GPS Icon Persistent in Status Bar?

[AC Question]

I recently updated my HTC One M9 on Sprint (0PJA2) to Android 7.0. Overall i am loving the experience but I've noticed that the GPS icon stays persistent in my status bar even when i turn location services off. And when they are on, and the device pings my location, it adds another icon to the status bar. This one blinks and disappears when the device stops pinging location, the other static icon staying persistent and without the dot in the center. Is this a bug to be patched or how can i make it go away?

 

[Alex Champion]