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engineer_22 26 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock e...

They’re not utility. But you don’t have to be a utility to construct in the right-of-way.

ibejoeb 26 days ago [–]

Good point. Then, if the contract lapses, who is responsible for that infrastructure? Does flock have to tear it down?

kulahan 26 days ago | | [–]

Probably some legal question that won’t get answered until there is a strong pressure to do so.

engineer_22 24 days ago | | [–]

No, because they have other customers.

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