fleet uh fleet videos, radio transmissions, case reports, uh...
  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...surveillance video, pictures, anything that was attached to the case um with our body worn camera and fleet videos, there's um predetermined uh records retention guidelines on when...

2026-05-05 -- Public Safety Committee

Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - May 5, 2026 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...class of drug a driver may be impaired on um besides alcohol. In addition to that, I have two drone pilots. Uh all of our officers in traffic are uh drager instructors. That is the machine that we...

2026-03-31 -- Public Safety Committee

Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026 (topics: body_camera, drone, rtcc, surveillance_general)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...So, uh, since then, um, if someone requests a record, they can request the report. They can also request the body cam. They can request the call that comes in. They can request any photos...
  • surveillance_general Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and definitely within this town, you're on camera somewhere uh by someone's camera, whether it's surveillance camera, uh home camera, a business camera, whatever the case is. And you...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...going to move forward with our Axon equipment. At the same time, we had our drone program with some legislative mandates with uh a ban on Chinese-made drones...
  • rtcc Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...capital felonies A and B felonies. So again it's uh all in one system and integrates with the USUS real-time crime center there you'll see under um deliverables...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...is a company um out of California. So, we'd be transitioning uh away from our current DJI drones, which was um going to be we're not going to be able to use those after 2028. We...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...are um docks that are placed in different locations in town. Um and it really expands our our drone capabilities. It comes with uh you'll see the DR uh D drone beyond fixed site....
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...really expands our our drone capabilities. It comes with uh you'll see the DR uh D drone beyond fixed site. That's basically a radar platform that allows us to fly higher and beyond line...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...allows us to fly higher and beyond line of sight. Currently uh with drones, you have to have eyes on the drone at all times. There's a pilot and a physical observer that has to watch the drone....
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...have to have eyes on the drone at all times. There's a pilot and a physical observer that has to watch the drone. That eliminates that need. The Done Portable is a is a portable...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...That eliminates that need. The Done Portable is a is a portable drone detection uh system. Obviously paying attention to current events uh in this country and around the world. Uh...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the threat of drones is certainly increasing. That allows you to see where the drone is being flown from. Um so you roll that out to any of your large scale events um things of that nature. Uh the...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...time a new product is is released, whether it be a body camera, a fleet camera, a new drone camera, uh that is uh automatically refreshed at no cost, which we have done with our current...

2026-01-21 -- Community Planning and Economic Development Committee

Community Planning & Economic Development Committee Virtual Meeting - January 21, 2026 (topics: surveillance_general)

  • surveillance_general Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...that's in this case sanitary sewer overflows. So we have a pro program set up where we do CCTV inspection of the sewers. We do manhole inspections. We clean the sewers. And then ideally, if...
  • surveillance_general Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...And then we have a crossount unit kind of like this little ATV shown here where we can get in there um and get CCTV equipment in there. So, we're not trying to like produce a road or anything. We...

2026-01-06 -- Public Safety Committee

Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - January 6, 2026 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and was held on a $150,000 bond on December 19th with the utilization of our LPR system, our license plate reader system. Uh we had a hit on a stolen motor vehicle. Uh with the efforts of...

2025-12-16 -- Board of Education

Board of Education Meeting December 16, 2025 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...unbelievable security plan. Fire and ice is extremely secured with bomb squad, SWAT team, undercover cops, drone surveillance, as well as fortified in many angles. I will spare you the photos...

2025-10-08 -- Public Safety Committee

Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting of October 8, 2025 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...on a $15,000 shorty bond on September 11th. We had a flock hit again from our flock camera system and uh this vehicle had evaded officers in the past. Uh we were able to...

2025-04-03 -- Public Safety Committee

Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - Budget Workshop of April 3, 2025 (topics: body_camera)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...component of that understand although we had dash cams before now every single police officer has a body cam associated with that that impacts it there's a cloud there's storage there's so many...
  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...everything else. Other times it's just a simple report. Uh, people aren't requesting the body cam and you can have that done in in less than 24 hours and sometimes if a person send it in, the...
  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...extent of uh the request. Everybody doesn't make a request for the body cam and the dash cam. Uh some people do, many people do. Now in in addition uh subpoenas, you...
  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...uh civil suits, accidents. Um, and when it comes to that, there's always a request for the body cam and the dash cam. So, I can't give you I I hope you understand it's always request driven....
  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...me of this. Uh especially with the subpoenas, it's not just us, our core counsel has to review those body cam and stuff too. So, it impacts their division. Uh, also, it's just a lot of...

2025-02-11 -- Town Council

Public Hearing and Town Council Meeting of February 11, 2025 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...similar graphic from what Robin showed you previously that kind of isometric aerial drone view this is just that that top down view so the uh the the pink line that you see there uh is the the...

2024-11-14 -- Public Works, Facilities, and Sustainability Committee

Public Works, Facilities and Sustainability Meeting - November 14, 2024 (topics: facial_recognition)

  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...this next step uh and and modernizing our time and attendance system it'll be a facial recognition time clock or they can use their cellphones it's geomapped to at the facilities that they work at...
  • facial_recognition Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...just interesting to hear about the time sheet um entry and submission in terms of moving from paper to the whole facial recognition electronic so my question is probably dual for both you and the town...

2024-11-13 -- Public Safety Committee

Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting of November 13, 2024 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...incidents that you will see again these are all included on the on the report we officer Had A Flock hit where our flock cameras which led to an arrest for a stolen motor vehicle and the individual...

2024-09-24 -- Community Planning and Economic Development Committee

Special Community Planning & Economic Development Committee Virtual Meeting - September 24, 2024 (topics: surveillance_general)

  • surveillance_general Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...times um the first step that the contractor does is to inspect the sewer they they put cameras in it they CCTV it they clean it they're looking to make sure one they agree that it is...

2024-07-10 -- Public Safety Committee

Special Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting of July 10, 2024 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...who out there doing great work another one we have here again A Flock hit with our community support unit uh in the area of of Prospect Road Prospect Aven Park Road uh after that...

2024-05-01 -- Public Safety Committee

Public Safety Committee Meeting Virtual Meeting of May 1, 2024 (topics: alpr, drone)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...Cortez and then Deputy Mayor do you madam uh Madam chair um so it's been I think a year now since flock camera and I just W to um you know there's always like an...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...other um other towns uh Partnerships with other towns but have the flock camera assisted with that uh yes and no a lot of signs will...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and and they're mostly illegal so we can trace them and follow them in addition we have our drone cameras uh they can assist with us and I don't I don't want to say a certain word that the town...

2024-04-15 -- Town Council

Public Hearing on 1700 Asylum Avenue and Special Town Council Meeting - April 15, 2024 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...existing versus propos osed impervious basically another view of the the aerial drone shot that Robin just showed you uh so the red outline that you see that's the current extense of the former Yukon...

2024-04-03 -- Public Safety Committee

Public Safety Committee Meeting Virtual Meeting Budget Workshop of April 3, 2024 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...your in your budget books uh you'll it will be $65,000 for the flock camera system uh as you know we have the cameras throughout the the town that we've had...

2024-03-06 -- Public Safety Committee

Public Safety Committee Meeting Virtual Meeting of March 6, 2024 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...saw that so not 100% but the person saw their car and and usually many times we'll get the flock hits from our flock cameras we do have a camera in that area that alerts us that we would contact the...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...mall personnel as we respond or Farmington because they also have the flock cameras and then because their camera system is so phenomenal they can zero in and scan people that helps us uh...

2024-02-07 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of February 7, 2024 (topics: body_camera)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...I hope the technology Works U just to show that video that we have from our body Cam and if I can have your permission for that it's only a couple minutes long uh but it's one thing to...

2024-01-23 -- Town Council

Public Hearings and Town Council Meeting of January 23, 2024 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...were well aware that this was occurred we were prepared uh we did have our drones we we activated our drone team for OverWatch and um quite honestly whether they notify us or not nothing...

2023-12-06 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of December 6, 2023 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...Narcotics and the driver also had a warrant uh no November 13th we had a stolen Mill vehicle we had a flock hit and we were able to recover that vehicle to and return it to the owner on the...

2023-11-01 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of November 1 2023 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...critical so when it when it's game time you know we're ready you know why do we have the full deployment of a drone team of three and four operators and we got two drones up all over the place uh...

2023-10-04 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of October 4 2023 (topics: alpr, drone)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the center about 1 30 in the morning about a week excuse me a month or so ago uh using the flock cameras we were able to get a part of a license plate and then follow that that vehicle and just...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...and a person was able to be revived and then brought to the hospital another flock license plate hit will be observed a stolen car in the BJ's lot officers were able to converge on that...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...was a male who was driving around slowly with his uh pants down and masturbating again utilizing the flock cameras narrowing out the time we're able to get a plate of the description of the...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...um and then lastly a couple days ago this this made the news also we used our our drone um with the infrared system which was a hiker who got lost by reservoir one with...

2023-05-03 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of May 3, 2023 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...was transient and it's a really good job by a bunch of people and uh we got a flock Hit camera hit and as a result of that a supervisor uh used a resources other officers were able to...

2023-04-25 -- Town Council

Special Services District and Town Council Budget Adoption of April 25, 2023 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...department and I would say you've accomplished that um the Drone program was ex was expanded to include support supporting large-scale town events serious accident...

2023-03-29 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting - Budget Workshop of March 29, 2023 (topics: alpr, drone)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...police management we have an increase of 21 240 000 for lpr's software which is the License Plate Reader software that's a page 9-6 hopefully that correlates uh that's what outfit each one of our...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...enforcement so we really need this a new line item we created internally is our drone unit a couple years ago we stood this up so it did not have a separate line item so this is some of the costs...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...for the maintenance agreements equipment and replacement costs currently we have I believe five four to five drone pilots and we have three drones uh next are ESU illuminators uh for 9...

2023-03-01 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of March 1, 2023 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...have nothing further and thanks Chiefs yeah one other point I forgot our drone team was utilized too for the action investigation to get some good overhead picks of the scene too so...

2023-02-01 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of February 1, 2023 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...of burglary tools on January 14th as you know we have several flock cameras that are out there um we had a flock hit on a vehicle that was connected with numerous fraudulent...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...on January 14th as you know we have several flock cameras that are out there um we had a flock hit on a vehicle that was connected with numerous fraudulent transactions throughout Connecticut and...

2023-01-04 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of January 4, 2023 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...cars look at any road evidence take pictures of everything we bring in a drone and we'll fly the drone at different altitudes to give a bird's eye view of the approach and departure that...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...that we have right now on that team will come in and take that and then of course the Drone team is a separate team that will bring in we reach out to patrol to use them for Witnesses witness...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...so we actually have female members of our Traffic Unit and we also have a female member of our drone team so we just use guys as gender neutral and and another problem that we have is is the...

2022-12-13 -- Town Council

Public Hearings and Town Council Meeting of December 13, 2022 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...after some failed attempts using a balloon and measuring tape doesn't work I ended up launching a drone at Each corner and hovered it at 70 feet while my wife took photos from Arapahoe Road...

2022-12-07 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of December 7, 2022 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...occupant into custody without any significant uses of force our flock camera system that we've had in place for about six or seven months now we had a flock hit and again uh...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...our flock camera system that we've had in place for about six or seven months now we had a flock hit and again uh utilizing our officers as well as task force members we're able to converge on...

2022-10-03 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of October 3, 2022 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...actually occurring out there and last but not least as you know we have the flock camera system that we have throughout the time the town we got an alert for a stolen motor vehicle in...

2022-06-01 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of June 1, 2022 (topics: body_camera)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...secondly uh today we had representatives from axon if you recall we have the axon body cam system our body cams have been distributed throughout the police department today's installation dealt...

2022-05-04 -- (unassigned body)

Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of May 4, 2022 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...positive at the end um and uh was able to show uh some of the drone uh pilots were able to show some of the drones uh so it was a great experience the kids...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...them if they're at safely at a location moreover don't forget we also have our drone program and part of our vision going forward with that was utilize that for intelligence gathering...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...tactically tactically uh they wouldn't know it but sometimes we could use a drone um and then other times we have people uh dressed in plain clothes looking like they're walking up and down...

2021-12-16 -- Human & Community Services Committee

West Hartford Human & Community Services Committee Virtual Meeting of December 16, 2021 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...in my staff report at the bottom of my staff report is a photograph an aerial uh drone shot of the work that we've been doing at walkit park and i don't know if you all had a chance to see it...

2021-12-13 -- Finance and Administration Committee

West Hartford Finance and Administration Committee Virtual Meeting of December 13, 2021 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...or perpetrator uh to justice uh this also is in conjunction with our drone program which we initiated approximately five or six months ago which again is a force multiplier that's...

2021-11-16 -- Town Council

SSD and Town Council Meeting of November 16, 2021 - Swearing In of Elected Town Council (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...around the table here i know i've spoken with a lot of them a lot of you i don't want to the lagger the point and drone this on and roast every single one of you i will not do that...

2021-09-21 -- Board of Education

Board of Education Meeting of September 21, 2021 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...it was well you know documented today at least if they had a drone flying over all high school today i'm telling you it was amazing actually we can have density send us drone over...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...drone flying over all high school today i'm telling you it was amazing actually we can have density send us drone over and take film um i think i'm glad you bring it up because...

2021-08-18 -- (unassigned body)

Community Conversation: Public Safety Forum (topics: body_camera, drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...to refine and improve them the chief will also talk about some of our newer strategies such as our drone and our video sharing program in addition i want to emphasize and i...
  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...hartford since approximately 2013. uh we have currently selected a vendor axon for our body cam and for our new uh dash cams that will be implemented and we are currently in the funding phase...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...safe so everyone can enjoy themselves over the evening hours most recently we've utilized a drone that gives us overall coverage again force multiplier not big brother but a...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...more territory you know about three weeks ago uh under having the drone up we're able to see a fight that was starting and deploy resources there to prevent that fight...

2021-08-12 -- (unassigned body)

West Hartford Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of August 12, 2021 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...weeks with the direction from the town manager we've utilized uh we expanded and started utilizing our drone uh to again a force multiplier so we can see what's going on and see who's dumping...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...what's going on and see who's dumping trash uh we actually it was a fight that was going to occur we had the drone that was up for officers can go in and prevented that fight...

2021-05-05 -- (unassigned body)

West Hartford Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of May 5, 2021 (topics: body_camera)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...force report that comes through was reviewed by training uh whether we have the body cam whether it's on the dash cams so that goes through and every report is...

2021-04-15 -- Town Council

Town Council Committee of the Whole / Town Council Special Hybrid Meeting of April 15, 2021 (topics: body_camera)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...uh because west hartford was very proactive and had purchased uh body cam excuse me dash cams after 2010 we are not eligible...

2021-03-25 -- Town Council

Town Council Committee of the Whole Virtual Meeting of March 25, 2021 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...her assistance in establishing this partnership and his connection we purchased a drone over the past year that helped us tremendously during our town events...

2020-12-08 -- Town Council

Virtual Public Safety and Town Council Regular Meetings of December 8, 2020 (topics: body_camera)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...plan we're still updating it we are now down to three vendors for our uh body cam and we will probably start doing t and e as our hope in early january...

2020-10-21 -- Town Council

Virtual Town Council Workshop of October 21, 2020 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...than and subordinate to the primary unit and i'd like to point out we've allowed accessory drone units in our community for at least 60 years but much much much longer than that based on the track...

2020-09-02 -- (unassigned body)

Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...services and he successfully organized and obtained a grant from autotel who's a drone manufacturer and partnership with the national public safety drone donation program...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...a drone manufacturer and partnership with the national public safety drone donation program so um we've we've been blessed to have this added to our stock...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...if the pd were allowed to uh to use it as a shared asset it's about a 1500 drone it's fully covered by the grant and our maintenance and training costs...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...the fire department has received a gracious donation of an unmanned aerial vehicle otherwise known as a drone and the department has developed a...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...gracious donation of an unmanned aerial vehicle otherwise known as a drone and the department has developed a policy regarding its use...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...have concerns about the privacy implications of uh a municipality's use of a drone so you know before we go ahead and accept this and...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...you know we do believe that there is a valid departmental use for the drone training search and rescue uh the latest tropical storm that we had it would have...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...as a matter of fact as part of our storm response we actually got a drone through a mutual aid agreement i believe it was the police department so it helped us with some of...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...community outreach uh in public relations that we feel we can do a good job with the drone we've addressed who our permitted operators are we've addressed...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...some members trained of it we believe that we can after accepting the drone we would be able to fund it fund the training...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...handle and store the information chief so the information would come immediately off of the drone onto one of the fire department's shared servers it's maintained by the town that's...
  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...back on how things went and my uh way of evaluating the effectiveness of the drone is through the after action report process and then obviously um...

2020-07-08 -- (unassigned body)

Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of July 8, 2020 (topics: body_camera)

  • body_camera Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...through you madam chair I couldn't answer that question I'm not sure there's a Nexus between a body Cam and recruitment I think there's other factors that are...

2020-05-26 -- Town Council

Virtual Special Town Council Public Hearing and Town Council Meeting of May 26, 2020 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...department. Hopefully you all had a chance to check that out. They utilized their drone to conduct uh some overhead overhead footage which is now posted online. and would like to thank our...

2020-02-25 -- Town Council

Town Council Public Hearing and Meeting of February 25, 2020 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...um I believe it was I don't know if it was Edge itself or uh they may have contracted out for a drone photo here uh I believe this was taken in late January or early February uh so not too long ago...

2019-05-07 -- Board of Education

Board of Education Meeting of May 7, 2019 (topics: alpr)

  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...only involved in the flocking fundraiser at Connard and we just inherited the form and it said we can only flock west hartford addresses and one of the parents said well i want to flock an...
  • alpr_flock Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...form and it said we can only flock west hartford addresses and one of the parents said well i want to flock an open choice student who lives out of town and our knee-jerk reaction was we...

2017-05-16 -- Board of Education

Board of Education Meeting of May 16, 2017 (topics: drone)

  • drone Watch on YouTube ▸ > ...where people are coming in and out we've actually done some some aerial footage uh we've had Eric deny flying a drone during drop off and pickup so we can actually see where those traffic...

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  • [2026-09-22] Town Council -- Town Council Meeting of September 22, 2026

    ...communications Corey Manento uh addressing the town council on the use of ALPR cameras. But before um Corey goes, I just want to um just sorry it's been a busy day. Uh before we begin, I... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-09-22] Town Council -- Town Council Meeting of September 22, 2026

    ...these cameras only read license plates and that's all they're doing. But in fact on Flock's own website um they say that their existing infrastructure collects speed data.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-09-22] Town Council -- Town Council Meeting of September 22, 2026

    ...different rules. Public comment during that meeting is is limited to matters on the council's agenda. Because ALPR technology is not on tonight's regular council agenda, it will not be the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-09-22] Town Council -- Town Council Meeting of September 22, 2026

    ...privacy and civil liberties. We are awaiting statewide guidance regarding the use of ALPR technology. The council will continue to receive information and consider this issue as that guidance... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-09-22] Town Council -- Town Council Meeting of September 22, 2026

    ...residents are here tonight because they want to speak about the automated license plate reader or ALPR technology, including flot cameras. We hear those concerns and take them very seriously.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-09-22] Town Council -- Town Council Meeting of September 22, 2026

    ...extremely important. I know many residents are here tonight because they want to speak about the automated license plate reader or ALPR technology, including flot cameras. We hear those... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...I believe that there are 34 cameras in town. I\h was wondering how you decide where you put them.\h\h Um which locations those go to and why? And\h then the second question I had was what was\h\h the cost of the um program? meaning what is the\h town spending on on flock cameras. Thank you.\h\h All right. Through you uh Mr. Chair, uh the the\h initial inception of this was an ARPA funding\h\h uh back in in 2022. Uh the initial outlay\h the annual cost now is about $64,000\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...it's not a question. So outside agencies outside\h of of West Harford. [snorts] Yeah. So to be clear,\h\h if um if you if a federal agency or any agency\h comes to Flock with a subpoena or a request\h\h for customer data, it is Flock's position and\h contractual contractual obligation to refer that\h\h entity back to the data owner. In this case,\h the town. So we would redirect to the town and\h\h say you must go to them if you want the data. If\h for some reason, and I want to be clear, this has\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...Mr. led with for putting this on the agenda and\h moving it up uh before we talk about the next\h\h incredibly important uh topic. Um and I will go\h ahead and move on to our discussion regarding\h\h license plate readers also known uh commonly known\h as flock cameras. It is something that has been\h\h of great interest here in West Harford as well\h as across the country and um I would like to uh\h\h you know I look forward to this discussion uh\h pros cons otherwise and I will go ahead and turn\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...responsibly, uh it does make our town safer. Um at\h the same time, uh we recognize that any technology\h\h uh must has to have safeguards uh and oversight.\h and Connecticut as as you'll hear uh from the\h\h chief has enacted legislation that establishes\h standards for the use of uh license plate reader\h\h systems uh including limitations on data retention\h and access controls uh audit requirements um\h\h and uh and you know prohibit prohibiting uses\h uh unrelated to um legitimate law enforcement\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...with that uh as an opening I'd like to turn\h things over to the chief uh who will provide\h\h an overview of the program. Uh we also invited uh\h Max Weinstein who uh is a representative from uh\h\h Flock Safety who is the vendor who we\h are working with here in West Hartford\h\h and uh through you Mr. Chairman I will\h turn things over to our chief Chief Frick.\h\h Good morning uh Mr. Manager. Um Mr.\h Chair, thank you for this opportunity.\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...transparency is paramount, and of course\h accountability through audits and training. So why are we here uh this morning? uh if we've\h watched the national narrative uh there's been a\h\h lot of discussions regarding LPRs um LPRs uh\h people have now said associated flock to all\h\h LPRs but we know there's different vendors out\h there it reminds us of of a Kleenex there's many\h\h different types of tissues but everyone just says\h Kleenex so that's where we are regarding flocks\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...have to go before a judge and secure a judicial\h warrant, serve that warrant to the data owner,\h\h which would be West Hartford in this case, and\h then they would have to choose whether or whether\h\h or not to comply. It takes flock, it takes\h the private side out of it completely.\h\h Uh but that is how the process will\h work once SP 397 goes into effect.\h\h Yeah. Okay. That's what I just wanted that out and\h for the record. Thank you. Okay. Uh again, I I'm\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...LPRs but we know there's different vendors out\h there it reminds us of of a Kleenex there's many\h\h different types of tissues but everyone just says\h Kleenex so that's where we are regarding flocks\h\h and and Flock is our vendor and I truly have an\h appreciation for the public's concern regarding\h\h potential overreach of governmental authority and\h what's happening with the data. Uh let's look back\h\h just a little bit. Uh the LPR technology\h is not new uh 20 plus years uh not just\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...no name tags, and utilizing some of this\h technology to uh go get immigration folks and\h\h potentially other people. So, there's been a shift\h and the public is disturbed and troubled. We all\h\h know the case uh the Texas deputy who utilized the\h ALPR system to investigate a reproductive rights\h\h case. uh no one agreed with well let me not say\h that most of us in the law enforcement community\h\h that is not the purpose of that to go to an\h entire another jurisdiction uh regarding a a woman\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...Uh that being said, we already have changed\h our policy and updated it. We are currently\h\h in compliance with this statute even though\h it doesn't come into effect until October and I have Max Mr. Max Weinstein here who can\h discuss a lot of these issues later on the flock\h\h side. So I thank him for that. Um you know vendor\h contracts prohibit the selling of data and the uh\h\h consumer uh those of us who have the agencies who\h have this can only share uh data with permission.\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...was the a had audits been done prior to sort\h of this current environment and, um, I think\h\h that question was answered uh, that you had done\h them. I just want to make sure that we get back\h\h to Robin on that. and the flock had a 20% I think\h it was clearance rate is the is the term uh and\h\h West Hartford uh she asked about whether that was\h a similar clearance rate and would we have that\h\h number I think that was her question so I just\h wanted to make sure we address that and answer it\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...ourselves with failure, but we just want to, you\h know, take a look at this and make sure it works. Right now on our West Harford uh plea PD web\h page uh we have several policies that are there\h\h including our LPR policy. So people can take a\h look at that. Our flock transparency uh portal\h\h is there. Um and in that portal what you have\h is the number of days that the data is retained.\h\h how many of LPR cameras that we have, the total\h number of plates read over the last 30 days,\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...uh that is not the intent uh at all and that\h is not the purpose and that's not the function. At a glance, we have 34 cameras. Um since uh\h January of this year, we recovered 38 stolen\h\h vehicles from flock alerts. Uh since the inception\h of our program in 2022, 276 Amber, silver, and\h\h missing persons alerts. uh that does not recognize\h how many of those we actually found, but these are\h\h the alerts that were put in. And as previously was\h mentioned, we have the data retention of 21 days.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...is really uh understanding how we can prevent\h um by training and uh and audits and then and\h\h and then making sure that we are enforcing any\h anything that goes that goes wrong. Um we had uh\h\h a meeting with uh several city residents and one\h was from Windsor who had disconnected um the flock\h\h and um and had their reasons for for doing\h that and mostly I think there were a lot of\h\h unanswered questions um and maybe some we\h found to be misinformation in our meeting.\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...the vehicle evaded the scene. We did talk to a few\h witnesses. We did not have uh good statements from\h\h them. Uh we found a piece of evidence on the scene\h which the investigators were able to put it to\h\h what we believe a specific vehicle. Um fortunately\h we put this information into the flock system and\h\h within 13 hours in the use of the flock technology\h uh we were able to make an arrest and secure an\h\h arrest warrant. uh without the FL technology this\h crime would not have remained probably would have\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...is the protections surrounding this um are are\h answering those questions. Um and we still need\h\h to, you know, be eyes wide open and if anything\h were to change, uh if the courts were to start to\h\h insist, uh that flock open up data for a use for\h something, that would change, uh the dynamic of of\h\h how we would handle and what kind of information\h we would have available uh for um any kind of\h\h federal government misuse. And as the chief said\h in the beginning, we have a a storied past in our\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...them. Uh we found a piece of evidence on the scene\h which the investigators were able to put it to\h\h what we believe a specific vehicle. Um fortunately\h we put this information into the flock system and\h\h within 13 hours in the use of the flock technology\h uh we were able to make an arrest and secure an\h\h arrest warrant. uh without the FL technology this\h crime would not have remained probably would have\h\h remained unsolved for quite some time. So\h it was a huge uh force multiplier for us\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...these are purely license plate readers and nothing\h no other information is being captured. Is that\h\h accurate for the specific flock cameras? Yes.\h However, as you know, we have s other surveillance\h\h cameras that we have throughout the town regarding\h that. But for the flock cameras that is accurate.\h\h Uh thank you and through you Mr. Chair. Just one\h other request um and the U transparency portal\h\h that we that you have on the website um I think\h is useful. I I admit I've taken a couple different\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...and patrol and our community support division and\h um the community support division is called CSU.\h\h Uh that is more of our uh street crime\h uh interdiction unit in 2026 is a recent\h\h uh just a few weeks ago. Sorry, we had a flock\h hit that led to an arrest for an individual had\h\h multiple warrants at East Harford in Hartford.\h And as we talked about domestic violence,\h\h charges included domestic violence,\h interfering with police and breach of peace.\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...multiple warrants at East Harford in Hartford.\h And as we talked about domestic violence,\h\h charges included domestic violence,\h interfering with police and breach of peace.\h\h And also just a few weeks ago, as a result\h of a flock hit of a stolen motor vehicle,\h\h we arrested two individuals. The charges\h for failure of probation, excuse me,\h\h violation or probation, uh failure to appear in\h the second degree, violation of protective order,\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...Um, thank you. And just so the but just to follow\h so the the flock cameras that are are in town,\h\h these are purely license plate readers and nothing\h no other information is being captured. Is that\h\h accurate for the specific flock cameras? Yes.\h However, as you know, we have s other surveillance\h\h cameras that we have throughout the town regarding\h that. But for the flock cameras that is accurate.\h\h Uh thank you and through you Mr. Chair. Just one\h other request um and the U transparency portal\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...and possession with intent to sell. Again,\h great grabs as utilization of this technology. Last year around November, we had a uh a\h family that reported one of their loved\h\h ones missing. Uh they did not know where they\h were at as a result of the flock tech. We put\h\h the information into the LPRs. Um later on in the\h evening, the vehicle hit on a couple of the LPRs.\h\h Long story short, we're able to\h zero in and locate the individual\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...when we spoke to them and he was just trying\h to find his way home and just couldn't do it. That concludes my slideshow uh\h presentation. Uh at this time,\h\h my request through you uh Mr. share if I\h could allow uh Max Weinstein from Flock\h\h to provide some comments um regarding\h the Flock technology specifically\h\h and then after that we can entertain any\h questions uh if that's okay with you sir... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...The the camera, if that's the email that you're\h that I believe you're referring to, uh that's\h\h a private entities camera. That is not a West\h Hartford uh Police Department camera, LPR camera.\h\h Um, thank you. And just so the but just to follow\h so the the flock cameras that are are in town,\h\h these are purely license plate readers and nothing\h no other information is being captured. Is that\h\h accurate for the specific flock cameras? Yes.\h However, as you know, we have s other surveillance\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...That concludes my slideshow uh\h presentation. Uh at this time,\h\h my request through you uh Mr. share if I\h could allow uh Max Weinstein from Flock\h\h to provide some comments um regarding\h the Flock technology specifically\h\h and then after that we can entertain any\h questions uh if that's okay with you sir you are muted thank you I said absolutely make\h it so Chief Rick thank you appreciate it uh Mr.\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...your assistance um in helping us uh prepare for\h today. Go ahead, Max. Thank you, Chief. And uh to\h\h the committee, uh thank you very much for allowing\h me a little time to present this morning. Uh my\h\h name is Max. I'm the director of public trust\h and technology here at Flock. I've been with\h\h the company for about two and a half years. And\h as Chief uh mentioned before, one correction,\h\h Chief, I am a Hall grad. Uh but other than that,\h you were spot on. Uh I am very very This meeting\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...that you use at Hartford um is something like\h Epic, right? Where you actually need to decrypt\h\h that information for a provider to actually be\h able to read it in a patient room, for example.\h\h That is kind of where Flock is. And so there is a\h specific subset of CJIS certified employees that\h\h exist within here. I'm I'm one of them.\h uh who because we need to fix the system\h\h may at times be able to see images captured on\h West Hartford devices. We are not logging into\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...similar meetings like this. This meeting is of\h particular personal importance because this is\h\h where my family is. Um, so thank you very much\h for for giving me the opportunity to speak. Um,\h\h Chief, as you mentioned, you know, LPR technology\h is not new. Uh, Flock was able to really transform\h\h the way it's utilized within law enforcement.\h And as a company, we really want to create\h\h a technology that works for local values and\h whatever those local values might be. We want\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...thank you again. I want to use this time as a true\h ask me anything. Uh there are a lot of fallacies\h\h out there. As chief said, we are the Kleenex of\h LPR. There are a lot of issues with vendors out\h\h there who are in our space and what they're doing.\h Uh Flock tends to take a lot of the rat for that\h\h and so I'm here to correct the record and answer\h any questions uh that the committee might have. Thanks, Max. Uh through you, Mr. Chairman. I know\h there's probably some questions, so I concede.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...Hospital for example that is personal and it's\h encrypted in one drive so Microsoft cannot\h\h go in and read my data even though my data\h is hosted on a Microsoft server. Is that how\h\h it works with flock or what level of access\h does the actual corporation have to our data?\h\h Yeah. Um I can take that. That's a that's a good\h question. Uh so yes, the data the second it's\h\h data is taken on the actual device. Uh it is\h encrypted. It is encrypted in transit. It is\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...any questions or comments, please? Yeah. Thank\h you, Mr. Chair. Um, yeah, first of all, thank\h\h you for that really informative presentation.\h uh really helps to understand uh what exactly\h\h are flock cameras. So I'm appreciative of that.\h Um I had a couple of questions. One is you said\h\h I believe that there are 34 cameras in town. I\h was wondering how you decide where you put them.\h\h Um which locations those go to and why? And\h then the second question I had was what was\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...where it flows. We have safeguards within the\h system to make sure that it is only shared with\h\h who the town chooses and elects to share with. In\h addition, you can only share the sharing network\h\h is only for other law enforcement agencies. So\h even though Flock does have a private customer uh\h\h group uh those those customers data is completely\h separate and bifurcated from law enforcement.\h\h So they they can share with their local\h law enforcement the private customers\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...Uh so all the same parameters exist for block\h and NCIC and it's the same users that are using\h\h both systems uh sworn personnel. The\h auditing process, we take random samples\h\h of officers throughout the month. Um and Flock\h makes it very easy to audit what's been done.\h\h There's timestamps and date stamps for\h essentially every keystroke in a program.\h\h Uh so we take a random sampling of usernames.\h uh we run their search history and we make sure\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...subpoenas? I want to make sure that people\h understand um you know if if I don't know if a\h\h federal agency were to come to us with a subpoena\h in that case um where the obligations lie.\h\h Sure. So sorry is the question if the federal\h agency comes to flock with a subpoena or West\h\h Hartford police? Uh well I think if West\h Hartford police come we own the data so\h\h it's not a question. So outside agencies outside\h of of West Harford. [snorts] Yeah. So to be clear,\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...for some reason there is a judge that insists\h that data must be released to that federal agency,\h\h we would have no choice as the town would\h have no choice but to comply. Now, that is\h\h Flock's legal position. I can tell you that in\h the history of Flock, that has not happened. Okay. Thank you. That's very interesting\h to know and I appreciate that.\h\h One last question and I'll turn it over to\h others. Um, given what has just been said,\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...Hartford police? Uh well I think if West\h Hartford police come we own the data so\h\h it's not a question. So outside agencies outside\h of of West Harford. [snorts] Yeah. So to be clear,\h\h if um if you if a federal agency or any agency\h comes to Flock with a subpoena or a request\h\h for customer data, it is Flock's position and\h contractual contractual obligation to refer that\h\h entity back to the data owner. In this case,\h the town. So we would redirect to the town and\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...say you must go to them if you want the data. If\h for some reason, and I want to be clear, this has\h\h never happened. We are speaking in hypotheticals\h now, but if for some reason that federal agency\h\h or whatever that entity is came back to flock and\h said, "No, you must comply with this subpoena,"\h\h we would refer them back to the town and\h we will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with\h\h your legal representation to fight that. If\h at the end of whatever legal process that is,\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...Extremely important to understand that\h that uh public safety and civil liberties\h\h uh are not adversaries. uh\h they can complement each other\h\h uh as we go forward as we have been going\h forward with our uh ALPR program. Uh public\h\h safety is important, protecting our\h victims, privacy is extremely important,\h\h transparency is paramount, and of course\h accountability through audits and training.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-01-06] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - January 6, 2026

    ...and was held on a $150,000 bond on December 19th with the utilization of our LPR system, our license plate reader system. Uh we had a hit on a stolen motor vehicle. Uh with the efforts of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2025-10-08] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting of October 8, 2025

    ...on a $15,000 shorty bond on September 11th. We had a flock hit again from our flock camera system and uh this vehicle had evaded officers in the past. Uh we were able to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2024-11-13] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting of November 13, 2024

    ...incidents that you will see again these are all included on the on the report we officer Had A Flock hit where our flock cameras which led to an arrest for a stolen motor vehicle and the individual... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2024-07-10] Public Safety Committee -- Special Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting of July 10, 2024

    ...who out there doing great work another one we have here again A Flock hit with our community support unit uh in the area of of Prospect Road Prospect Aven Park Road uh after that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2024-05-01] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Meeting Virtual Meeting of May 1, 2024

    ...other um other towns uh Partnerships with other towns but have the flock camera assisted with that uh yes and no a lot of signs will... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2024-05-01] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Meeting Virtual Meeting of May 1, 2024

    ...Cortez and then Deputy Mayor do you madam uh Madam chair um so it's been I think a year now since flock camera and I just W to um you know there's always like an... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2024-04-03] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Meeting Virtual Meeting Budget Workshop of April 3, 2024

    ...your in your budget books uh you'll it will be $65,000 for the flock camera system uh as you know we have the cameras throughout the the town that we've had... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2024-03-06] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Meeting Virtual Meeting of March 6, 2024

    ...mall personnel as we respond or Farmington because they also have the flock cameras and then because their camera system is so phenomenal they can zero in and scan people that helps us uh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2024-03-06] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Meeting Virtual Meeting of March 6, 2024

    ...saw that so not 100% but the person saw their car and and usually many times we'll get the flock hits from our flock cameras we do have a camera in that area that alerts us that we would contact the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2023-12-06] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of December 6, 2023

    ...Narcotics and the driver also had a warrant uh no November 13th we had a stolen Mill vehicle we had a flock hit and we were able to recover that vehicle to and return it to the owner on the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2023-10-04] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of October 4 2023

    ...was a male who was driving around slowly with his uh pants down and masturbating again utilizing the flock cameras narrowing out the time we're able to get a plate of the description of the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2023-10-04] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of October 4 2023

    ...the center about 1 30 in the morning about a week excuse me a month or so ago uh using the flock cameras we were able to get a part of a license plate and then follow that that vehicle and just... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2023-10-04] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of October 4 2023

    ...and a person was able to be revived and then brought to the hospital another flock license plate hit will be observed a stolen car in the BJ's lot officers were able to converge on that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2023-05-03] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of May 3, 2023

    ...was transient and it's a really good job by a bunch of people and uh we got a flock Hit camera hit and as a result of that a supervisor uh used a resources other officers were able to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2023-03-29] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting - Budget Workshop of March 29, 2023

    ...police management we have an increase of 21 240 000 for lpr's software which is the License Plate Reader software that's a page 9-6 hopefully that correlates uh that's what outfit each one of our... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2023-02-01] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of February 1, 2023

    ...on January 14th as you know we have several flock cameras that are out there um we had a flock hit on a vehicle that was connected with numerous fraudulent transactions throughout Connecticut and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2023-02-01] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of February 1, 2023

    ...of burglary tools on January 14th as you know we have several flock cameras that are out there um we had a flock hit on a vehicle that was connected with numerous fraudulent... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2022-12-07] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of December 7, 2022

    ...occupant into custody without any significant uses of force our flock camera system that we've had in place for about six or seven months now we had a flock hit and again uh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2022-12-07] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of December 7, 2022

    ...our flock camera system that we've had in place for about six or seven months now we had a flock hit and again uh utilizing our officers as well as task force members we're able to converge on... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2022-10-03] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of October 3, 2022

    ...actually occurring out there and last but not least as you know we have the flock camera system that we have throughout the time the town we got an alert for a stolen motor vehicle in... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2019-05-07] Board of Education -- Board of Education Meeting of May 7, 2019

    ...form and it said we can only flock west hartford addresses and one of the parents said well i want to flock an open choice student who lives out of town and our knee-jerk reaction was we... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2019-05-07] Board of Education -- Board of Education Meeting of May 7, 2019

    ...only involved in the flocking fundraiser at Connard and we just inherited the form and it said we can only flock west hartford addresses and one of the parents said well i want to flock an... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

biometrics_other

(no findings)

body_camera

  • [2026-06-02] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - June 2, 2026

    ...surveillance video, pictures, anything that was attached to the case um with our body worn camera and fleet videos, there's um predetermined uh records retention guidelines on when... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2026-06-02] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - June 2, 2026

    ...evidence that we absolutely can. Uh the main thing right off the hop is we want to make sure we preserve all body worn camera, fleet uh fleet videos, radio transmissions, case reports, uh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2026-03-31] Public Safety Committee -- Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026

    ...So, uh, since then, um, if someone requests a record, they can request the report. They can also request the body cam. They can request the call that comes in. They can request any photos... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2025-04-03] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - Budget Workshop of April 3, 2025

    ...extent of uh the request. Everybody doesn't make a request for the body cam and the dash cam. Uh some people do, many people do. Now in in addition uh subpoenas, you... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2025-04-03] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - Budget Workshop of April 3, 2025

    ...uh civil suits, accidents. Um, and when it comes to that, there's always a request for the body cam and the dash cam. So, I can't give you I I hope you understand it's always request driven.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2025-04-03] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - Budget Workshop of April 3, 2025

    ...component of that understand although we had dash cams before now every single police officer has a body cam associated with that that impacts it there's a cloud there's storage there's so many... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2025-04-03] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - Budget Workshop of April 3, 2025

    ...me of this. Uh especially with the subpoenas, it's not just us, our core counsel has to review those body cam and stuff too. So, it impacts their division. Uh, also, it's just a lot of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2025-04-03] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - Budget Workshop of April 3, 2025

    ...everything else. Other times it's just a simple report. Uh, people aren't requesting the body cam and you can have that done in in less than 24 hours and sometimes if a person send it in, the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2024-02-07] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of February 7, 2024

    ...I hope the technology Works U just to show that video that we have from our body Cam and if I can have your permission for that it's only a couple minutes long uh but it's one thing to... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2022-06-01] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of June 1, 2022

    ...secondly uh today we had representatives from axon if you recall we have the axon body cam system our body cams have been distributed throughout the police department today's installation dealt... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2021-08-18] (unassigned body) -- Community Conversation: Public Safety Forum

    ...hartford since approximately 2013. uh we have currently selected a vendor axon for our body cam and for our new uh dash cams that will be implemented and we are currently in the funding phase... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2021-05-05] (unassigned body) -- West Hartford Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of May 5, 2021

    ...force report that comes through was reviewed by training uh whether we have the body cam whether it's on the dash cams so that goes through and every report is... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2021-04-15] Town Council -- Town Council Committee of the Whole / Town Council Special Hybrid Meeting of April 15, 2021

    ...uh because west hartford was very proactive and had purchased uh body cam excuse me dash cams after 2010 we are not eligible... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2020-12-08] Town Council -- Virtual Public Safety and Town Council Regular Meetings of December 8, 2020

    ...plan we're still updating it we are now down to three vendors for our uh body cam and we will probably start doing t and e as our hope in early january... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

  • [2020-07-08] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of July 8, 2020

    ...through you madam chair I couldn't answer that question I'm not sure there's a Nexus between a body Cam and recruitment I think there's other factors that are... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: body_camera, unreviewed)

cad

(no findings)

cell_site_sim

(no findings)

data_broker

(no findings)

doorbell_partnership

(no findings)

drone

  • [2026-05-05] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - May 5, 2026

    ...class of drug a driver may be impaired on um besides alcohol. In addition to that, I have two drone pilots. Uh all of our officers in traffic are uh drager instructors. That is the machine that we... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2026-03-31] Public Safety Committee -- Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026

    ...That eliminates that need. The Done Portable is a is a portable drone detection uh system. Obviously paying attention to current events uh in this country and around the world. Uh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2026-03-31] Public Safety Committee -- Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026

    ...time a new product is is released, whether it be a body camera, a fleet camera, a new drone camera, uh that is uh automatically refreshed at no cost, which we have done with our current... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2026-03-31] Public Safety Committee -- Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026

    ...is a company um out of California. So, we'd be transitioning uh away from our current DJI drones, which was um going to be we're not going to be able to use those after 2028. We... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2026-03-31] Public Safety Committee -- Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026

    ...the threat of drones is certainly increasing. That allows you to see where the drone is being flown from. Um so you roll that out to any of your large scale events um things of that nature. Uh the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2026-03-31] Public Safety Committee -- Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026

    ...have to have eyes on the drone at all times. There's a pilot and a physical observer that has to watch the drone. That eliminates that need. The Done Portable is a is a portable... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2026-03-31] Public Safety Committee -- Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026

    ...allows us to fly higher and beyond line of sight. Currently uh with drones, you have to have eyes on the drone at all times. There's a pilot and a physical observer that has to watch the drone.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2026-03-31] Public Safety Committee -- Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026

    ...going to move forward with our Axon equipment. At the same time, we had our drone program with some legislative mandates with uh a ban on Chinese-made drones... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2026-03-31] Public Safety Committee -- Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026

    ...really expands our our drone capabilities. It comes with uh you'll see the DR uh D drone beyond fixed site. That's basically a radar platform that allows us to fly higher and beyond line... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2026-03-31] Public Safety Committee -- Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026

    ...are um docks that are placed in different locations in town. Um and it really expands our our drone capabilities. It comes with uh you'll see the DR uh D drone beyond fixed site.... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2025-12-16] Board of Education -- Board of Education Meeting December 16, 2025

    ...unbelievable security plan. Fire and ice is extremely secured with bomb squad, SWAT team, undercover cops, drone surveillance, as well as fortified in many angles. I will spare you the photos... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2025-02-11] Town Council -- Public Hearing and Town Council Meeting of February 11, 2025

    ...similar graphic from what Robin showed you previously that kind of isometric aerial drone view this is just that that top down view so the uh the the pink line that you see there uh is the the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2024-05-01] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Meeting Virtual Meeting of May 1, 2024

    ...and and they're mostly illegal so we can trace them and follow them in addition we have our drone cameras uh they can assist with us and I don't I don't want to say a certain word that the town... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2024-04-15] Town Council -- Public Hearing on 1700 Asylum Avenue and Special Town Council Meeting - April 15, 2024

    ...existing versus propos osed impervious basically another view of the the aerial drone shot that Robin just showed you uh so the red outline that you see that's the current extense of the former Yukon... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2024-01-23] Town Council -- Public Hearings and Town Council Meeting of January 23, 2024

    ...were well aware that this was occurred we were prepared uh we did have our drones we we activated our drone team for OverWatch and um quite honestly whether they notify us or not nothing... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2023-11-01] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of November 1 2023

    ...critical so when it when it's game time you know we're ready you know why do we have the full deployment of a drone team of three and four operators and we got two drones up all over the place uh... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2023-10-04] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of October 4 2023

    ...um and then lastly a couple days ago this this made the news also we used our our drone um with the infrared system which was a hiker who got lost by reservoir one with... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2023-04-25] Town Council -- Special Services District and Town Council Budget Adoption of April 25, 2023

    ...department and I would say you've accomplished that um the Drone program was ex was expanded to include support supporting large-scale town events serious accident... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2023-03-29] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting - Budget Workshop of March 29, 2023

    ...for the maintenance agreements equipment and replacement costs currently we have I believe five four to five drone pilots and we have three drones uh next are ESU illuminators uh for 9... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2023-03-29] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting - Budget Workshop of March 29, 2023

    ...enforcement so we really need this a new line item we created internally is our drone unit a couple years ago we stood this up so it did not have a separate line item so this is some of the costs... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2023-03-01] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of March 1, 2023

    ...have nothing further and thanks Chiefs yeah one other point I forgot our drone team was utilized too for the action investigation to get some good overhead picks of the scene too so... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2023-01-04] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of January 4, 2023

    ...that we have right now on that team will come in and take that and then of course the Drone team is a separate team that will bring in we reach out to patrol to use them for Witnesses witness... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2023-01-04] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of January 4, 2023

    ...so we actually have female members of our Traffic Unit and we also have a female member of our drone team so we just use guys as gender neutral and and another problem that we have is is the... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2023-01-04] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of January 4, 2023

    ...cars look at any road evidence take pictures of everything we bring in a drone and we'll fly the drone at different altitudes to give a bird's eye view of the approach and departure that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2022-12-13] Town Council -- Public Hearings and Town Council Meeting of December 13, 2022

    ...after some failed attempts using a balloon and measuring tape doesn't work I ended up launching a drone at Each corner and hovered it at 70 feet while my wife took photos from Arapahoe Road... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2022-05-04] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of May 4, 2022

    ...positive at the end um and uh was able to show uh some of the drone uh pilots were able to show some of the drones uh so it was a great experience the kids... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2022-05-04] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of May 4, 2022

    ...them if they're at safely at a location moreover don't forget we also have our drone program and part of our vision going forward with that was utilize that for intelligence gathering... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2022-05-04] (unassigned body) -- Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of May 4, 2022

    ...tactically tactically uh they wouldn't know it but sometimes we could use a drone um and then other times we have people uh dressed in plain clothes looking like they're walking up and down... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2021-12-16] Human & Community Services Committee -- West Hartford Human & Community Services Committee Virtual Meeting of December 16, 2021

    ...in my staff report at the bottom of my staff report is a photograph an aerial uh drone shot of the work that we've been doing at walkit park and i don't know if you all had a chance to see it... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2021-12-13] Finance and Administration Committee -- West Hartford Finance and Administration Committee Virtual Meeting of December 13, 2021

    ...or perpetrator uh to justice uh this also is in conjunction with our drone program which we initiated approximately five or six months ago which again is a force multiplier that's... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2021-11-16] Town Council -- SSD and Town Council Meeting of November 16, 2021 - Swearing In of Elected Town Council

    ...around the table here i know i've spoken with a lot of them a lot of you i don't want to the lagger the point and drone this on and roast every single one of you i will not do that... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2021-09-21] Board of Education -- Board of Education Meeting of September 21, 2021

    ...it was well you know documented today at least if they had a drone flying over all high school today i'm telling you it was amazing actually we can have density send us drone over... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2021-09-21] Board of Education -- Board of Education Meeting of September 21, 2021

    ...drone flying over all high school today i'm telling you it was amazing actually we can have density send us drone over and take film um i think i'm glad you bring it up because... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2021-08-18] (unassigned body) -- Community Conversation: Public Safety Forum

    ...to refine and improve them the chief will also talk about some of our newer strategies such as our drone and our video sharing program in addition i want to emphasize and i... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2021-08-18] (unassigned body) -- Community Conversation: Public Safety Forum

    ...safe so everyone can enjoy themselves over the evening hours most recently we've utilized a drone that gives us overall coverage again force multiplier not big brother but a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2021-08-18] (unassigned body) -- Community Conversation: Public Safety Forum

    ...more territory you know about three weeks ago uh under having the drone up we're able to see a fight that was starting and deploy resources there to prevent that fight... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2021-08-12] (unassigned body) -- West Hartford Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of August 12, 2021

    ...what's going on and see who's dumping trash uh we actually it was a fight that was going to occur we had the drone that was up for officers can go in and prevented that fight... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2021-08-12] (unassigned body) -- West Hartford Public Safety Standing Committee Virtual Meeting of August 12, 2021

    ...weeks with the direction from the town manager we've utilized uh we expanded and started utilizing our drone uh to again a force multiplier so we can see what's going on and see who's dumping... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2021-03-25] Town Council -- Town Council Committee of the Whole Virtual Meeting of March 25, 2021

    ...her assistance in establishing this partnership and his connection we purchased a drone over the past year that helped us tremendously during our town events... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-10-21] Town Council -- Virtual Town Council Workshop of October 21, 2020

    ...than and subordinate to the primary unit and i'd like to point out we've allowed accessory drone units in our community for at least 60 years but much much much longer than that based on the track... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-02] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020

    ...a drone manufacturer and partnership with the national public safety drone donation program so um we've we've been blessed to have this added to our stock... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-02] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020

    ...services and he successfully organized and obtained a grant from autotel who's a drone manufacturer and partnership with the national public safety drone donation program... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-02] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020

    ...if the pd were allowed to uh to use it as a shared asset it's about a 1500 drone it's fully covered by the grant and our maintenance and training costs... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-02] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020

    ...the fire department has received a gracious donation of an unmanned aerial vehicle otherwise known as a drone and the department has developed a... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-02] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020

    ...gracious donation of an unmanned aerial vehicle otherwise known as a drone and the department has developed a policy regarding its use... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-02] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020

    ...have concerns about the privacy implications of uh a municipality's use of a drone so you know before we go ahead and accept this and... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-02] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020

    ...you know we do believe that there is a valid departmental use for the drone training search and rescue uh the latest tropical storm that we had it would have... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-02] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020

    ...as a matter of fact as part of our storm response we actually got a drone through a mutual aid agreement i believe it was the police department so it helped us with some of... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-02] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020

    ...community outreach uh in public relations that we feel we can do a good job with the drone we've addressed who our permitted operators are we've addressed... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-02] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020

    ...some members trained of it we believe that we can after accepting the drone we would be able to fund it fund the training... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-02] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020

    ...handle and store the information chief so the information would come immediately off of the drone onto one of the fire department's shared servers it's maintained by the town that's... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-09-02] (unassigned body) -- Virtual Public Safety Commission Meeting of September 2, 2020

    ...back on how things went and my uh way of evaluating the effectiveness of the drone is through the after action report process and then obviously um... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-05-26] Town Council -- Virtual Special Town Council Public Hearing and Town Council Meeting of May 26, 2020

    ...department. Hopefully you all had a chance to check that out. They utilized their drone to conduct uh some overhead overhead footage which is now posted online. and would like to thank our... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2020-02-25] Town Council -- Town Council Public Hearing and Meeting of February 25, 2020

    ...um I believe it was I don't know if it was Edge itself or uh they may have contracted out for a drone photo here uh I believe this was taken in late January or early February uh so not too long ago... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

  • [2017-05-16] Board of Education -- Board of Education Meeting of May 16, 2017

    ...where people are coming in and out we've actually done some some aerial footage uh we've had Eric deny flying a drone during drop off and pickup so we can actually see where those traffic... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

facial_recognition

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - August 4, 2026

    ...characteristics. That means if people\h put information in uh to the system,\h\h it will alert off that. uh supports permitted\h investigations and creates investigative leads.\h\h What does not do? There's no images of\h individuals. We don't use facial recognition.\h\h There's no recording of audio uh conversations.\h There's no first amendment infringements\h\h or monitoring at all. Again, this is tool.\h This is not the word become synonymous with\h\h... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2024-11-14] Public Works, Facilities, and Sustainability Committee -- Public Works, Facilities and Sustainability Meeting - November 14, 2024

    ...just interesting to hear about the time sheet um entry and submission in terms of moving from paper to the whole facial recognition electronic so my question is probably dual for both you and the town... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

  • [2024-11-14] Public Works, Facilities, and Sustainability Committee -- Public Works, Facilities and Sustainability Meeting - November 14, 2024

    ...this next step uh and and modernizing our time and attendance system it'll be a facial recognition time clock or they can use their cellphones it's geomapped to at the facilities that they work at... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: facial_recognition, unreviewed)

gunshot_detection

(no findings)

mobile_forensics

(no findings)

osint_social_monitor

(no findings)

predictive_policing

(no findings)

purchasing_broker

(no findings)

rtcc

  • [2026-03-31] Public Safety Committee -- Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026

    ...capital felonies A and B felonies. So again it's uh all in one system and integrates with the USUS real-time crime center there you'll see under um deliverables... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: rtcc, unreviewed)

surveillance_general

  • [2026-03-31] Public Safety Committee -- Budget Workshop Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting - March 31, 2026

    ...and definitely within this town, you're on camera somewhere uh by someone's camera, whether it's surveillance camera, uh home camera, a business camera, whatever the case is. And you... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)

  • [2026-01-21] Community Planning and Economic Development Committee -- Community Planning & Economic Development Committee Virtual Meeting - January 21, 2026

    ...And then we have a crossount unit kind of like this little ATV shown here where we can get in there um and get CCTV equipment in there. So, we're not trying to like produce a road or anything. We... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)

  • [2026-01-21] Community Planning and Economic Development Committee -- Community Planning & Economic Development Committee Virtual Meeting - January 21, 2026

    ...that's in this case sanitary sewer overflows. So we have a pro program set up where we do CCTV inspection of the sewers. We do manhole inspections. We clean the sewers. And then ideally, if... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)

  • [2024-09-24] Community Planning and Economic Development Committee -- Special Community Planning & Economic Development Committee Virtual Meeting - September 24, 2024

    ...times um the first step that the contractor does is to inspect the sewer they they put cameras in it they CCTV it they clean it they're looking to make sure one they agree that it is... Watch on YouTube ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)

undercover_tools

(no findings)

vehicle_forensics

(no findings)

video_analytics

(no findings)

Agenda/minutes mentions (unreviewed -- live keyword scan, no human review queue yet)

ai_data_fusion

(no mentions)

alpr

  • [2026-09-22] Town Council -- Town Council Minutes - 2026-09-22 (minutes)

    ...or Cantor, Councilors Harris, Lazarus, Lyons, McGinnis, Deputy Mayor Polun, Walters, Wang and Wenograd

  • Communications

A. Cory Manento, [address redacted], addressing the Council on the Town's use of ALPR Cameras Cory Manento addressed the Council on the Town's use of ALPR Cameras 3. Adjournment Without Objection, Motion to Adjourn (Cantor) MOTION CARRIES (9 YEA, 0 NAY)

The meeting adjourned at... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-09-01] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Other - 2026-09-01 (other)

    ... Interval House was presented to the committee to be placed on the next Town Council meeting for action. C. The Police Chief, members of the police department, and a representative from Flock provided the committee and councilors with an overview of the department's license plate reader program.

  • Communications A. No communications were provided at this time.

  • St... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-09-22] Town Council -- Town Council Agenda - 2026-09-22 (agenda)

    ...tive: Comcast Channel 5 and Frontier TV Channel 6098, YouTube as well as www.whctv.org

  • Call to Order
  • Communications A. Cory Manento, [address redacted], addressing the Council on the Town's use of ALPR Cameras
  • Adjournment

Anyone requiring auxiliary aid or service for effective communication or modification of policies or procedures to participate in a meeting, service, program, or activity... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Other - 2026-08-04 (other)

    ...der

  • Business Items A. Approval of Minutes - June 9, 2026 B. Resolution Appropriating Municipal Tax Revenues From Cannabis Sales To Support The Interval House C. Overview of the Police Department's License Plate Reader Program
  • Communications
  • Staff Reports A. Fire Department Update B. Police Department Update
  • Future Agenda Items
  • Adjournment

Anyone requiring auxiliary aid or service ... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Agenda - 2026-08-04 (agenda)

    ...der

  • Business Items A. Approval of Minutes - June 9, 2026 B. Resolution Appropriating Municipal Tax Revenues From Cannabis Sales To Support The Interval House C. Overview of the Police Department's License Plate Reader Program
  • Communications
  • Staff Reports A. Fire Department Update B. Police Department Update
  • Future Agenda Items
  • Adjournment

Anyone requiring auxiliary aid or service ... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-06-02] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Other - 2026-06-02 (other)

    ...ond. Christina Baker was charged with Interfering and issued a $10,000 non-surety bond.

               ▪   May 26-#26-24872-Units were notified of a Flock hit for a stolen vehicle in the
               area of New Park Ave and Foley Street. The vehicle was located by officers
               driving east of the Flatbush Bridge. They...

    View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-05-05] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Other - 2026-05-05 (other)

    ... • Marijuana seized-709.1 grams (1.5 pounds)

               ▪   April 17-#26-18270-One of our detectives was notified by a West Hartford Police
               Intel Analyst Officer of a Flock LPR hit for a File 01; Felony Vehicle that had
               entered the Town of West Hartford. The vehicle, a 2005 Audi A5, bearing MA
               Reg 3CMC17, was entered in...

    View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-03-10] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Other - 2026-03-10 (other)

    ...ere was a theft of cooking oil where the suspects were confronted by the owner. Pictures as well as suspect and vehicle descriptions were passed to WHPD. A FLOCK search located the vehicle in Newtown, CT where local PD stopped the suspects (who appeared to be preparing for another theft.) The suspects were arre... View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

  • [2026-01-06] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Other - 2026-01-06 (other)

    ... VERNON RIDDICK, JR OFFICE OF THE POLICE CHIEF CHIEF OF POLICE

               ▪   December 19-#25-59763: There was a Flock License Plate Reader (LPR) hit of a
               stolen Mercedes Benz that was then located by patrol officers in the area of
               Boulevard/Trout Brook Drive. A stop...

    View document ▸ (term: alpr_flock, unreviewed)

biometrics_other

(no mentions)

body_camera

(no mentions)

cad

(no mentions)

cell_site_sim

(no mentions)

data_broker

(no mentions)

doorbell_partnership

(no mentions)

drone

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Other - 2026-08-04 (other)

    ...84-Connecticut State Police requested mutual aid for a File 01 on I84. Multiple occupants of the vehicle fled on foot in the area of Trout Brook Drive. A drone and K9s were requested and deployed on scene. Three suspects were located and taken into custody; one suspect is believed to have alluded capture. T... View document ▸ (term: drone, unreviewed)

facial_recognition

(no mentions)

gunshot_detection

(no mentions)

mobile_forensics

  • [2026-08-04] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Other - 2026-08-04 (other)

    ...to custody.

• Detective Division

               ▪   During the week of June 1-5, 2026, West Hartford Police hosted Detectives from
                   different parts of the country for Cellebrite Certified Operator for Inseyets and
                   Cellebrite Certified Physical Analyst for Inseyets Bundle – This is a dual
                   certification class that teaches...

View document ▸ (term: mobile_forensics, unreviewed)

osint_social_monitor

(no mentions)

predictive_policing

(no mentions)

purchasing_broker

(no mentions)

rtcc

(no mentions)

surveillance_general

  • [2026-06-02] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Other - 2026-06-02 (other)

    ... and discussed the Internal Affairs Investigation Report: 25-

  • The West Hartford Police Department investigated an alleged shoplifting incident at a store at West Farms Mall. The officers reviewed surveillance camera footage showing a female suspect exiting the mall and being driven away as a passenger in a red Cadillac. The first and last two digits of the license plate number were visible. Th... View document ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)

  • [2026-01-21] Community Planning and Economic Development Committee -- Community Planning & Economic Development Other - 2026-01-21 (other)

    ...Operation & Maintenance (CMOM) – Primary Objective is elimination of Maintenance Related Sanitary Sewer Overflows – Typical CMOM Activities • Sewer Inspection via Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) • Manhole Inspections • Sewer Cleaning • Sewer Lining – Structural and/or Infiltration/Inflow (I/I) – MDC has CCTV Inspected approximately 97% of entire c... View document ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)

  • [2026-05-05] Public Safety Committee -- Public Safety Committee Other - 2026-05-05 (other)

    ...r items of evidentiary value. Our detectives assisted with a canvass of the area for anyone tied to the vehicle or potential witnesses. Detective located CCTV video footage of a party exiting the vehicle prior to its recovery. The information was provided to investigators from the New Britain Police Dept.

               ▪   ...

    View document ▸ (term: surveillance_general, unreviewed)

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: 11
  • Videos registered: 834 (fetched: 777, no captions: 47)
  • Date range covered: 2012-09-18 to 2026-10-27 — based on the 826 of 834 videos that carry a parseable upload date; the other 8 are undated, so the real corpus may extend beyond this range in either direction

Channels

display_name channel_id handle
WHCi (West Hartford Community Interactive) whci @whci

Tab crawl history

channel_id tab last_crawled_at video_count
whci streams 2026-09-27 14:28:40.078466 3783
whci videos 2026-09-27 14:27:50.006053 2480

Registered meeting bodies

body_name category active video_count
Board of Finance budget_finance False 0
Finance and Administration Committee budget_finance True 60
Special Services District budget_finance True 5
Committee of the Whole council True 1
Town Council council True 347
Town Council Public Hearing council True 2
Board of Education education True 248
Community Planning and Economic Development Committee other True 26
Council Affairs and Governance Committee other True 1
Human & Community Services Committee other True 47
Public Works, Facilities, and Sustainability Committee other True 39
Public Safety Committee public_safety True 28

Zero videos registered for: Board of Finance

Agenda/minutes coverage

  • Agenda sources registered: 1
  • Documents registered: 173 (fetched: 173)
  • Date range covered: 2026-01-05 to 2026-09-23

Agenda sources

source_id platform base_url status
west_hartford_civicclerk civicclerk https://westhartfordct.portal.civicclerk.com/ confirmed

Research log

logged_at field_name new_value source by
2026-08-13 16:40:34.173193 boe_surveillance_note BOE meetings 2019-2024: school camera system shared live with West Hartford PD; SROs given direct iPad access to camera feeds mapped onto building floor plans, cited use in a real smoke-report incident (2019). BOE transcript keyword scan + context review, 2026-08-13 claude
2026-08-11 13:51:28.534417 channel_coverage_confirmed Board of Education meetings ARE on WHCi (@whci) -- no second channel needed whci.online/tours/board-of-education/ + WHCi YouTube search results (Board of Education Meeting of titles back to at least 2023) claude
2026-08-11 13:07:29.714772 channel_registered whci Migrated from an earlier ad hoc fetch investigation claude
2026-08-11 16:26:22.134723 legacy_backfill_run matched=78 unmatched=7 the legacy backfill migration of an earlier ad hoc fetch claude
2026-08-11 16:48:18.508710 meeting_bodies_registered 5 real Town Council standing committees added: Council Affairs and Governance, Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED), Finance and Administration (F&A), Human & Community Services (HCS), Public Works Facilities and Sustainability (PWF&S) -- all confirmed against real WHCi title vocabulary (24-62 matches each) before being registered westhartfordct.gov/government-services/town-council-subcommittees; yt-dlp crawl of both WHCi tabs, 6,202 titles, 2026-08-11 claude
2026-08-11 16:48:18.508710 meeting_body_corrected "Board of Finance" retired (0 videos, never real) -- West Hartford has no standalone Board of Finance westhartfordct.gov/government-services/town-council-subcommittees + WebSearch confirming West Hartford's Finance and Administration Committee (chaired by Deputy Mayor Ben Wenograd) is the real budget body claude
2026-08-11 13:51:09.297007 meeting_body_registered Board of Education the maintainer confirmed adding this 2026-08-11 -- channel coverage (WHCi vs. a separate WH Public Schools channel) not yet verified human

Gaps and caveats

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

title upload_date
Public Safety Committee Virtual Meeting of December 4, 2024 2024-12-04
Finance and Administration Committee Meeting of December 4, 2023 2023-12-04
West Hartford Lens - Town Council Candidate Forum - October 4, 2023 2023-10-04
Finance and Administration Committee Meeting of September 12, 2023 2023-09-12
Public Hearing and Town Council Meeting of August 22, 2023 2023-08-22
Board of Education Policy Subcommittee Virtual Meeting of August 31, 2022 2022-08-31
Board of Education Policy Subcommittee Virtual Meeting of August 29, 2022 2022-08-29
Board of Education Online Public Hearing and Budget Workshop of April 21, 2020 2020-04-21
Board of Education Meeting of February 4, 2020 2020-02-04
Town Council Public Hearing and Meeting of September 10, 2019 2019-09-10
Town Council Meeting of June 11, 2019 - Joined in Progress 2019-06-11
Public Hearing and Town Council Meeting of January 8, 2019 2019-01-08
Board of Education Meeting of November 20, 2018 2018-11-20
Community Comments, Public Hearings and Town Council Meeting of July 17, 2018 2018-07-17
Town Council Public Hearing and Meeting of June 26, 2018 2018-06-26
Town Council Meeting of February 27, 2018 2018-02-27
West Hartford Board of Education Meeting of December 5, 2017 2017-12-05
Board of Education Meeting of October 17, 2017 2017-10-17
Community Comments and Town Council Meeting of September 26, 2017 2017-09-26
Board of Education Meeting of September 5, 2017 2017-09-05
Board of Education Meeting of April 18, 2017 2017-04-18
Public Hearing and Town Council Meeting of March 28, 2017 2017-03-28
Board of Education Meeting & Workshop of March 21, 2017 2017-03-21
Board of Education Budget Workshop #1 of March 15, 2017 2017-03-15
Board of Education Budget Workshop of March 15, 2017 2017-03-15

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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 west-hartford-meeting-transcripts.zip -d west-hartford
cd west-hartford

# 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 2026-09-27T16:05:22 from West Hartford'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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