UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2023

DIGITAL ALLY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

001-33899

20-0064269

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

14001 Marshall Drive, Lenexa, KS 66215

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (913) 814-7774

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Retirement of Daniel F. Hutchins

On December 15, 2023, Daniel F. Hutchins notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Digital Ally, Inc. (the “Company”) that he intends to retire as a director of the Board, effective December 31, 2023, and does not wish to seek reelection in the 2024 Annual Meeting. Accordingly, Mr. Hutchins will not be nominated by the Board for election at our 2024 Annual Meeting, and Mr. Hutchins’s term as the Audit Committee Chairman and director will end on December 31, 2023.

Appointment of D. Duke Daughtery as Audit Committee Chairman

D. Duke Daughtery, will replace Mr. Hutchins as the Audit Committee Chairman. Mr. Daughtery retired from public accounting in November of 2019 after a 32-year career with Grant Thornton and Deloitte & Touche as an assurance partner and audit practice leader. Mr. Daughtery was instrumental in the significant growth of Grant Thornton’s Kansas City audit practice. Mr. Daughtery served numerous companies ranging from high growth private equity backed clients, to multi-billion revenue private companies to public companies ranging from smaller public companies to the Fortune 500.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 15, 2023

	Digital Ally, Inc.

	By:	/s/ Stanton E. Ross
	Name:	Stanton E. Ross
	Title:	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

SEC Form 8-K filed by Digital Ally Inc.