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Green Bay panel approves Flock drone‑first responder program amid staffing and privacy questions
Summary
The Green Bay Finance Committee approved a multi‑year agreement to add Flock’s integrated license‑plate readers and a drone‑as‑first‑responder program, with vendor presenters estimating the drones could be used on roughly half of annual calls; members pressed for deployment criteria, staffing and metrics before funding moves to the levy.
The Green Bay Finance Committee on Dec. 9 approved an agreement with a vendor to add an integrated surveillance camera system and a drone‑as‑first‑responder (DFR) capability for police and fire use, part of a multi‑year subscription model the city will test this year.
The committee’s discussion centered on how the technology would be used and paid for, not on whether to pilot it: the motion to approve the agreement passed unanimously after extended Q&A. Chief (unnamed in the transcript), who described staffing and operational limits, said the technology would allow officers to get “eyes on” a scene quickly and cancel unnecessary responses in cases such as false crash‑sensor 911 calls. “If we can send a drone to get overhead in a few minutes, see there’s nothing there, we can cancel all of that response that’s coming,” the chief said during the presentation.
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