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| Title | Submitted To | Category | Number of Documents | Year Filed | Date Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lantel at the Boston Office of Emergency Management | Boston Office of Emergency Management | Surveillance | 266 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Lantel at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services | Executive Office of Health and Human Services | Surveillance | 1 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Lantel at the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security | Executive Office of Public Safety and Security | Surveillance | 2 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Lantel at the Executive Office for Administration and Finance | Executive Office for Administration and Finance | Surveillance | 0 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Lantel at the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) | Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) | Surveillance | 2 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Lantel at the Massachusetts State Police | Massachusetts State Police | Surveillance | 14 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| DataWorks at the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security | Executive Office of Public Safety and Security | Surveillance | 7 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Morpho at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services | Executive Office of Health and Human Services | Surveillance | 2 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| IBM at the Springfield Police Department | Springfield Police Department | Surveillance | 2 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Briefcam at the City of Boston (2019) | City of Boston | Surveillance | 7 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| MA Police Departments Receiving Solicitations from Clearview AI | Various Police Departments | Surveillance | 102 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| MA Police Departments with No Records from Clearview AI | Various Police Departments | Surveillance | 445 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Agawam PD | Agawam PD | Surveillance | 3 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Andover PD | Andover PD | Surveillance | 4 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Boston PD | Boston PD | Surveillance | 0 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Beverly PD | Beverly PD | Surveillance | 1 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Marlborough PD | Marlborough PD | Surveillance | 1 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Salem PD | Salem PD | Surveillance | 3 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Somerset PD | Somerset PD | Surveillance | 2 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Wellesley PD | Wellesley PD | Surveillance | 3 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Yarmouth PD | Yarmouth PD | Surveillance | 1 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Bourne PD | Bourne PD | Surveillance | 1 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Dalton PD | Dalton PD | Surveillance | 0 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Falmouth PD | Falmouth PD | Surveillance | 4 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Great Barrington PD | Great Barrington PD | Surveillance | 0 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Harvard PD | Harvard PD | Surveillance | 1 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Norfolk Sheriff's Office | Norfolk Sheriff's Office | Surveillance | 0 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Oxford PD | Oxford PD | Surveillance | 3 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Sudbury PD | Sudbury PD | Surveillance | 2 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the West Bridgewater PD | West Bridgewater PD | Surveillance | 11 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Foxbourugh PD | Foxbourugh PD | Surveillance | 1 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Clearview AI at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) | Massachusetts State Police (MSP) | Surveillance | 5 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| Briefcam at the City of Boston (2020) | City of Boston | Surveillance | 3 | 2020 | 2/26/21 |
| COPLINK Facematch at the Massachusetts State Police | Massachusetts State Police (MSP) | Surveillance | 1 | 2019-2020 | 2/26/21 |
| EOPSS Grants for Surveillance Tech in MA Schools | Executive Office of Public Safety and Security | Surveillance | 2 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Face Recognition in MA Schools | Various School Districts | Surveillance | 1 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Face Recognition in Revere Public Schools | Revere Public Schools | Surveillance | 23 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Face Recognition at the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS) | Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS) | Surveillance | 4 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Face Recognition at the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security | Executive Office of Public Safety and Security | Surveillance | 1 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Face Recognition at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) | Massachusetts State Police (MSP) | Surveillance | 7 | 2018 | 2/26/21 |
| Known Use of Face Recognition at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) | Massachusetts State Police (MSP) | Surveillance | 7 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Massachusetts State Police (MSP) Use of Face Recognition at the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) | Massachusetts State Police (MSP) | Surveillance | 1 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Face Recognition at the MA Sheriff's Association [2019] | MA Sheriff's Association | Surveillance | 1 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Face Recognition at the MA Sheriff's Association [2018] | MA Sheriff's Association | Surveillance | 0 | 2018 | 2/26/21 |
| Face Recognition at the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) | Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) | Surveillance | 0 | 2018-2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Face Recognition at the Department of Transportation (DOT) | Department of Transportation (DOT) | Surveillance | 380 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Face Recognition at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services | Executive Office of Health and Human Services | Surveillance | 0 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Face Recognition at the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS) | Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS) | Surveillance | 0 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Massachusetts State Police Access to Fusion Center Booking Database | Massachusetts State Police (MSP) | Surveillance | 4 | 2017 | 2/26/21 |
| MA Police Departments with No Records on Face Recognition (2018-2019) | Various Police Departments | Surveillance | 26 | 2018-2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Facial Recognition at the Cambridge PD | Cambridge PD | Surveillance | 1 | 2018 | 2/26/21 |
| Facial Recognition at the Medford PD | Medford PD | Surveillance | 2 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Facial Recognition at the New Bedford PD | New Bedford PD | Surveillance | 1 | 2018 | 2/26/21 |
| Facial Recognition & COPLINK at the Northampton PD | Northampton PD | Surveillance | 8 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Suspect Technologies and the Plymouth PD | Plymouth PD | Surveillance | 1 | 2018 | 2/26/21 |
| Facial Recognition at the Plymouth PD | Plymouth PD | Surveillance | 0 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Facial Recognition at the Revere PD | Revere PD | Surveillance | 5 | 2018 | 2/26/21 |
| Facial Recognition at the Salem PD | Salem PD | Surveillance | 2 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Facial Recognition at the Springfield PD | Springfield PD | Surveillance | 14 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Facial Recognition at the Peabody PD | Peabody PD | Surveillance | 1 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Location of Surveillance Cameras Across Boston | City of Boston | Surveillance | 0 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Video Surveillance Data Sharing in Boston | City of Boston | Surveillance | 1 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Boston Security Camera Strategy Meetings | City of Boston | Surveillance | 1 | 2019 | 2/26/21 |
| Federal Funds for the BRIC and OEM | City of Boston | Law Enforcement | 32 | 2020 | 7/22/20 |
| DEA and FBI Face Surveillance Records | Federal & State Law Enforcement | Surveillance | Ongoing production | 2019 | 6/17/20 |
| MA Dept. of Public Health COVID-19 Response | Massachusetts Department of Health | Public Health | 5 | 2020 | 5/7/20 |
| Face Recognition in Revere Public Schools | Revere Public Schools | Surveillance | 22 | 2019 | 2/19/20 |
| State Audit of Bristol Sheriff | Bristol County Sheriff’s Office | Law Enforcement | 1069 | 2019 | 12/5/19 |
| Use of Robotics in Law Enforcement | Massachusetts State Police | Law Enforcement | 7 | 2019 | 11/25/19 |
| Boston Police Department Collaboration with ICE | Boston Police Department | Immigration | 10 | 2019 | 10/26/19 |
| Towing Profits by Massachusetts Dept. of Public Utilities | Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities | Law Enforcement | 10 | 2019 | 9/27/19 |
| Surveillance Cameras and Associated Technologies in the Metro Boston Area | Boston Office of Emergency Management | Surveillance | 2 | 2019 | 9/4/19 |
| Records Regarding Face Surveillance Technology | Northampton Police Department | Surveillance | 15 | 2019 | 6/27/19 |
| Minutes from Boston Area Homeland Security Meetings | Boston Metro Homeland Security Region | Law Enforcement | 25 | 2018 | 6/25/19 |
| Plymouth Police Face Surveillance Emails | Plymouth Police Department | Surveillance | 3 | 2018 | 5/6/19 |
| SWAT Team Deployments ↗ | Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council | Law Enforcement | 119 | 2012 | 3/18/19 |
| Boston Police Filming Protesters at BPDA meeting | Boston Police Department | Surveillance | 2 | 2017 | 7/19/18 |
| Massachusetts Use of Facial Recognition Technology | Massachusetts State Police | Surveillance | 6 | 2017 | 7/19/18 |
| New Bedford Field Interrogation and Observation Reports | New Bedford Police Department | Law Enforcement | 17 | 2015 | 7/19/18 |
| Social Media Monitoring by Boston Police | Boston Police Department | Surveillance | 3 | 2016 | 7/10/18 |
| Administrative Subpoena Use by District Attorneys | Various Commonwealth District Attorney's | Surveillance | 31 | 2017 | 7/9/18 |
| Drone Use by Boston Police Department | Boston Police Department | Surveillance | 4 | 2017 | 7/9/18 |
| Info about First Responder Network Authority | Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety & Security | Surveillance | 15 | 2015 | 6/19/18 |
| Short-Term Detention and Cooperation with CBP and DHS | Wilmington Police Department | Law Enforcement | 7 | 2015 | 6/19/18 |
| Info about Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council | Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council | Law Enforcement | 9 | 2015 | 6/19/18 |
| Regional Interagency Mutual Aid Organizations Between Law Enforcement | Various Commonwealth Police Departments | Law Enforcement | 12 | 2014 | 6/19/18 |
| Mass DOT's Use of Facial Recognition Technology | Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation | Surveillance | 6 | 2014 | 6/19/18 |
| Administrative Subpoena Use Across the Commonwealth | Attorney General & District Attorney Offices | Surveillance | 44 | 2013 | 6/19/18 |
| National Guard Resources and Records | Massachusetts National Guard | Law Enforcement | 5 | 2013 | 6/19/18 |
| Relationship Between Police and Drug Enforcement Administration | Various Commonwealth Police Departments | Law Enforcement | 15 | 2013 | 6/19/18 |
| Procurement for Urban Areas Security Initiative | Boston Office of Emergency Management | Surveillance | 29 | 2013 | 6/19/18 |
| Information about Joint Terrorism Task Force and Todashev Case | FBI | Law Enforcement | 34 | 2013 | 6/19/18 |
| Information about Joint Terrorism Task Force & Todashev Case | US Attorney for Massachusetts | Law Enforcement | 29 | 2013 | 6/19/18 |
| SWAT & Special Ops Deployment History | Various Commonwealth Police Departments | Law Enforcement | 38 | 2013 | 6/12/18 |
| Surveillance Technology in Schools | Various Commonwealth Public Schools | Surveillance | 28 | 2010 | 6/12/18 |
| Asset Forfeiture by Suffolk County District Attorney | Suffolk District Attorney | Law Enforcement | 9 | 2015 | 6/11/18 |
| Passenger Tracking Information | MBTA & Transit Police | Surveillance | 13 | 2012 | 6/11/18 |
| Information About DoD 1033 Program | Massachusetts State Police | Law Enforcement | 7 | 2012 | 6/11/18 |
| Use of Administrative Subpoenas | Various Commonwealth District Attorney's | Law Enforcement | 57 | 2011 | 6/11/18 |
| Use of Automatic License Plate Readers | Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety & Security | Law Enforcement | 66 | 2011 | 6/11/18 |
| Surveillance of Protected Activity | Boston Police Department | Law Enforcement | 8 | 2011 | 6/11/18 |
| Obtaining Historical Cell Phone Location Data | Various Commonwealth Police Departments | Surveillance | 17 | 2011 | 6/11/18 |
| Use of Facial Recognition Technologies | Various Commonwealth Police Departments | Law Enforcement | 38 | 2010 | 6/11/18 |
| TSA Use of Screening Technologies | Transportation Security Administration | Surveillance | 52 | 2010 | 6/11/18 |
| Purchase Info from Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) | Office of Emergency Preparedness | Law Enforcement | 46 | 2010 | 6/11/18 |
| Information About the Joint Terrorism Task Force | US Attorney for Massachusetts | Law Enforcement | 89 | 2009 | 6/11/18 |
| EOPSS Fusion Center Intelligence Sharing Information | Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety & Security | Law Enforcement | 9 | 2010 | 6/11/18 |
| EOPSS Fusion Center Information | Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety & Security | Law Enforcement | 49 | 2005 | 6/11/18 |
| Officer Barry Flanders & Cooperation with the JTTF | Federal & State Law Enforcement | Law Enforcement | 0 | 2002 | 6/11/18 |
| CBP Title 42 Expulsions | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Immigration | 5 | 2021 | 10/1/21 |
| Plymouth County Sheriffs Department Records | Plymouth County Sheriffs Department | Law Enforcement | 33 | 2021 | 1/10/22 |
| Department of Unemployment Assistance: Use of Facial Recognition and ID.me | Department of Unemployment Assistance | Surveillance | 24 | 2021 | 1/26/22 |
| Drone use by Massachusetts State Police | Massachusetts State Police | Surveillance | 132 | 2021 | 12/19/22 |