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Investigate Cambridge Police Department Flock implementation

investigation-targetatlas-indexed-leadconfidence 0.82schema 0.9.0

Locality recursion target for Cambridge Police Department in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Metadata

StarIntel IDstarintel:investigation-target:aos013869:locality
Datasetflock-safety-national-state-locality-seed-2026-07-25
Schema0.9.0
Version1
Updated2026-07-25T17:58:54-04:00

Type-specific data

Actor

starintel-auto-dig

Breadth
10
Depth
2
Max Depth
3
Objectives
  • Find contracts, purchase orders, grants, renewals, prices, and resellers

  • Identify officials, administrators, records staff, vendor personnel, and lobbyists

  • Obtain policy, retention, sharing, user rosters, audits, misuse investigations, and termination records

Priority
0.72
Query

"Cambridge Police Department" "Flock Safety" contract purchase council policy audit lobbyist

Required Dtypes
  • org

  • person

  • relation

  • contract

  • procurement

  • lobbying-filing

  • policy

  • event

  • analysis

  • investigation-target

Research Question

Who implemented, funded, approved, administered, audited, renewed, opposed, or terminated Flock Safety at Cambridge Police Department, and what sharing relationships exist?

Scope Type

locality

Score
0.72
Seed Ids
  • starintel:investigation-target:flock-state:ma

  • starintel:org:flock-safety

  • starintel:source:atlas-of-surveillance-alpr-export-2026-07-25

Selection Reason
  • The Cambridge Police Department received city council approval to acquire 15 to 20 fixed automated license plate reader cameras in February 2025. The agency suspended use of the technology over data sharing practices in October 2025.

Status

queued

Target

Cambridge Police Department Flock Safety implementation

Target Type

local-government-or-law-enforcement-implementation

Assessment

Confidence
0.82
Priority
0.72

Verification

Status

atlas-indexed-lead

Verified
False

Handling

Pii
False
Sensitive
False
Visibility

public

Workflow

Max Depth
3
Priority
0.72
Queue

flock-locality-ma

Recursion Depth
2
Research Status

queued

Root Target Id

starintel:investigation-target:flock-national

Selected From
  • starintel:investigation-target:flock-state:ma

Geospatial

City

Cambridge

Country

United States

Country Code

US

County

Middlesex County

Jurisdiction

Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

State

Massachusetts

Extensions

Starintel.Atlas Seed
Agency

Cambridge Police Department

Aos Number

AOS013869

Atlas Summary

The Cambridge Police Department received city council approval to acquire 15 to 20 fixed automated license plate reader cameras in February 2025. The agency suspended use of the technology over data sharing practices in October 2025.

City

Cambridge

County

Middlesex County

Ori9

MA0091100ALPR

State Code

MA

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Sources

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