Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Residents press trustees to delay Flock Safety expansion; board schedules presentation before vote
Summary
After extended public comment on privacy, data security and drone use, Waterford Township trustees voted Jan. 12 to postpone final approval of a Flock Safety contract and requested a presentation by Chief Underwood at the Jan. 26 meeting so trustees and the public can review security, FOIA and data-retention details.
Chair opened public comment and residents used the three-minute period to press the board for more information before expanding the township's use of Flock Safety cameras and related drone and software systems.
Mark Monahan, a Waterford resident, urged trustees to "postpone or table this" and said he feared personal location data collected by the cameras could become publicly accessible through freedom-of-information requests and used by other agencies. True Marchesky and several other residents raised similar security concerns, including the potential for unauthorized…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
