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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Attorneys on both sides arguing a lawsuit in federal court challenging the use of surveillance cameras at Green Bay City Hall have asked the court to allow them to confidentially exchange information and the recordings at issue.
Green Bay installed the security cameras with audio-recording capability sometime before December 2021. In August 2022, Janet Angus requested details of audio surveillance equipment, which the city provided. A lawsuit was filed in February 2023, shortly before the mayoral election. A week later, the city’s Park Committee recommended the ending of the recordings. A judge entered a temporary order to halt it on March 2. Days later, the City Council prohibited audio surveillance at City Hall.
The plaintiffs — the Wisconsin State Senate, State Sen. Andre Jacque, and former Green Bay Ald. Tony Theisen — sued the City of Green Bay and Mayor Eric Genrich.
No hearings are currently scheduled in the case. But the attorneys from both sides asked the judge Friday for the ability to confidentially share information.
“The parties recognize that discovery in this matter may call for the production of certain information, documents, or other materials that contain trade secrets or nonpublic confidential technical, commercial, financial, personal, or business information, including that which is contained in surveillance records and/or recording(s). The parties stipulate and agree to cooperate in protecting qualifying confidential information produced in connection with discovery in this action, and therefore respectfully request that the Court enter the Stipulated Protective Order filed contemporaneously with this motion,” it states.
As of Monday morning, the judge has not taken action on the motion.
Meanwhile, there is a separate criminal investigation underway to determine if installation and operation of the devices broke any law.
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