# Town Council Public Safety Committee - 10/29/26

The Groton Town Council Public Safety Committee meeting on October 29, 2026, discussed distributing $71,441.79 in opioid settlement funds. Members supported using a standardized application form modeled on the town’s cannabis-fund process and voted for the committee to solicit and review applications and recommend expenditures to the Town Council for approval. The funds would be handled outside the regular budget process; no per-agency award cap was set. Applicants will be subject to follow-up reporting requirements, and staff expected roughly a dozen applications, though the total is uncertain.

The committee also began reviewing whether the town should continue using its 12 Flock automatic license plate reader cameras. The town has spent $94,875 to date; ending the contracts could involve up to $72,000 in remaining payments ($42,000 for phase one and $30,000 for phase two), before any possible early-termination adjustment. No decision was made to pause or discontinue the system. Members requested a presentation from local police chiefs on its use, data access and privacy safeguards, audits, interagency sharing, and the new state requirements under Public Act 26-14, then deferred further consideration to a future meeting.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Public Safety, Information Technology
**Topics:** Regulatory Compliance, Policy
**Published:** October 29, 2026

### Sources
- [Town Council Public Safety Committee - 10/29/26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk8M7N8DcUY) - Groton Municipal Television