Some Florida Flock cams stay despite growing controversy
The short version: Florida ordered Flock cameras off state highways, but local agencies are keeping them running anyway, proving political pressure alone won't dismantle this surveillance network.
Our Take
WKMG News 6 ClickOrlando's report lays bare a pattern we've seen play out again and again: a state tells law enforcement to pull Flock cameras off public roads, and local agencies just... don't fully comply. The DeSantis administration's order to remove these ALPRs from Florida's highways was supposed to be a check on unchecked camera sprawl. Instead it's become a lesson in how deeply embedded this surveillance infrastructure already is — and how reluctant agencies are to give it up once they have it.
The "benefits" argument law enforcement keeps leaning on is the same one Flock Safety markets nationwide: these cameras solve crimes, so any privacy cost is worth it. But that framing conveniently skips over the actual scale of what's being built — a searchable, retroactive record of where every driver goes, available to agencies with little oversight and, as other reporting has shown, prone to being shared well beyond its original purpose. A state-level order is a start, not a solution, when individual sheriffs and police chiefs can simply decide the cameras stay.
This is exactly why local accountability matters as much as state policy. Check our camera map to see what's tracking you in Central Florida and beyond, and if you want to push back on your own city council or sheriff's office, our take-action resources walk you through how to make noise before the next contract renewal.
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.