Friends,

The Protect Our Privacy Ordinance is out in the world and we need your help to get it through Durango City Council! The ordinance would require a judicial warrant for searches conducted using the Flock camera system in Durango, set 72 hours as the standard data retention period, and create civilian oversight to ensure DPD follows the ordinance provisions. 

This ordinance would not ban Flock in Durango, but it would prevent hundreds of agencies from accessing our data without oversight or consequences. Passing it would be a meaningful step towards protecting our rights from the encroachment of mass surveillance.

Here are four steps you can take help!

Sign On to The Letter of Support

Join ACLU of Colorado, CIRC, and Compañeros to show the City our community demands action to protect our rights! Sign on behalf of your organization or as an individual!

Fill out this link tinyurl.com/DeflockDGO to sign the letter of support!

Email the City Council

Tell them that hundreds of agencies across the country having access to our cameras in unacceptable! We need meaningful protections now, pass the Protect Our Privacy Ordinance. 

Email: CityCouncil@durangoco.gov

Sample Email and public comment

Attend City Council Meeting On April 7th at 5:30pm

Sign Up to give a comment in support of the ordinance in the public session in person or online! You may sign up in advance or the day of the meeting in person or online via the Teams meeting.

More information at the City Website 

Spread the word and bring a friend!

Please share this message far and wide and bring a friend with you to the council meeting!

See you at City Hall, 

Ben Peters and the DeFlock Coalition

benjonpeters@pm.me