Kemp Boyd questions continued Flock use amid residents' concerns
Kemp BoydChair, Akron Citizens' Police Oversight Board, and candidate for mayor
Boyd questions continuing Flock use while residents' concerns are unresolved and later backs a pause to establish safeguards and rebuild trust.
“how can we move forward if we have all the complaints and it's not working well”
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Where this statement fits
Akron oversight board tables a proposed Flock pause during an independent audit
Akron's police oversight board tabled Jennifer Boswell's proposed Flock pause while seeking written terms. Kemp Boyd backed a pause over safeguards and trust. Duane Crabbs argued for continued access during the audit, citing investigative value and services already paid for.
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The official city recording contains the debate over a temporary Flock pause and the procedural vote to table the recommendation. Automatic captions contain errors in names and some repeated words.
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Doug Brown reports competing views on continued Flock use during an independent audit. The proposed recommendation was nonbinding.
Before the quotation
Boyd compares Flock's problems to a vehicle recall that is fixed before the car is driven again. He says his stance is not necessarily against Flock.
After the quotation
He says the board's responsibility is to deal with its community's complaints and that it should discuss, and possibly vote that night on, its stance. He says he is less against Flock than asking whether the board needs to set parameters.
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Why this label?
The reference point is continued Flock use while the audit proceeds, not Flock in general. Boyd says he is not necessarily against Flock, but asks how the city can move forward while complaints are unresolved and parameters are missing, and he backs a pause. Rejecting continued use under present conditions fits Condemns; his openness to future use concerns Flock in general, not the matter under scrutiny.
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More from this case
Read the full caseDuane Crabbs defends continued Flock use during the audit
“if we take that ... away ... it takes another tool out of the Akron police hands.”Read statement
Jennifer Boswell questions continued Flock use without an accountability plan
“how can we continue using a system when when we don't have we don't have that plan, and it's not in effect yet?”Read statement
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