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Council approves Flock Group agreement for cameras and first-responder drones after adding legal data safeguards
Summary
Following extensive public comment and a review by police and fire chiefs, the council approved a five-year, $1.3 million agreement with Flock Group for automated license-plate readers and two DFR drones, adding a law-department review amendment to secure city control of data, log access and a contract-breach remedy.
The Green Bay City Council on Dec. 16 approved a multi-part agreement with Flock Group that renews and expands the city—s automated license-plate reader (ALPR) deployment and adds a two-launch-location drone first-responder (DFR) program intended to provide rapid situational awareness for emergency calls.
The total contract value discussed in public testimony was about $1.3 million over five years; councilmembers and staff said the incremental cost to add the drones over the ALPR renewal is about $170,000 per year. Chief Davis of the Green Bay Police Department described the drones as first-responder tools intended to give quick situational awareness on emergent calls, not persistent random surveillance. "This…
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