· Pinellas County, FL · Calls to end
Pinellas County, Florida commissioners to vote Oct. 27 on cutting county ties to Flock and other plate readers
Pinellas County commissioners will vote on Tuesday, Oct. 27 on Commissioner Vince Nowicki's resolution to end the county's contracts, subscriptions and data-sharing agreements with Flock Safety, Axon and other automated license plate reader providers, Florida Politics reported on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. The resolution would also remove the cameras from county-controlled roads and rights-of-way within 30 days, bar new agreements, urge the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and city police departments to stop using plate readers, and have staff report on camera locations, ownership and removal costs. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri defended the technology at an Oct. 8 work session, calling it potentially the "greatest public safety invention since the two-way radio," and has proposed stronger audits after two former deputies were arrested over alleged database misuse (charged, not convicted). Florida Politics noted the resolution cannot force the independently elected sheriff or the cities to give up their own readers.
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