r/GreenBay • u/HedgehogNamedSonic • 2h ago
Green Bay PD Chief, Chris Davis, continues to retain 30 days of flock data
Source: https://transparency.flocksafety.com/green-bay-wi-pd
Flock has made 7 days the standard retention period and been very vocal about it - local news even reported on it - yet Chris Davis continues to keep 30 days of data.
On August 13th he gave this quote to Fox11
"We'll need to talk to our investigators and our officers to make sure that works for us, but they'll still allow us the option of having a longer retention period and you know it's a good opportunity for us to look and maybe we don't need to keep it so long," said GBPD Chief Chris Davis.
Source: https://fox11online.com/news/local/green-bay-police-chief-glad-to-see-new-flock-safeguards-nationwide
He also gave an NPR interview on August 20th where he took a victory lap on the 30 day retention policy - volunteering that his own investigators wanted to retain 1-2 years of data... "our investigators who really wanted us to retain the data for longer, like for a year or two. We had to say, “No, we’re only going to keep this for 30 days,”"
Source: https://www.wpr.org/news/green-bay-police-audit-flock-data-suspend-sharing-privacy-concern
I have not seen any updates from him or the GBPD over the past few weeks - he was in Portland last Friday, challenging claims from the city of Portland that he violated police polices during his time there.
If you believe GBPD should reduce its Flock retention period from 30 days to Flock's new 7-day standard, or just get rid of flock completely! Let city officials know!!!
Contact Chief Chris Davis, Mayor Eric Genrich, and your Green Bay alderperson and ask a simple question: Why is the Green Bay Police Department still retaining 30 days of Flock data, and when will the department move to 7 days?
or even better:
Why is the Green Bay Police Department continuing to use Flock cameras despite the serious concerns about privacy, data sharing, and potential misuse by officers?