# Public Safety Committee  October 28, 2026

The Lawrence City Council Public Safety and Emergency Management Committee met on October 28, 2026. The committee reviewed the Lawrence Police Department’s Flock license-plate-reader program, including its oversight policy, data retention, audits, sharing restrictions, camera placement, and public transparency portal. Police officials said the department leases 35 cameras for $3,000 each, or $105,000 annually, under a fiscal-year agreement; the company replaces malfunctioning leased units. The department is not seeking to expand the network and is relocating six cameras. It is also conducting a three-month pilot with a competing vendor for comparison. After voting to untable the item, the committee voted to table it again; no contract award or purchasing approval was made. Officials also said ShotSpotter remains in use under an annually renewed agreement, but provided no cost amount.

The committee also reviewed three years of shooting and firearm-related incident statistics and discussed hotspot deployment, ShotSpotter, and other investigative technology. Police agreed to provide additional information on searches involving the Massachusetts State Police and out-of-state agencies, firearm registration statistics, and further crime-analysis details. The committee voted to table this item for possible later discussion. Both items were discussed as oversight and information matters, with no spending authorization or procurement action taken.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Public Safety, Information Technology
**Published:** October 28, 2026

### Sources
- [Public Safety Committee  October 28, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc-JcJGxa3g) - LawrenceCityCouncil