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The cameras in Littleton were temporarily deactivated May 12, “to allow the Select Board and municipal staff time to review the technology, better understand the available system features and operational capabilities, and evaluate policy considerations before any future decisions are made,”

Source: https://www.lowellsun.com/2026/07/31/littleton-claims-flock-reactivated-its-cameras-without-notifying-the-town/

According to a town update published July 30, Select Board Chairman Gary Wilson requested that the Littleton Police Department verify the status of the town’s Flock Safety camera system. During that review, officials found that five cameras installed on Littleton public ways had been reactivated by Flock Safety without notifying the town.

After learning the cameras had been reactivated, the Select Board directed the Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments (LELD) to disconnect power to each device. LELD later confirmed that all affected cameras had been powered down.

The Select Board also instructed Town Counsel to begin terminating the town’s contract with Flock Safety and directed the town administrator to coordinate with the Department of Public Works to remove all six cameras installed on public ways.

Source: https://shrewsburypost.com/2026/08/02/littleton-cancels-flock-safety-contract-after-cameras-reactivated-without-notice/

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The timestamp should work, but bear with me, sometimes soon after livestreams end, the timestamps break (and move around if the video is trimmed). Currently the correct starting timestamp is 2:10:30, but I will monitor the link and update it here as needed.

* Direct Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/DQrG2Jjar6E?t=7830s

If you're wondering what the iaBAMF is, I believe these are the best explainers: (if anyone has a better one, please share it in the comments)

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With Reckless Ben now wading through various court systems, this news stuck out to me. Why is Utah jamming up their own court system by limiting the number of judges? The Utah Court system requested eight more district court judges, and the Utah government responded by approving only three. Who benefits when cases can't be heard in a timely manner?

I'm quoting the most relevant portions from the article below. Emphasis is mine.

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah judge announced he's stepping down after less than two years on the job, citing a heavy workload on the bench that he says is "not sustainable" and "should concern every citizen."

"The problem is that it takes time to properly perform each of these tasks, and it is time that too many judges are lacking," Wright wrote. "With many judges carrying a caseload of well over a thousand cases, too often judges must choose between giving a case the full attention it deserves and sacrificing their personal time and family life to ensure a case is given the time it requires."

As a result, Wright continued, judges are working 50 to 60 hours a week to get everything done.

"This is not sustainable!" he wrote. "Judges will burn out quickly, and the quality of judicial applicants will decline. Accomplished and talented attorneys will be reluctant to seek judicial positions at the expense of their personal well-being. Whether it be from burnout or dilution of judicial applicants, justice suffers."

The issue is only likely to get worse, according to Wright, who said Utah's population growth has outpaced the resources given to the courts. Higher caseloads mean "judges face increasing pressure to decide more cases with less time," he wrote. "That should concern every citizen."

Earlier this year, the Utah State Courts asked lawmakers for money to hire an additional eight district court judges and one or two more appellate court justices. Ultimately, the Republican-controlled Legislature added two seats on the Court of Appeals and three in the district courts while also expanding the state Supreme Court by two seats, a move that was met with criticism.

Nancy Sylvester, an attorney and former counsel for the courts and the Utah State Bar, said several factors have led to an increased workload for judges and attorneys, including the rise of artificial intelligence technology, pressure from social media and historically understaffed courts.

Wright's resignation from the bench is effective Dec. 31.

The letter addresses his family's long history of military service, and the importance of the 14th Amendment, and then he speaks about two issues. The first being a new tax where one entity was given an unfair exception which I didn't quote because it's not relevant.

Here's his paragraph about the 14th Amendment:

>The Constitution not only protects our rights, or the rights of the people who agree with us. It protects everyone’s. The 14th Amendment is plain: no state may “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” As we celebrate 250 years together, two matters before the city give us a chance to live up to those words.

The final four paragraphs address the American Fork Police Department's treatment of Reckless Ben: (emphasis mine)

>The second is the recent events involving our Police Department, which have drawn attention well beyond our city and raised difficult  questions for many of us. Our officers and the general public deserve due process as much as anyone because due process is for everyone or it is for no one. An independent, third-party review of police actions, policies and practices, with its findings shared openly, would serve all of us. It protects the officers. It protects the public. And it lets the whole community look at the same set of facts.

>You sit in the executive sessions where the professional character and competence of individuals, and the threat of litigation, are discussed, and I understand that work from my own time on the Council. I am not asking anyone to litigate in public. I am asking that, together, we choose transparency where we can: that the city order an  outside review and bring its conclusions into the open, so the people we all serve can see the full picture and judge it for themselves. Trust grows that way. And we can be patient, because due process is worth the wait, for our officers and community alike.

>This story did not start with us, and it will not end with us. My grandpa Carlton picked up a rifle for a country and a constitution that did not yet exist. Families in our own neighborhoods carry losses from those who defended the Constitution. None of them sacrificed for themselves alone, and none of them did it so that any one of us, any applicant, any officer, any resident or visitor would be treated differently from the rest.

>That promise is in our hands now, all of us, and in a special way in yours, because you carry the oath for the rest of us. The Constitution we live under protects “any person within its jurisdiction,” resident or not, friend or not. Let us honor it together this Fourth of July, in the most ordinary and most powerful way there is, by making sure every person who comes before the city is treated with fairness and due process under the law.? exactly the same.

>Thank you for your service to American Fork, and for your consideration.

>Respectfully, Rob Shelton Former member, American Fork City Council

Note: the weird punctuation in the final sentence is exactly as it appears on the newspaper's website.

In case the article is modified or inaccessible for any reason, a mirror: https://archive.is/S8iQN

If you have family members, especially children, who were given such gift cards for Christmas or Birthdays, make sure that they get to a location and spend those gift cards now, while they still can.

Details: I'm in my late 30s, I'm 5'10", 200lbs, male, no medications, never a smoker, never had any serious medical issues in my life and I'm in the US.

Question:

So every time I go in for my annual routine physical, the first question the Doctor always asks is: "How's it going, what did you come in for today?" And every time, I say, "Well it's been about 13 months since my last physical, so I'm just here for that. I have no medical issues, never been on any long term prescriptions, and I feel great!"

And without fail, each of my past four Primary Care doctors then pause a long time and look at me like I said something weird or like if they want to say: "Then why are you here?"

This isn't a weird answer right? Healthy people get annual physicals once a year..... The first couple times it happened, I thought, ok that was weird, but it happens every time I have a new Primary Care doctor. My company changes health insurance plans seemingly every year, so I've had to change Primary Care physicians more than I'd like, and I've also had two major moves in the past 10 years.

Anyways, it happened this morning with my now 5th Primary care doctor over the past 12 years and honestly it is just so weird that it happens every time. What's going on? I really don't think I'm imagining it.

Please pay special attention because Matt and Trey famously add very time sensitive jokes to the script, so I think there is a very good chance that Ben and/or Legos get added to the play as a joke.

If I had to guess, it would be during "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream", where all the things Mormons are most scared of make an appearance. Like Lucifer, Giant Cigarettes, Starbucks Cups, Beer Bottles, etc. I could absolutely see someone dressed up as a giant Lego brick coming out and dancing along.

And next fall it's almost a guarantee that there will be a South Park about all of this. Ben's style of humor is precisely the sort of humor those guys love.