Yeas & NaysBoston City Council votes

Docket 0639

Roll call 7 of 8 at the meeting of March 25, 2026: 9 yes, 3 no, 1 present.

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The motion

City Council Discusses Updates to Police Body Camera Release Rules After Major Events.

The City's own summary of the docket.

yeas 9 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), nays 3 (FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy), present 1 (Durkan).

The clerk's full description

0639 Councilors Culpepper, Worrell, Coletta Zapata, Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana and Weber offered the following: Resolution calling on the Boston Police Department to update body camera and dash camera release protocols to include access to oversight entities following police involved shootings, mass shootings, and major events. Councilor Mejia moved to close debate. Seconded by Councilor Weber. Motion prevailed: yeas 10 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), nays 3 (Durkan, Flynn, Murphy). On motion of Councilors Culpepper and Worrell, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 9 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), nays 3 (FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy), present 1 (Durkan).

How each councillor voted

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