A local town board put privacy rights first Monday night when it voted unanimously to cancel a contract for surveillance cameras purchased to help fight crime.
The Hillsborough Board of Commissioners approved an $81,500, two-year contract with Flock Safety in August for 10 surveillance cameras. On Monday, the board talked with its attorney in closed session before voting to cancel the contract with the Atlanta-based public safety technology company.
The town was “excited about implementing a new technology that has been shown to help solve crimes, find missing persons, and increase the ability of patrol officers to deter crime,” Mayor Mark Bell and Police Chief Jason Winn said in a joint statement…