# Clayton Smith Major in the Investigations Division of the [[Conway Police Department]]. Smith is the CPD official who circulated the May 26 draft request for an Arkansas Attorney General opinion, sent the July 2026 Flock FOIA response chains to City Attorney [[Charles Finkenbinder]] for review, articulated CPD's concern about releasing vendor-platform records, and sought the July 27 meeting with Finkenbinder and Chief [[Chris Harris]]. ## Role and affiliations - **Major, Investigations Division, Conway Police Department.** His signature block identifies him as "Major Clay Smith / Investigations Division" ([[Draft Attorney General Opinion Request and Routing]], `doc16993620260803100035.pdf`, p. 36). ## Appearances in the corpus - **2026-05-26** - sends Finkenbinder the email captioned "attached draft opinion request for your review" with `ag opinion request-draft.pdf` attached ([[Draft Attorney General Opinion Request and Routing]], p. 1). - **2026-07-23** - asks Finkenbinder to review the preservation demand and response chains and separately asks whether the draft opinion request was submitted, revised, or routed (pp. 34-37). - **2026-07-25** - explains CPD's reading of the ALPR statute, says the Department is withholding the platform records "at this stage," and says CPD will follow the City Attorney's ultimate guidance ([[City Attorney Review of ALPR Records Requests]], pp. 3-4). - **2026-07-27** - asks Finkenbinder to attend a meeting with Smith and Chief Harris about the Flock FOIA ([[July 27 Flock FOIA Meeting Text]]). ## Notes The production documents Smith's institutional legal and records-custody position. It does not document the July 27 meeting's result or a final decision attributable to him.