# David Ewing
Chief of Police of the [[Russellville Police Department]] as the issuing authority of the department's ALPR policy.
## Role and affiliations
Named as issuing authority — "Chief David Ewing" — on [[Russellville ALPR Policy 312.2]], effective September 1, 2024 (`312.2 Automated License Plate Readers (1).pdf`, p. 1). Under the policy, inter-agency LPR data sharing requires "a written Memorandum of Understanding or agreement signed by the Chief of Police" (p. 4), making the Chief the department's sharing-authorization node.
## Appearances in the corpus
- [[Russellville ALPR Policy 312.2]] — issuing authority, effective 2024-09-01.
- [[Russellville 2026 Semi-Annual ALPR Usage Report]] — the report's MOU statement runs through the Chief's signature authority.
## Notes
Current tenure is not independently verified in the corpus beyond the policy's face; the July 2026 FOIA correspondence is handled by Assistant Chief [[Phillip Varnell]].