Florida revokes all permits for Flock cameras on state roads
The short version: Florida DOT yanked every permit letting police run Flock ALPRs on state roads, and Volusia's sheriff is publicly furious about losing that surveillance pipeline.
Our Take
Credit to WKMG News 6 ClickOrlando for breaking this one: Florida's Department of Transportation just pulled the permits that let local agencies bolt Flock Safety cameras onto state road infrastructure. That's not a small bureaucratic footnote — it's a state agency admitting these networks were operating on its right-of-way without the oversight that should've been there from day one.
Sheriff Mike Chitwood's disappointment is the tell. When law enforcement is this upset about losing a tool, it usually means the tool was doing a lot of quiet, unaccountable work — scanning every plate that passes, building location histories on residents who've never been charged with anything. A single state-level decision shouldn't be the only check on that kind of dragnet, but it's a start, and it shows these systems aren't as untouchable as vendors like to claim.
Permits can be revoked today and reissued tomorrow, so don't mistake this for a permanent win. Check our camera map to see what's actually deployed near you, and head to take-action if you want to push your own local officials before they quietly renew what Florida just took away.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of WKMG News 6 ClickOrlando, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.