West Springfield

Flock Falcon ALPRs are present in West Springfield.

Flock cameras in West Springfield
Three of the Flock cameras in West Springfield. From left to right: on Route 5 northbound and Route 5 southbound, at the northern side of the Riverdale Shops, and on Park Street westbound near the town common. There are no solar panels with these cameras.

Several Flock cameras have been mapped on deflock.org in West Springfield, including on Park St. adjacent to the Town Common, on Route 20 near the Westfield St. and Kings Highway intersection, on Route 5 northbound and southbound near the Riverdale Shops, on Route 5 northbound near the MassPike overpass, and two along roadways in the Bear Hole Recreational Area.

There appear to be two West Springfield contracts with Flock currently in effect: one contract for 6 cameras and another contract for 2 cameras.

Documents from Public Record Requests

2023 Flock contract for 5 cameras
2024 Flock contract for 6 cameras
2025 Flock contract for 2 additional cameras

Government Agency Customer Agreement (no date listed)

Make a public records request and email it to us when you receive a response. This can be done anonymously.

Items to request:

  • Contracts, memoranda of understanding, and agreements with Flock Safety
  • Invoices, purchase orders, and financial records related to camera acquisition, installation, and maintenance
  • Documents identifying the locations and number of Flock Safety cameras installed
  • Policies, guidelines, or standard operating procedures regarding the use of Flock Safety cameras and data
  • Records of data retention, access logs, and sharing agreements with other agencies
  • Usage statistics, reports, or audits related to Flock Safety cameras

Request in electronic format when possible. If any portion is withheld, request that they cite the specific statutory exemption.

If they indicate that items don’t exist, appeal the request as this is a common tactic to obstruct public records requests.

 

 

 

Take Action

Join us to promote legislation to ban these unconstitutional platforms. And from a harm reduction standpoint, implement legislation to minimize the scope, amount, and duration during which data is stored.

Spread the word

Meet and discuss with your neighbors to increase awareness.

Adapt your talking points. Don’t start off from a political angle. Identify a reason you think it may concern them – be it concerns of sharing with ICE, constitutional rights violation, the ever expanding power of tech companies over the lives of private citizens, or police spying on their exes.

Speak to your MA House Rep about Bill H.3755

Massachusetts House Bill 3755 is by no means a panacea, but at least some legislators are interested in reigning in the data retention and privacy aspects. Find your House Representative here and contact them about the bill but indicate you are seeking a total ban.

 

The ACLU also has a tool to automatically email your representatives in support of this bill.

Map missing ALPRs

Find an ALPR not on DeFlock.org’s map? Add it!

Follow instructions here. Not tech savvy? Contact us below. Please take a picture and take note of where the camera was located and we will help you submit.

Contact us

west-springfield at eyesoffma dot com