The Renton City Council voted to cover the city’s Flock license plate reader cameras with garbage bags, even though the cameras have been inactive since May. The dark garbage bag material is secured around the camera with zip ties to ensure the cameras cannot be reactivated without public knowledge.
Jake Skorheim and Spike O’Neill, co-hosts of “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio, went back and forth on whether the city is being cautious or absurd.
Jake calls it overkill on cameras that are already off
Jake said covering already-deactivated cameras with trash bags felt “almost satirical” and questioned whether the city should also bag its tolling cameras if the concern is data security.
“They’re not running. The city has decided that’s not quite enough. They need further protection of these cameras,” Jake said. “Doesn’t this feel a little bit like double-masking Fauci?”…