Bob Duff calls for a pause on new Flock cameras in Connecticut
Connecticut Senate majority leader (D), 25th District
“Communities across Connecticut are taking a hard look at these cameras and deciding they don’t want them, and they’re right to ask the question Flock cameras track the movements of ordinary people going about their lives, and that kind of surveillance carries real dangers. Town after town is saying they don’t want a permanent record of every car that drives down their streets. We’re calling for a pause because residents deserve real answers about who is watching them and why before a single new camera goes up.”
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CT News Junkie reported on a call by Connecticut Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff and Sen. James Maroney for towns to pause new license-plate reader installations.
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Duff and Sen. James Maroney asked Connecticut cities and towns to voluntarily pause installation of new automated license-plate readers and Flock cameras. A state law enacted in 2026 had already cut the default retention period to 21 days and limited access to the data.
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The two senators pledged to introduce legislation in 2027 to strengthen privacy protections, and planned to ask the state's public safety department to survey every town for the number and location of Flock cameras.
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Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Duff said the cameras carry real dangers and asked towns to pause new installations until residents get answers, while pledging stronger protections in law. A pause pending answers and new rules is a conditional position, not a call to end the systems, so Mixed or conditional fits.
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