Verified ALPR — vendor unconfirmed
Manchester is watched — we just can't confirm by whom.
Our records document automated license plate reader use in Manchester, Connecticut recorded for Manchester Police Department, but they do not establish Flock Safety as the vendor. Separately, 15 individual ALPR camera locations mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors fall inside the municipal boundary, 14 of them source-tagged Flock Safety.
Agency
Manchester Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
Municipal
County
Hartford County
State
Connecticut (CT)
Vendor
No verified record currently in our database
The Manchester Police Department allocated $30,000 for the purchase of automated license plate readers in 2023.
Sources · record AOS011974
These entries document that an agency has been reported to use ALPR technology. They do not establish camera counts, exact locations, cost, retention periods or sharing policies unless the linked source says so.
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Everything on this page traces back to the records below. Where a record carries no linked document, we say so instead of filling the gap.
Deployment records come from the EFF Atlas of Surveillance ↗. Database last updated 2026-08-07.
15 mapped camera points inside the Manchester boundary, from OpenStreetMap contributors via the DeFlock ↗ dataset (ODbL). Each point links to its own OpenStreetMap record in the camera list on this page.
Camera points are matched to this municipality by point-in-polygon containment against US Census Bureau cartographic boundaries (2023) — the coordinate falls inside the municipal boundary. Containment is a statement about location only, never about ownership, operation, purchase or deployment.
Other Connecticut communities with a record in our database — nearest by county first. Absence from this list is not evidence of absence.
On Oct. 5 the South Windsor council directed its police chief to stop using Flock cameras immediately and remove them within 60 days. CT Mirror counts it as at least the sixth Connecticut community this year, after Windsor, Killingworth, Ledyard, Milford and Newtown.
CT MirrorOct 9, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Related reading:Map of documented deployments
WTNH reports that South Windsor residents pressed the town council over who can access the town's Flock data and where it is stored, with the police chief addressing the council directly.
WTNHSep 8, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Connecticut Public reports on protests and packed public meetings in Milford and other towns as residents question how license plate reader data is shared. Several towns are reviewing or pausing installations while state officials weigh tighter rules.
Connecticut PublicAug 25, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Gov. Ned Lamont sent a letter urging every Connecticut municipality to immediately pause installation of new safety cameras and automated license plate readers pending further state guidance. The request is not binding on towns.
CT News JunkieAug 10, 2026Official / governmentFlock Safety
Camera counts, contract prices, retention and sharing policies are shown only where we found a primary source. Where they're missing, the information is not publicly verified — see the Flock Files for the documents we do have.
Data attribution
Portions of the surveillance deployment data on this site come from the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas of Surveillance. atlasofsurveillance.org ↗ Are You Flocked? is independent and is not affiliated with the EFF or Flock Safety. Database last updated 2026-08-07.
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