City Council, November 10, 2026
Decided: Hearing on surveillance ordinance amendments (Docket 1796)
What happened
On November 10, 2026, Boston acted on Hearing on surveillance ordinance amendments (Docket 1796).
The Boston City Council's Committees on Public Safety and Criminal Justice and Government Operations held a hearing with no votes, covering Docket 1708 (the 2025 annual surveillance report), Docket 1709 (BPD's revised surveillance use policy for social media analysis tools) and D…
- Jurisdiction
- Boston, MA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- November 10, 2026
- Decisions
- 1 zoning decision
- Outcome
- Decided
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Hearing on surveillance ordinance amendments (Docket 1796)
The committees held a hearing, with no vote, on an ordinance amending the City of Boston Code ordinance on surveillance oversight and information sharing. It was sponsored by Councilors Weber, Coletta Zapata and Santana.
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Hearing on surveillance ordinance amendments (Docket 1796)
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Boston is tightening oversight of police surveillance technology, a civic-governance…
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28 distinct speakers; 20 identified names.
All speaker roles: 13 Councilmember, 5 Staff, 1 Chair, 3 Public, 5 Witness, 1 Unknown.
Identified name roles: 10 Councilmember, 5 Staff, 1 Chair, 4 Witness.
Speaker sample: Shinpei Tsai, Staff.
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