Oh no the HOA I'm so scared. Went to check his profile to see if he was do8ng a bit and nonhes actually really mad at the Everyday Batman who cut down their illegal camera

The Florida Department of Transportation issued a memo Monday revoking existing permits for automated plate readers installed in state highway rights-of-way. Agencies have 30 days to remove them; after that FDOT pulls them itself.

The memo cites "the recent exponential increase in deployments along our roadways, coupled with concerning reports of misuse, data privacy concerns, and surveillance schemes."

Worth reading the limit carefully: this covers the public right-of-way only. Cameras on private and commercial property are untouched. It is the biggest single removal order so far, and it still doesn't reach the parking lot.

Sources: WUSF and Vero News, both Aug 31 2026.

Flock U maps the plate readers that are publicly known, from public data, and routes you around them: https://waterviewtechnologies.com

Get in the car. @TyeStyles6

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I’ve been digging into Dallas’s use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs/Flock cameras) through Texas Public Information Act requests, and one part of what I found is insane/
Dallas has issued enforcement orders requiring certain private properties to install a “law enforcement integrated license plate reader system (such as the Flock Safety system or other similar system)” and register private camera systems with CONNECT DALLAS.
That is a very different situation from a private business simply deciding to put up its own security camera.
It means that, at least in some circumstances, the City can and has already used governmental authority to cause privately owned property to become part of a law-enforcement surveillance network due to "crime concerns".
My July public-records request asked Dallas for, among other things:
the locations and number of ALPR cameras;

private cameras accessible by DPD;

data-sharing agreements;

outside/federal agency access;

audit and search logs;

retention periods;

complaints and unauthorized-use investigations;

and records showing who can search the system.

Dallas created a separate DPD open-records request from that submission. Based on the email record I have, I still have not located a substantive DPD response to that separate request.
But I think Dallas residents should know the answers to some basic questions:
How many government and privately owned ALPR cameras can Dallas police search?
Can an officer run one plate across cameras owned by businesses, apartments, HOAs, neighboring cities, or other states?
How long are those records kept?
Which outside agencies can access Dallas data?
How often are officers audited for improper searches?
And how many privately owned cameras became part of the law-enforcement network because Dallas itself required their installation?
I’m continuing to request the underlying records rather than speculating any further. We are on day 36 without a response.
If anyone here has received Dallas/Flock records through a Public Information Act request, works with this system, has encountered one of these property requirements, or knows where Dallas publishes its full ALPR sharing/audit policies, I’d be interested in comparing records.
For the record, the first address the city compelled private property to put up and share flock cameras is at 4910 East Side Avenue, there are several more including one within the last month, but they have not released the address.
Fuck this company, we deserve privacy.

You can hate Ron DeSantis, you can believe he's just doing this for some political theater, you can believe he's trying to bury the $10 million misappropriated dollars story, you can believe anything you want.

BUT...

If you want mass surveillance to end, flock/axon/etc. cameras pulled down from our streets, Liberty to return to the people, you HAVE to support this piece of shit.

The truth of politics is this: generally speaking, politicians are selfish, crustaceous vermin who are always looking political upside in a movement. If it's there, they will absolutely join it. If this story gets pumped on social, other politicians will take note and join the movement so long as they think it means votes in their upcoming election.

Ron DeSantis is a huge name. If we can get 3 - 4 more big named politicians in on this movement, the momentum won't stop. Call your congressman/senators and let them know how important this is if they want your vote.

Watching the IR activity on an apparent Flock Condor deployment after dark. One important distinction: seeing the IR illuminate tells us the illumination system is active..not, by itself, exactly what data is being captured or retained at that moment.

Hardware behavior is observable. Backend activity is a separate question. Observe what you can. Don’t assume the rest.

Sure their has been a few here and there but as of this morning my usual flockless route had now been flooded. Each stop has 4-5 flock cameras , even small residential quiet neighborhoods that didn’t have them before looking so out of place . This feels dystopian and made me so uneasy i found myself constantly asking how this has become my freaky reality. When will it stop? What is expected from this point forward?

Sheriff Bob Johnson released a statement Sept. 1 saying the SRSO will no longer be using automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras after the Florida Department of Transportation revoked the use of ALPRs on state right-of-ways along interstates.

Meet Nimbecile, all he does is stand there and watch you. That's his whole job, and he doesn't stop to eat drink or sleep. He used to be like any other sheep, but he was too resistant. So, old McDonald had to replace his head with a computer so he would follow whatever he was told to do.

Just in case Nimbecile gets any ideas, there's a barbed wire fence that keeps him inside the farm. What kind of farm is it? A data farm, with every blade of grass representing a 1. Nevermind the clouds, that's just where all the data ends up going.

He has a tag on his ear. In fact, old McDonald has started referring to Nimbecile as "Sheep number 67." The barcode makes it easier to scan and identify him which is why he's required to have the tag everywhere he goes. He has an identity, in fact he has three different ones that are all connected to him.

Should Nimbecile worry about all of his identities being connected and tracked? He can't, because he's just a sheep with a computer for a brain. He doesn't care about things like mass surveillance or how old McDonald cuts off the head of other sheep. All he cares about is sending data to the cloud.

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." -George Washington

They’re on a pole about 10 feet above the ground

My mate is a repo man. It’s not an honorable job, but it pays his bills. He said his boss is working on securing a contract with flock to read plates with active repossession requests. As soon as a vehicle is caught by a flock camera, it sends a notification to him on where in the city it was so they can track it down.

It’s getting more serious if my mate wasn’t talking BS…