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.

  1. Barnstable County
  2. Berkshire County
  3. Boston
  4. Bristol County (no response received)
  5. Brockton
  6. Brookline
  7. Chicopee
  8. Dukes County (no response received)
  9. Essex County
  10. Fall River
  11. Framingham
  12. Franklin County
  13. Hampden County (no response received)
  14. Hampshire County
  15. Haverhill
  16. Lawrence (no response received)
  17. Lowell
  18. Lynn (no response received)
  19. Malden
  20. Medford (no response received)
  21. Middlesex County
  22. Nantucket County (no response received)
  23. Newton
  24. Norfolk County
  25. Peabody
  26. Plymouth (no response received)
  27. Plymouth County (no response received)
  28. Quincy (no response received)
  29. Somerville
  30. Springfield (no response received)
  31. Suffolk County
  32. Taunton (no response received)
  33. Waltham
  34. Weymouth
  35. Worcester City
  36. 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 Drive

Barnstable County

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Barnstable County PDF 55.5 KB

Berkshire County

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Berkshire County PDF 162.8 KB

Boston

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Boston PDF 259.1 KB

Brockton

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Brockton PDF 27.7 KB

Brookline

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Brookline PDF 43.9 KB

Chicopee

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Chicopee PDF 44.0 KB

Essex County

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Essex County PDF 72.3 KB

Fall River

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Fall River PDF 25.6 KB

Framingham

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Framingham PDF 55.6 KB

Franklin County

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Franklin County PDF 107.7 KB

Hampshire County

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Hampshire County PDF 25.2 KB

Haverhill

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Haverhill PDF 425.7 KB

Lowell

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Lowell PDF 35.0 KB

Malden

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Malden PDF 40.5 KB

Middlesex County

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Middlesex County PDF 269.3 KB

Newton

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Newton PDF 71.9 KB

Norfolk County

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Norfolk County Appeal PDF 235.3 KB
2 Norfolk County PDF 1.3 MB

Peabody

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Peabody PDF 79.7 KB
2 Peabody 2 PDF 67.1 KB

Somerville

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Somerville PDF 51.8 KB

Suffolk County

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Suffolk County PDF 119.3 KB

Waltham

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Waltham PDF 51.9 KB

Weymouth

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Weymouth PDF 197.4 KB

Worcester City

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Worcester City PDF 66.0 KB

Worcester County

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Worcester County PDF 27.4 KB