What This Story Is About
- Knox County is installing temporary privacy shields over Flock cameras after the company announced it will miss the Sept. 16 deadline to remove them.
Why It Matters
- The county is taking immediate, cost-effective steps to safeguard residents’ privacy rights.
- The shields will remain on the cameras until Flock completes their removal, which is now expected by Oct. 7.
Catch Up
- On Aug. 31, Knox County Commission voted to remove Flock cameras.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – Knox County Mayor Betsy Henderson said the county has come up with a solution after Flock announced they will miss their deadline to remove cameras in the county.
According to Henderson, Flock notified the county, saying they will not have the cameras down until Oct. 7, meaning they will miss the Sept. 16 deadline.
In a post on social media, Henderson said the county has designed a personal privacy shield that will be placed over the cameras until Flock takes them down…