Panel advances Bridgewater camera-limit ordinance
Other Committee · Meeting of October 1, 2026
Bridgewater's new Public Safety Committee votes 2-0 to send a license plate camera restriction ordinance to the full council. Police Chief Del Monte told the committee the town's six camera locations helped rescue a 2023 kidnapping victim via an Alabama camera hit and helped capture a woman with a 25-year criminal record near a Home Depot in September. The $18,000 federal grant funding the cameras covers just one year, with no renewal guaranteed, and the department has cut data retention from 30 to 15 days.
Resident Caitlin Barry Brown read a statement warning that combined camera records "build a detailed history of where we go and who we see," while resident Donna Jewell called the cameras "invaluable in helping solve crimes." Committee member MJ, who has her own competing "CAFE Act" measure headed to Rules and Procedures Monday night, moved to advance Councilor Sean Kennedy's ordinance anyway, saying she didn't want to hold up the process.
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Source: the Other Committee meeting of October 1, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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