Background
In the July 2018 and March 2019, we filed numerous public records requests with over 40 police departments and law enforcment agencies throughout Massachusetts seeking information about facial recognition technology. The following Departments told us they had no responsive records.
- Barnstable County
- Berkshire County
- Boston
- Bristol County (no response received)
- Brockton
- Brookline
- Chicopee
- Dukes County (no response received)
- Essex County
- Fall River
- Framingham
- Franklin County
- Hampden County (no response received)
- Hampshire County
- Haverhill
- Lawrence (no response received)
- Lowell
- Lynn (no response received)
- Malden
- Medford (no response received)
- Middlesex County
- Nantucket County (no response received)
- Newton
- Norfolk County
- Peabody
- Plymouth (no response received)
- Plymouth County (no response received)
- Quincy (no response received)
- Somerville
- Springfield (no response received)
- Suffolk County
- Taunton (no response received)
- Waltham
- Weymouth
- Worcester City
- Worcester County
| Request Submitted To | Various Police Departments |
| Category | Surveillance |
| Year Filed | 2018-2019 |
| Number of Documents Received | 26 |
We said…
- All departments received an appropriately addressed version of our template request seeking records on face recognition technology in law enforcement
Responsive Documents
Download all 26 documents from Google DriveBarnstable County
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Barnstable County | 55.5 KB |
Berkshire County
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Berkshire County | 162.8 KB |
Boston
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Boston | 259.1 KB |
Brockton
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Brockton | 27.7 KB |
Brookline
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Brookline | 43.9 KB |
Chicopee
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Chicopee | 44.0 KB |
Essex County
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Essex County | 72.3 KB |
Fall River
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Fall River | 25.6 KB |
Framingham
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Framingham | 55.6 KB |
Franklin County
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Franklin County | 107.7 KB |
Hampshire County
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Hampshire County | 25.2 KB |
Haverhill
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Haverhill | 425.7 KB |
Lowell
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Lowell | 35.0 KB |
Malden
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Malden | 40.5 KB |
Middlesex County
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Middlesex County | 269.3 KB |
Newton
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Newton | 71.9 KB |
Norfolk County
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Norfolk County Appeal | 235.3 KB | |
| 2 | Norfolk County | 1.3 MB |
Peabody
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Peabody | 79.7 KB | |
| 2 | Peabody 2 | 67.1 KB |
Somerville
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Somerville | 51.8 KB |
Suffolk County
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Suffolk County | 119.3 KB |
Waltham
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Waltham | 51.9 KB |
Weymouth
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Weymouth | 197.4 KB |
Worcester City
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Worcester City | 66.0 KB |
Worcester County
| # | File Name | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | Worcester County | 27.4 KB |