About the Case
Since December 2024, the Clinic has represented Katherine Revello and the Connecticut Inside Investigator in challenging the Manchester Police Department’s refusal to disclose the data collected by its dragnet of automated license plate scanners. The police department asserted that Connecticut’s “law enforcement exemption,” Conn. Public Law 1-210(b)(3), allows it to withhold the data because it is “compiled in connection with the detection or investigation of crime.”
In the Spring of 2024, the Clinic’s team argued otherwise in an evidentiary hearing before the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission. Grace Chisholm ’27 took testimony from our client, Katherine Revello, about why it’s so important for the public to understand the kinds of surveillance they’re being subjected to. Tinuola Dada ’25 questioned two witnesses from the Police Department about how the automated license plate readers work, how much information about the technology is already publicly available, and the dragnet nature of the records the Police Department collects. The team, including Kelsey Griffin ’27 and summer intern Ellie Wilson-Wade, finalized the Clinic’s post-hearing briefs, which were submitted during the summer of 2025. The case is now awaiting a decision from the Commission.