Fran Wilson is a community organizer and Akron City Council representative for Ward 1 in Ohio. They previously served on the Akron Civil Rights Commission and the West Hill Neighborhood Organization board.
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Wilson criticizes Akron's interim restriction as inadequate because she says the city's contract still permits broad sharing of data.
“we have egregious data-sharing practices established hard and firm in our contract”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Akron blocks out-of-state searches from its Flock surveillance networkOctober 26 policy announcement and original interview with Council Member Fran Wilson.
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The reference is continued Flock use during the audit. Wilson criticizes the access restriction as insufficient to address the contract's data-sharing terms.
Akron's police oversight board delayed a recommendation to pause Flock use during an audit. Boswell and Boyd backed a pause over safeguards and trust; Crabbs cited investigative value and services already paid for.
