๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐, and I have paired it with a similar survey conducted by WTHI-TV Channel 10 that yielded almost identical results:
๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง ๐
๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ
What is your stance on the use of Flock Safety surveillance cameras in Greene County?
Strongly Oppose / Skeptical 77.3% 324 votes
Support with Limits 12.6% 53 votes
Fully Support 10.0% 42 votes
๐๐๐๐-๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง ๐
๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ
Do you feel safer or more spied on with Flock license plate cameras?
More spied on 74%
Safer from crime 15%
Needs balance / Not sure 10%
The data from both polls paints a precise picture: ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐
๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ.
Over 75% of all respondents feel these mass surveillance systems violate their privacy, making them feel actively tracked rather than protected and want them removed from Greene County.
Conversely, only a marginal fraction of the public, between 10% and 15%, unconditionally supports the technology or feels safer because of its implementation.
I will forward this comprehensive polling data directly to the Greene County Commissioners, County Council, Prosecutor, and Sheriff.
I am formally asking for their official comment on these numbers and whether this overwhelming public disapproval changes their perspective on utilizing these cameras.
As elected representatives fundamentally tasked with advocating for the people who placed them in office, it is necessary that they publicly address how their continued support for these surveillance systems aligns with the undeniable will of their constituents.
