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Resident and commissioners raise privacy concerns after Public Safety posts about ankle-tracker vendor
Summary
A resident criticized Bay City Department of Public Safety social-media posts about Flock Safety ankle trackers and urged reallocating budget; commissioners raised questions about public resources being used to advocate for a vendor.
A Bay City resident and several commissioners raised privacy and process concerns on Sept. 8 after the Bay City Department of Public Safety posted marketing material about an ankle-tracker product from Flock Safety and encouraged public comment.
Paul Colino, a resident, told the commission he was concerned the department had shared material that mirrored marketing language from the company and that the posts implied a call to action. “I was not happy about those posts,” Colino said during public input, describing the posts as “largely just an explanation” and noting…
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