Photo courtesy Nicole Hensley, KXLY. Council president Ben Stuckart shows off the plastic bag that blocks their office security camera's view.

Most everywhere you go in Spokane, security installations on buildings and businesses can document where you go, including Spokane City Hall. Some city officials find the added security a little unnerving.

They were installed last January from a 2009 grant awarded by Homeland Security. The grant awarded $44,843.78 to install 24 additional security cameras in City Hall including city council’s 7th floor offices. After learning the cameras were recently activated council president Ben Stuckart wasn’t sure who was watching the footage, so he took extra precautions. He put a plastic bag over it.

“I didn’t know until I put a bag over it to know who was watching it. [Security] came up in ten minutes,” Stuckart said.

Security assured Stuckart that the cameras were pointed toward the office entrance and only showed the back of their heads. The only people watching are the 1st floor security officers who arrived to the 7th floor within ten minutes after noticing something blocking the camera’s view.

City spokesperson Marlene Feist says the council has every right to stick a bag over a camera if they want to, but the only challenge is security may not be alerted as quickly of a problem in their offices. Nicole Hensley, KXLY  More here.

Cameras are gone! Update here.

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