[mweibel]

it's in the second paragraph of the article:

    The city council unanimously voted on Wednesday to ban
    the use of the technology and prohibit any city 
    official from obtaining facial surveillance 
    by asking for it through third parties.

[bsenftner]

My my, the city council of Boston has a brain. When San Francisco banned FR they left the door open for private contractors, which the city just hired straight away.

[brlewis]

It's possible that Boston learned from SF's mistake.