---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-025214"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KSCP"
cik: "0001600983"
company_name: "Knightscope, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T23:06:51.955140+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Knightscope appoints three new directors; three directors resign

## Summary
- Appointed William Billings (GlobalFoundries CAO), Robert Mocny (ex-DHS deputy director), Melvin Torrie (CEO Autonomous Solutions) as directors.
- Each received initial option to purchase 100,000 shares of Class A common stock, vesting immediately on Feb 20, 2024.
- Directors Patricia Howell, Linda Keene Solomon, Patricia L. Watkins resigned effective Feb 19, 2024; not due to disagreements.
- New directors join Audit and Compensation Committees; Billings chairs both committees.
- Board cites Billings' finance/accounting expertise, Mocny's security/government experience, Torrie's autonomous-vehicle leadership.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-025214
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KSCP
- cik: 0001600983
- company_name: Knightscope, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600983/000110465924025214/0001104659-24-025214-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600983/000110465924025214/tm246663d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert A. Mocny was appointed as director at Knightscope, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On February 19, 2024 (the “Commencement Date”), the board of directors (the “Board”) of Knightscope, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed each of William G. Billings, Robert A. Mocny, and Melvin W. Torrie to serve as a director of the Company, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600983/000110465924025214/0001104659-24-025214-index.htm
- Executive change
  William G. Billings was appointed as director at Knightscope, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On February 19, 2024 (the “Commencement Date”), the board of directors (the “Board”) of Knightscope, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed each of William G. Billings, Robert A. Mocny, and Melvin W. Torrie to serve as a director of the Company, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600983/000110465924025214/0001104659-24-025214-index.htm
- Executive change
  Melvin W. Torrie was appointed as director at Knightscope, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On February 19, 2024 (the “Commencement Date”), the board of directors (the “Board”) of Knightscope, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed each of William G. Billings, Robert A. Mocny, and Melvin W. Torrie to serve as a director of the Company, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600983/000110465924025214/0001104659-24-025214-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.