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Board approves $28,000 renewal for police license-plate recognition service
Summary
The New Canaan Board of Selectmen unanimously approved a $28,000 annual renewal with Flock Safety for license plate recognition software and services, and discussed camera expansion and data-retention rules.
The New Canaan Board of Selectmen on Oct. 21 unanimously approved a $28,000 annual renewal with Flock Safety for license-plate-recognition services used by the police department.
The board was told the department will first apply about $11,000 of remaining FY25 capital funds and then cover the remaining $17,000 from this year’s operating service-contracts line. Chief John DeFrederico said the town does not own the equipment or software; the contract is for the vendor’s service program.
Why it matters: the town is expanding the system. DeFrederico said the department plans to add pan-tilt-zoom video cameras to downtown Elm Street to document incidents that fixed LPRs do not capture, which will raise future annual costs.
Board members pressed for details about data storage and retention. DeFrederico said that recorded LPR data is kept for 30 days unless an image or clip is tagged for an active investigation, in which case it is preserved as evidence.
The motion to renew the contract with Flock Safety for $28,000 passed unanimously.
What happened next: no amendments or conditions were added; staff will account for the FY25 capital carryover and the FY26 operating-line budget entry for the service renewal.
Quotes and context: "I think it's 30 days is is the, retention period," DeFrederico said when asked about how long images are retained. He also told the board the town does not purchase the hardware or software outright and relies on the annual service contract.
