Florida’s transportation department revoked local police departments’ authority to install license plate reader cameras on state highways Monday, part of a growing national backlash against Flock Safety and other surveillance camera makers.
NBC News reports that Will Watts, chief operating officer of the Florida Department of Transportation, sent a one-page memo to local law enforcement agencies rescinding all previously issued approvals for license plate readers in state “rights-of-way,” the strips of land next to or part of state roads. Watts cited a “recent exponential increase” in camera deployment and pointed to “concerning reports of…
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