Somewhere in Ashland, Ohio, a city employee is filling out a purchase order this week for a new camera pole, a new solar panel, and probably a new wiring harness. That paperwork has become awfully fam...
Cities have to report on their budgets, and spending more taxpayer money replacing cameras the public doesn’t want that are very much in the public eye is something many City Councils won’t want to continue.
For cities where Council is split on the issue, this kind of expense is the kind of thing that may push that last vote over the threshold to cancel the contract.
Flock still makes its money, but their contracts aren’t renewed and the cameras are covered up, so it’s a win overall.
It’s better.
Cities have to report on their budgets, and spending more taxpayer money replacing cameras the public doesn’t want that are very much in the public eye is something many City Councils won’t want to continue.
For cities where Council is split on the issue, this kind of expense is the kind of thing that may push that last vote over the threshold to cancel the contract.
Flock still makes its money, but their contracts aren’t renewed and the cameras are covered up, so it’s a win overall.