Clearview AI at the Yarmouth PD

Background

In 2020, we filed public records requests with various police departments throughout Massachusetts, seeking information about Clearview AI, a facial recognition company. The Yarmouth Police Department provided records indicating Detective David Schneeweis activated the link sent by Clearview AI.

Request Submitted To Yarmouth PD
Category Surveillance
Year Filed 2020
Number of Documents Received 1

Responsive Documents

# File Name File Type File Size
1 YPD Clearview AI Request_emails PDF 419.2 KB


Clearview AI at the Bourne PD

Background

In 2020, we filed public records requests with various police departments throughout Massachusetts, seeking information about Clearview AI, a facial recognition company. The Bourne Police Department provided records indicating that the Bourne PD requested information about Clearview but never used it..

Request Submitted To Bourne PD
Category Surveillance
Year Filed 2020
Number of Documents Received 1

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They said…

Responsive Documents

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Bourne_emails PDF 1.2 MB


Clearview AI at the Dalton PD

Background

In 2020, we filed public records requests with various police departments throughout Massachusetts, seeking information about Clearview AI, a facial recognition company. The Dalton Police Department provided records indicating how the Dalton PD uses the Fusion Center and Coplink face recognition software.

Request Submitted To Dalton PD
Category Surveillance
Year Filed 2020
Number of Documents Received 0

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Responsive Documents

No responsive documents returned.


Clearview AI at the Falmouth PD

Background

In 2020, we filed public records requests with various police departments throughout Massachusetts, seeking information about Clearview AI, a facial recognition company. The Falmouth Police Department provided records indicating Detective Massi activated the account, tried it to make some searches, and decided that it was ill-suited for law enforcement purposes. Those searches were not recorded.

Request Submitted To Falmouth PD
Category Surveillance
Year Filed 2020
Number of Documents Received 4

We said…

Responsive Documents

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Public Records Response (records) (ACLU-MA) 04.17.20 PDF 765.0 KB
2 RE- ACLU Public Records Request[3] PDF 100.0 KB
3 RE- ACLU Public Records Request[2] PDF 76.9 KB
4 Public Records Response (records) (ACLU-MA) 04.28.20 PDF 106.3 KB


Clearview AI at the Great Barrington PD

Background

In 2020, we filed public records requests with various police departments throughout Massachusetts, seeking information about Clearview AI, a facial recognition company. The Great Barrington Police Department provided records indicating that they communicated about the pandemic and the possibility of an ACLU initiative to advocate for incarcerated people.

Request Submitted To Great Barrington PD
Category Surveillance
Year Filed 2020
Number of Documents Received 0

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They said…

Responsive Documents

No responsive documents returned.


Clearview AI at the Harvard PD

Background

In 2020, we filed public records requests with various police departments throughout Massachusetts, seeking information about Clearview AI, a facial recognition company. The Harvard Police Department provided records indicating training materials related to Coplink, a different facial recognition software.

Request Submitted To Harvard PD
Category Surveillance
Year Filed 2020
Number of Documents Received 1

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Responsive Documents

# File Name File Type File Size
1 PRR2020-12 ACLU-Falcon-Morano Resp. PDF 286.6 KB


Clearview AI at the Norfolk Sheriff's Office

Background

In 2020, we filed public records requests with various police departments throughout Massachusetts, seeking information about Clearview AI, a facial recognition company. The Norfolk Sheriff’s Department provided records indicating an officer activated an account but did not use it.

Request Submitted To Norfolk Sheriff’s Office
Category Surveillance
Year Filed 2020
Number of Documents Received 8


Clearview AI at the Oxford PD

Background

In 2020, we filed public records requests with various police departments throughout Massachusetts, seeking information about Clearview AI, a facial recognition company. The Oxford Police Department provided records indicating the Oxford PD activated a Clearview account, though it is unclear whether they continued to use it after the pilot ended. Responsive records also include some screen captions of Clearview.

Request Submitted To Oxford PD
Category Surveillance
Year Filed 2020
Number of Documents Received 3

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They said…

    No formal written acknowledgement or response was received.

Responsive Documents

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Oxford PDF 284.6 KB
2 RE- ACLU Public Records Request OXFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT PDF 79.3 KB
3 OPD Clearview PDF 237.5 KB


Clearview AI at the Sudbury PD

Background

In 2020, we filed public records requests with various police departments throughout Massachusetts, seeking information about Clearview AI, a facial recognition company. The Sudbury Police Department provided records indicating solicitations from Clearview and a training manual related to face recognition software.

Request Submitted To Sudbury PD
Category Surveillance
Year Filed 2020
Number of Documents Received 2

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Responsive Documents

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Pages from Police Training Manual 2020 PDF 582.4 KB
2 Pages from Fraud Guide 10 MCN PDF 164.1 KB


Clearview AI at the West Bridgewater PD

Background

In 2020, we filed public records requests with various police departments throughout Massachusetts, seeking information about Clearview AI, a facial recognition company. The West Bridgewater Police Department provided records indicating that they use Hikvision for license plate reader software, but do not have an interest in facial recognition.

Request Submitted To West Bridgewater PD
Category Surveillance
Year Filed 2020
Number of Documents Received 11

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Responsive Documents

Download all 11 docs from Google Drive

# File Name File Type File Size
1 aclu email PDF 384.3 KB
2 aclu email5 PDF 268.3 KB
3 aclu email6 PDF 338.9 KB
4 aclu email7 PDF 113.3 KB
5 aclu email2 PDF 791.1 KB
6 aclu email1 PDF 231.7 KB
7 aclu email4_Redacted PDF 296.1 KB
8 aclu email3_Redacted PDF 653.2 KB
9 aclu email12 PDF 340.3 KB
10 aclu email10 PDF 195.6 KB
11 aclu email8 PDF 201.5 KB