In Irmo, South Carolina, two Flock Safety cameras were coated with foam sealant after town leaders approved a major expansion of the town’s automated license plate reader network.
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As WIS News 10 reported, Irmo currently has 11 automated license plate readers already operating, and town leaders recently approved a $400,000 agreement with Flock to install 22 more.
Lenah Allen, an investigative reporter with WIS-TV shared images of the Flock cameras coated with the foam on Facebook. This foam-sealant damage leaves the town seeking to replace two of the cameras it already has.
WIS News 10 also reported that people critiqued the expansion at a public hearing, where the dispute became heated enough that one attendee was removed. Yet, even with that opposition, Irmo’s Town Council approved the added cameras in a 4-1 vote.
Irmo now plans to fund the expanded camera system through its general fund, meaning public money will help pay for the surveillance network…