St. Lucie County Finds Unpermitted Flock Cameras
St. Lucie County found a surveillance problem hiding in plain sight: 11 Flock cameras sitting on its roads that nobody could account for.
The cameras were among 14 additional Flock Safety devices discovered when the Florida county began checking its existing cameras for removal. Officials had previously accounted for 52 Flock cameras, making the discovery an unexpected addition to the county’s inventory.
According to a report from The Washington Post, the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office claimed three of the 14 cameras, but no local law-enforcement agency has publicly claimed the other 11. County officials are now working to determine who owns the remaining devices and why they were installed without the required permits.
An unexpected privacy discovery
The removal review brought the county’s known total to 66 cameras, including 14 installed without county permits.
The cameras were Flock Safety automated license-plate readers (ALPRs), which can capture information about...
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