Rejected
Who approved this?
Voted down by Portsmouth Town Council on January 28, 2026.
The town said no twice. In June 2022 the council approved a bridge-camera pilot with Bristol 6 to 1, then rescinded it unanimously on July 13, 2022 after residents raised surveillance and data-security concerns; the town minutes document the reversal. On January 28, 2026 the council voted unanimously against installing Flock cameras in town under the state-police-backed program. The date shown is the 2026 rejection.
Portsmouth rejected Flock cameras
No contract was signed.
Not yet in the sources: the contract amount and the camera count. Portsmouth Town Council holds the approval file, and the records request guide gives the wording to ask for it. If you already hold the document, send it in.
What happens next
This decision already happened in public; the record and its sources are above. If the community revisits the question, that decision would follow the same public process: a noticed meeting, public comment, and a recorded outcome, all through official channels.
Sources
- NBC 10 WJAR: Portsmouth Town Council votes to reject installing license plate cameras (January 28, 2026) turnto10.com
- Portsmouth town minutes, July 2022 (July 13, 2022) portsmouthri.gov
- EastBayRI (July 14, 2022) eastbayri.com
Last verified: August 4, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
The approval came from Portsmouth Town Council on January 28, 2026. It passed as a council vote item. Portsmouth Police Department operates the program.
The status reads rejected.
3 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified August 4, 2026. More from the state: the Rhode Island hub. Everything: the tracker.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Portsmouth, RI Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 10, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/portsmouth-ri/.
Related
Read on
- Rhode Island State Police, RI Active
- Providence, RI Active
- Woonsocket, RI Active
- Camera locations near Portsmouth: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock