A week after news reports surfaced about the Lakeland Downtown Development Authority using facial recognition software to track “people of interest” downtown.
LDDA Executive Director Julie Townsend has been quoted saying ALL LDDA board members, Herself, Tony Davila, LDDA’s clean and safe manager, Lakeland Police, Lakeland Parking staff, and each owner of the business that a camera is attached to have access to the cameras.
The system provides an email alert to ALL members that have access to the system.
Here is a list of the current LDDA board members:
- Donna De Stefano, LDDA Chair 2024 works as a Senior Special Projects Manager at Summit
- Michael J Kincart, LDDA Vice Chair works as an Attorney at Peterson & Myers P.A.
- Bretta Christakos, LDDA Treasurer works as the SVP Regional Manager at SouthState Bank N.A.
- Jeff Donalson, LDDA Director works for Thomas Capital Partners, LLC.
- Landon Beck, LDDA Director works for Linksters Taproom
- Michael Musick, City Commissioner
- Julie Townsend, LDDA Executive Director
- Phyllis Sharp, LDDA Administration
- Antonio (Tony) Davila, LDDA Clean and Safe Manager
Could “people of interest” be turned into profiling targets for law enforcement?
Is there a liability issue to the City of Lakeland since Michael Musick a City Commissioner is on the board and Townsend has been quoted to say all board members have access to the system?