Tampa Bay
Hillsborough is home. The Fourth Amendment is not optional. This is more than a camera system. Flock Safety is a nationwide searchable network. Each hit is a vehicle record. Some customers also get an AI search tool. It is not a neighborhood pole that stays in a locked city drawer.
Think of one drive-by as one file. The company's current default (announced 13 Aug 2026) is to delete that file after 7 days.
A later drive-by is a different file with its own 7-day clock. Wednesday does not keep Tuesday's photo. Wednesday also does not erase Wednesday's photo just because Tuesday's time ran out.
If you keep driving past cameras, new files keep appearing. The 7-day rule does not mean the network forgets you as a person. It means each unsaved scan is supposed to drop off after a week.
Agencies can choose a longer window than 7 days. Existing customers keep the window they already approved unless they switch. A saved hit (Evidence Mode) and search or audit logs sit on a different schedule. Plant City, TPD, and HCSO configured days are not published on this site. § 316.0778 tells DOS and FDLE to set a maximum schedule. The statute itself does not say 90 days or three years. Agencies quote GS2 Item 217 as a maximum of three anniversary years. Florida is not a 90-day ALPR state. Brand pages: ALPRs.
DeFlock Tampa is a civic fact sheet. It is not legal advice, not a call to interfere with cameras, and not affiliated with Flock Safety.
If the system were ordinary and safe, cities would notice a town hall and put the vendor in the chair. They have not. That is not only a Plant City point. If it is so safe, why is it quiet?
Calendar · County map · Latest · City pages
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One newest write-up per place. Older clips stay on the city page and on News. A pause is not a pull. A filing is not a vote. State-road compliance is not a citywide cancel.
2 Sep 2026 · Hernando Sun / WUSF · press
The county right-of-way interlocal ended Sept. 30. WUSF reported a sheriff spokesperson said all 70 Flock cameras on county and state right-of-way come down. The planned switch to Axon plate readers did not start: the Hernando Sun reported the sheriff’s office terminated the incoming Axon agreement before its Oct. 1 start, citing community concerns. Private poles stay outside both.
30 Sep 2026 · press · FDOT deadline met
TPD told WFTS it removed all 17 ALPRs in State Highway System right-of-way within FDOT’s 30-day timeline. HCSO said its state-road cameras were removed or being taken down and announced no larger change; it has not named a count. City-street and county-road readers stay. That is state-road compliance. It is not a Council or commission cancel.
WFTS, 30 Sep → · City of Tampa, Owen → · News clip → · Tampa page →
27 Oct 2026 · county commission meeting · no vote · cameras stay
At Tuesday’s county commission meeting, commissioners discussed Commissioner Vince Nowicki’s resolution to end county plate reader contracts and pull cameras off county-controlled roads, and Chair Dave Eggers closed it without a vote, per Florida Politics. Bay News 9 reports a general consensus to wait and see what the Legislature does, and commissioners spoke of putting statewide rules on access, retention, and audits on the county’s legislative list. The sheriff told the board about 60 readers sit on county rights-of-way and said he would move them elsewhere if the county pulled them. County agreements stay in place. Earlier press: 23 of 73 fixed PCSO readers came off state roads under FDOT; St. Pete pulled six of about 50; the rest stay.
Florida Politics, 27 Oct → · Bay News 9, 27 Oct → · News clip → · Pinellas → · St. Pete →
USA TODAY logs · leftover NIBRS code
Plant City FL PD: 4,036 unique searches. Printed top reasons: Drugs 234, 90Z All Other Offenses 231, Missing Person 166. A leftover bucket is not a crime. Mon 14 Sep had no Flock item on the posted clerk agenda. Aug 24 item 26-388 was a presentation (context). Official Aug 24 minutes not treated as posted here unless verified.
25 Aug 2026 · Summary 5-0 · Item 66
Official Summary: Ballard motion, Siddique second, not approve License Plate Readers at County facilities, parks or buildings; carried 5-0, Kruse absent. Minutes still unavailable. Not a sheriff pull.
5 Oct 2026 · LkldNow / city memo · Polk County
Lakeland commissioners unanimously approved a ten-year, $21,983,139.93 sole-source Axon agreement for body cameras, in-car video, Tasers, AI report and evidence tools, and Axon Air drones. It is a police technology contract, not an Axon plate reader buy. Lakeland’s separate Flock question stays open.
20 Oct 2026 · News4JAX / Action News Jax · not Tampa Bay
St. Johns County commissioners voted 3–2 on Tuesday 20 Oct to revoke permits for all Flock plate reader cameras on county roads (News4JAX, Action News Jax). No removal timeline was discussed, and privately run readers such as HOA cameras are not covered. Earlier this month Volusia voted 6–0 for a one-year moratorium with county-road cameras coming down. The same night Boynton Beach commissioners reached consensus to start not renewing that city’s Flock agreements, with cameras on for now and the main agreement running to November 2027 (CBS12). Leon (unanimous, county ROW) and Gadsden (4–1 non-renew) stay on the record. None of that is a Hillsborough cancel.
Volusia clip → · St. Johns clip → · Boynton clip → · Leon clip → · Gadsden clip → · Florida page → · FDOT memo PDF →
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Mon 14 Sep regular archived; no Flock item. Aug 24 was 26-388 presentation (context). 2024 order on the Plant City page. Also: FLHSMV credential-hygiene sheet. Mon 14 block.
TPD will remove 17 state-highway ROW readers (press). City streets stay. Not a Council cancel.
County layer: HCSO USA TODAY org 2615 stats; BOCC 16 Sep regular; budget/CIP 24 Sep. HCSO contract dollars unknown here.
8-0 PSI referral; PSI agenda pencils the Flock discussion in for 5 Nov (tentative); press says 6 state-road cameras down under FDOT; others stay.
Press: 23 of 73 fixed readers off state ROW; rest stay. Oct 8 ALPR work session held; no formal action.
County right-of-way interlocal ended Sept. 30. Planned Axon plate reader swap canceled before its Oct. 1 start. Private poles stay.
Polk County. 5 Oct unanimous vote on a ten-year Axon police tech package. Not an ALPR vote. Contract article.
Official Summary 5-0: no LPRs at county facilities, parks, or buildings. Minutes still unavailable. Not a sheriff takedown.
Dated ALPR clip file. Hillsborough first. Removal vs pause vs swap vs referral.
If your city or county needs a page, ask. We will write one from clerk records, not from a rumor. Oviedo's 8 city cameras are off the poles (press; not Tampa Bay).
Posted meetings filed by place. I-4 expansion walkthrough is up. Plant City and Dover branch to it.
Legal outcomes only: grant denials, staff suspensions, contract votes. How it was done in public process.
Official findings, public-record logs, and filed cases. Allegations stay labeled. Norfolk is not listed as a win in court.
What a plate reader is, how long a scan lasts, Florida records, and the brand pages (Flock, Axon, Vigilant, RedSpeed).
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Florida public records are Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, and Article I, section 24 of the Florida Constitution, not the federal FOIA. Ask for contracts, invoices, sharing settings, audit policies, and staff reports.
s. 316.0777, F.S. makes confidential and exempt: (a) images and data containing or providing personal identifying information obtained through an ALPR; and (b) personal identifying information of an individual in data generated from those images. Do not expect plate images or owner PII in a 119 release. Contracts and dollar figures are a different request.
Speak civilly. Stay on the record. This site does not advise anyone to touch, block, disable, or approach a camera.
Statute text: Florida Senate, s. 316.0777 (2025); Chapter 119; Fla. House staff analysis of § 316.0778 / R. 1B-24.003.
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National and Florida groups already publishing ALPR work. Use their toolkits. Do not send them home addresses of private people. The emails below are published organizational addresses only.
Map
Click any of Florida’s 67 counties for the current cite-grade status. Unknown means no local page yet, not clear or safe. Statewide FDOT EOM 26-01 covers state highway right-of-way only. Not a camera pin map.
Keyboard twin of the map. Same status panel.