# David Ewing Chief of Police of the [[Russellville Police Department]] as the issuing authority of the department's UAS and ALPR policies. ## Role and affiliations Named as issuing authority on Policy 421.2, effective November 1, 2021, and [[Russellville ALPR Policy 312.2]], effective September 1, 2024. The UAS policy governs approval, warrant review, Part 107 operations, and DroneSense logging. The ALPR policy sets a 150-day retention ceiling and requires pre-stop verification; inter-agency sharing requires "a written Memorandum of Understanding or agreement signed by the Chief of Police" (`Drone data.pdf`, pp. 2, 5, 8, 10; `312.2 Automated License Plate Readers (1).pdf`, pp. 1, 4). ## Appearances in the corpus - [[Russellville ALPR Policy 312.2]] — issuing authority, effective 2024-09-01. - [[Russellville Drone Inventory Policy and Flight Coordinates]] — issuing authority for Policy 421.2, effective 2021-11-01. - [[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]].