Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Floridians are right to be “concerned” about the fast-paced emergence of Flock surveillance cameras in their communities at every turn, telling reporters it is “out of control” and that we “don’t want to have this become a surveillance state,” acknowledging the instances of abuse, like a “police officer using this to track” an ex-girlfriend.
\n\n“So I think these cameras, these license plate readers, I think it’s out of control,” DeSantis began during a press conference this week, acknowledging that Florida highway patrol have readers for “tolling by plate and things like that.”
\n\n“Now, I’ve never supported the automatic tickets being sent if you’re speeding. I think a human being has to do that, and so I’ve never — I’ve never embraced that. But this was something that was kind of out there in that vein, and then with this whole Flock situation, it’s now being used… not for tolling by plate or things like that, but for actual criminal surveillance,” he said, noting this is done by local police departments.
\n\nHe said he has asked for an overview of what is going on in state agencies and said he is “all about having law enforcement…
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