Background

In 2020, we filed public records requests with various police departments throughout Massachusetts, seeking information about Clearview AI, a facial recognition company. The following departments provided records detailing that they had received solicitations from the company:


Request Submitted To Various Police Departments
Category Surveillance
Year Filed 2020
Number of Documents Received 100

We said…

Responsive Documents

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Barnstable

# File Name File Type File Size
1 SKM_45820022512350 PDF 102.7 KB
2 barnstable_clearview PDF 11.6 MB

Chelmsford

# File Name File Type File Size
1 RE- ACLU Public Records Request PDF 57.0 KB

Concord

# File Name File Type File Size
1 ACLUM Public Records Request Pertaining to Facial Recognition PDF 80.8 KB
2 Concord PDF 3.2 MB

East Longmeadow

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# File Name File Type File Size
1 Re- ACLU Public Records Request PDF 42.2 KB
2 ACLU_Facial_Recognition–lori.hall@eastlongmeadowma.gov_0 PDF 377.1 KB
3 ACLU_Facial_Recognition–jeffrey.dalessio@eastlongmeadowma.gov_0_2019_1 PDF 2.5 MB
4 ACLU_Facial_Recognition–jeffrey.dalessio@eastlongmeadowma.gov_0_2019_2 PDF 2.8 MB
5 ACLU_Facial_Recognition–jeffrey.dalessio@eastlongmeadowma.gov_0_2019_3 PDF 2.1 MB
6 ACLU Response PDF 59.5 KB
7 Re- ACLU Public Records Request[1] PDF 42.3 KB
8 ACLU_Facial_Recognition–jeffrey.dalessio@eastlongmeadowma.gov_0_2020 PDF 2.5 MB

Hanson

# File Name File Type File Size
1 SKM_364e20040708500 PDF 1.2 MB
2 Records request Hanson [1] PDF 27.2 KB
3 Records request Hanson PDF 27.2 KB

Lowell

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Facial Recognition Solicitations PDF 1.2 MB
2 RE New request received PDF 52.7 KB

Mansfield

# File Name File Type File Size
1 RE Request# 2020-0020 Response to your Request PDF 35.4 KB
2 ACLU Facial Recognition emails PDF 512.1 KB

Marion

# File Name File Type File Size
1 20200407104414635 PDF 1.9 MB
2 Response to records request for facial recognition PDF 24.3 KB

Medway

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# File Name File Type File Size
1 Sheppard Email 16 PDF 798.4 KB
2 ONeill email 1[1] PDF 768.8 KB
3 Sheppard Email 17 PDF 7.8 MB
4 Sheppard Email 15 PDF 786.5 KB
5 Sheppard Email 14 PDF 787.3 KB
6 Sheppard Email 10 PDF 776.3 KB
7 Sheppard email 3[1] PDF 764.2 KB
8 Sheppard Email 11 PDF 7.8 MB
9 Sheppard Email 13 PDF 7.8 MB
10 Tingley email 1[1] PDF 769.5 KB
11 Sheppard Email 12 PDF 787.8 KB
12 Sheppard Email 15[1] PDF 786.5 KB
13 Sheppard Email 5 PDF 774.6 KB
14 Sheppard email 4 PDF 1.8 MB
15 Sheppard Email 6 PDF 800.0 KB
16 Sheppard Email 7 PDF 788.2 KB
17 Medway PD Records Request Response 4-7-2020 PDF 712.8 KB
18 RE- Medway PD Records Response PDF 43.7 KB
19 McSweeney Email 10 PDF 775.0 KB
20 Sheppard email 3 PDF 764.2 KB
21 Shepard Email 8 PDF 779.2 KB
22 McSweeney Email 9 PDF 768.3 KB
23 McSWeeney Email 8 PDF 786.8 KB
24 Watson Email 1 PDF 770.2 KB
25 Sheppard Email 2 PDF 1.7 MB
26 McSweeney Email 11 PDF 765.1 KB
27 RE- Medway PD Records Response [2] PDF 55.0 KB
28 McSweeney Email 13 PDF 798.6 KB
29 Medway PD Records Response PDF 32.1 KB
30 Watson Email 3 PDF 802.0 KB
31 Watson Email 2 PDF 1.7 MB
32 Sheppard Email 1 PDF 768.0 KB
33 Sheppard Email 9[1] PDF 764.6 KB
34 McSweeney Email 12 PDF 787.8 KB
35 RE- Medway PD Records Response [1] PDF 50.2 KB
36 ONeill Email 2 PDF 1.7 MB
37 McSweeney Email 6 PDF 776.4 KB
38 McSweeney Email 7 PDF 787.3 KB
39 Tingley email 1 PDF 769.5 KB
40 Sheppard Email 9[2] PDF 764.6 KB
41 Oneill Email 3 PDF 765.0 KB
42 ONeill email 1 PDF 768.8 KB
43 Tingley Email 2[1] PDF 1.7 MB
44 MCSweeney Email 5 PDF 764.7 KB
45 McSweeney Email 4 PDF 779.4 KB
46 Tingley Email 2 PDF 1.7 MB
47 ONeill Email 4 PDF 1.8 MB
48 McSweeney Email 1 PDF 764.5 KB
49 Sheppard Email 9 PDF 764.6 KB
50 McSweeney Email 3 PDF 788.4 KB
51 McSweeney Email 2 PDF 800.3 KB
52 Sheppard email 8 PDF 764.8 KB
53 Sheppard Email 2[1] PDF 1.7 MB
54 Sheppard Email 14[1] PDF 787.3 KB
55 Sheppard email 8[1] PDF 764.8 KB
56 Sheppard email 4[1] PDF 1.8 MB
57 Medway PD Response PDF 31.9 KB
58 Sheppard Email 18 PDF 779.2 KB

Merrimac

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Information request PDF 35.0 KB
2 Falcon PDF 63.8 KB

Needham

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Clearview PDF 14.9 MB
2 RE ACLU Public Records Request PDF 29.0 KB
3 Public records request pertaining to facial recognition PDF 26.0 KB
4 Re Public records request pertaining to facial recognition PDF 28.5 KB
5 Other Facial Recog PDF 4.7 MB

North Andover

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Re- ACLU Public Records Request PDF 46.7 KB
2 Re- ACLU Public Records Request[1] PDF 55.8 KB

Revere

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Re ACLU Public Records Request PDF 28.8 KB
2 FW Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Printer PDF 25.2 KB
3 RE SPR20 0626 Determination PDF 31.0 KB

Stoneham

# File Name File Type File Size
1 FW Public Records Request PDF 28.5 KB

Tyngsborough

# File Name File Type File Size
1 Re- ACLU Public Records Request[1] PDF 57.8 KB
2 Re- ACLU Public Records Request PDF 52.3 KB
3 Internal Email PDF 428.9 KB
4 Records Request Information PDF 476.5 KB

Winchester

# File Name File Type File Size
1 RE ACLU Public Records Request PDF 31.6 KB
2 FW ACLUM Clearview AI Search PDF 24.9 KB
3 solicitations PDF 1.4 MB