Windsor, CT
The Windsor Town Council voted 5-4 on July 6, 2026 against restoring the town's Flock Safety cameras, permanently ending the program and the town's contract. The 16 fixed cameras had already been switched off since February 18, 2026, when the council voted 8-1 to shut down the system while officials sought answers about who could access the data. Mayor Nuchette Black-Burke said Flock could not guarantee that federal law enforcement was not using the system to track residents.
What moved this decision
- Flock could not guarantee federal law enforcement was not accessing the data
- A FOIA request showed the system had been searched roughly 590,000 times over nine weeks
- System conflicted with the ALPR Data Usage and Security Policy Windsor adopted January 5, 2026, which limited sharing to Connecticut and nearby-state agencies
What happened afterwards
Windsor became the first Connecticut town to decide against renewing a Flock contract; the 16 cameras were slated for removal by fall 2026. Killingworth followed within about a week, with its Board of Selectmen declining to renew a four-camera contract. Mayor Black-Burke framed the decision as vendor-specific: "This tool is important; the vendor is not what we want."
What we still don’t know
These are the records we would need to describe this decision completely. If you can help obtain them, or already have them, get in touch.
- Whether Windsor incurred the roughly $8,000 early-termination penalty
- Whether the town procured an alternative ALPR system meeting its January 2026 data policy