ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (WPEC) \u2013 More than a dozen Flock cameras were installed without permits in one Florida county, and nobody is claiming them.<\/p>\n
St. Lucie County commissioners recently voted to remove Flock and other automated license plate readers from county roads and stop granting permits for the cameras.<\/p>\n
The county said of the 66 known cameras, 14 do not have the permits to be installed there.<\/p>\n
St. Lucie County Commissioner James Clasby said that\u2019s concerning.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot knowing who they belong to, I think, is another issue. Perhaps that goes about the entirety of Flock camera reform,\u201d Clasby said.<\/p>\n
Commissioners said they don\u2019t know who put up the unpermitted cameras, but they do have an idea for how to disable them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like a bright red notice that says you have 30 days to remove this, and we will also bag the cameras so they\u2019re not operable,\u201d St. Lucie County\u2019s interim administrator Mayte Santamaria said.<\/p>\n
This is just the latest in the ongoing Flock camera dilemma.<\/p>\n
An Indian River County deputy was recently put on paid leave after being accused of using Flock cameras for unauthorized reasons.<\/p>\n
Last week, a Fort Pierce police officer was fired for using Flock cameras to track his ex-girlfriend\u2019s car hundreds of times.<\/p>\n
All over America, communities are trying to decide whether the benefits to investigators outweigh the risk to citizens.<\/p>\n
St. Lucie County has decided it does not.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s the potential for non-law enforcement to have cameras out there, and I\u2019m not OK with that,\u201d Clasby added.<\/p>\n
St. Lucie County said all 52 previously authorized devices received revocation notices as of Monday. That gives the owners 30 days to remove them.<\/p>\n
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