Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.

Regretful cities aren’t sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.

  • MrKoyun@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    4 hours ago

    Why aren’t they just… Removing them?

    Oh. Its probably because removing them is unnecessarily complicated so they need the company to come do it for them.

    • frostysauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      If you had read the article you’d know that the cities aren’t sure if they can remove them under the terms of their contracts with flock. So they’re covering them while working that out.

    • Pulsar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      If I remember correctly the agreement is some kind of lease, so the city/county doesn’t really own them after they are installed.

    • bthest@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      4 hours ago

      You don’t have to worry about a complicated removal if you have an angle grinder.

    • sobchak@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      I’ve heard the excuse that they’re private property so they can’t. They’re not hard to remove though. They’re usually just attached to poles with pipe clamps.