Jennifer Boswell
Role at the time: Member, Akron Citizens' Police Oversight Board
Condemned
Statement summary
Boswell questions continued use without an accountability plan and supports suspension until the board and community have the answers they need.
“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?”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Akron police oversight board tables recommendation to pause FlockOctober 21 meeting; Boswell, Boyd and Crabbs discussion; 5-2 tabling vote
Doug Brown reports competing views on continued Flock use during an independent audit. The proposed recommendation was nonbinding.
Why we used this label
The reference is continued Flock use during the audit. Boswell criticizes current oversight and seeks suspension on that basis.