Council sends Flock camera hearing to committee

Select Board · Meeting of September 8, 2026

Quincy City Council sent a Flock camera public hearing request to its Oversight Committee after dozens of residents demanded the city drop its automated license plate readers. Police Chief Kennedy told the council Quincy's roughly 50 ALPR cameras captured more than 704,000 plates in the past 30 days, but only 134 were searched, saying the department "does not use it to follow residents going about their daily lives." The council voted 9-0 to refer Councilor Yuen's hearing order to committee and separately voted 9-0 to freeze spending from the Chapter 92 Public Works Enhancement Fund on a Nickerson parking lot project pending a review of a 2004 reporting requirement. The council also found no Open Meeting Law violations in two complaints stemming from a chaotic June 22 meeting, and voted to name a Brill Field hockey rink after longtime House Neck volunteer David "Andy" DeBona.

In the full story:

• Open Forum: Dozens Challenge the Flock Camera Contract
• Open Meeting Law Complaints: DeGloria and Perkins
• Police Chief Kennedy's ALPR Data Privacy Review
• Council Orders Public Hearing on Flock, Refers to Oversight
• Chapter 92 Public Works Enhancement Fund and the Nickerson Parking Lot Dispute
• Municipal Broadband Update Sought
• Letter of Support for Ballot Question 1 Enforcement
• Brill Field Hockey Rink to Honor David "Andy" DeBona
• Other Council Business
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,890 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of September 8, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.