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IF RESIDENTS ARE SEEING AN
IMPACT. AND WE BEGIN TONIGHT IN
THE HIGH COUNTRY WHERE MULTIPLE
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WERE
DESTROYED OVER THE WEEKEND. TWO
WERE SPEEDING CAMERAS. THE
OTHER WAS A FLOCK LICENSE PLATE
READER. IT HAPPENED IN THE TOWN
OF AVON. THE DAMAGE WILL LIKELY
COST THE CITY TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS. BUT WHEN THE CITY
POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT IT,
TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO WAS
BEHIND IT. THIS POST WAS
FLOODED WITH SUPPORT FOR
WHOEVER CUT DOWN THOSE CAMERAS
YOU'RE REPORTING THE MARTIN
SPENCER WILSON SHOWS US HOW IT
HAS THE TOWN RETHINKING USING
THE CAMERAS AT ALL.
AVON POLICE AREN'T SURE WHAT
THE VANDALS WERE TRYING TO DO
IF THEY'RE ONLY TRYING TO TAKE
OUT FLOCK CAMERAS. THIS IS THE
ONLY ONE THEY GOT. THE OTHER
TWO WERE ACTUALLY SPEED
ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS. SO NOT
NECESSARILY RELATED TO FLOCK,
BUT ONCE AGAIN, SOMETHING THE
POLICE USE IN TERMS OF
ENFORCEMENT. AND NOW THE TOWN
OF AVON IS GOING TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE
POLICE HAVE ACCESS TO. AVON
SAYS IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO
TALK ABOUT PRIVACY IN POLICING
TOOLS, BUT THE COMMUNITY
RESPONSE TO THE VANDALISM, A
LOT OF WHICH WAS POSITIVE, HAS
BROUGHT THE CONVERSATION TO THE
FOREFRONT.
WE KNOW OTHER CITIES HAVE
HAD THIS COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
ON WHETHER THESE TYPES OF
CAMERAS ARE APPROPRIATE OR NOT,
AND I THINK IT'S AVON'S TURN
THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION NOW.
THE FACEBOOK POST REGARDING
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CAMERAS
HAS GONE VIRAL, 28,000
REACTIONS, AND AVON BELIEVES A
LARGE CHUNK OF THEM ARE NOT IN
THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
WE'RE ONLY ABOUT 6500 AND
NOT ALL OF THEM ARE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE MORE
ABOUT WHAT THE LOCALS HERE
THINK, NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON
SOCIAL MEDIA. THE TOWN SAYS THE
12 LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS,
NOW 11, ARE THERE FOR A REASON.
I THINK OUR COMMUNITY HAS A
AWARENESS THAT BECAUSE OF OUR
LOCATION ON I-70, WE GET
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS FELONS
ON THE ROAD THAT ARE COMING OFF
OF I-70.
BUT AVON SAYS IT WANTS TO
KNOW IF THE LOCAL PUBLIC SEES
THE SAME VALUE OR IF THERE'S
MORE CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY
THAN THEY THOUGHT.
TODAY'S WORLD OF AI AND
TECHNOLOGY, YOU HAVE TO BE
NIMBLE.
NO DECISIONS ARE EXPECTED
FROM THE MEETING TONIGHT, BUT
THE THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH
FLOC IS UP THIS YEAR. AVON SAYS
IT'S INTERESTED IN HEARING
WHERE THE PUBLIC WANTS TO GO
NEXT AND ISN'T STUCK IF THEY
NEED TO MOVE ON FROM FLOC.
WE PUT IN A PROVISION THAT
WE CAN TERMINATE IN 30 DAYS. AS
A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY. ALL
OF OUR CONTRACTS ARE SUBJECT TO
ANNUAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION.
WE ALSO FEEL LIKE FLOC HAS BEEN
A PRETTY WILLING PARTNER TO
WORK WITH US. SO IF WE HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE CONTRACT
IS WORDED FOR DATA MANAGEMENT
OR DATA DELETION, I'M CONFIDENT
THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND