# Florida county declines to identify owners of seven unpermitted surveillance cameras

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/florida-county-wont-investigate-sketchy-flock-cameras-removed-by-mystery-owners/
- Published: 2026-10-28T17:37:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T18:35:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Ars Technica
- Original article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/florida-county-wont-investigate-sketchy-flock-cameras-removed-by-mystery-owners/
- Topics: Paranormal, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- The county removed 12 cameras, but seven owners remain unidentified.
- Flock says it knows who owned the cameras but will not say.
- Residents are concerned about surveillance data and public transparency.

## Summary

St Lucie County, Florida, removed 12 unpermitted Flock surveillance cameras from county roads but says it will not investigate who installed seven of them. Residents have raised concerns about who accessed the data collected, and the county’s decision leaves those questions unanswered.

Five cameras were claimed by local police, apparently after confusion over whether one permit could cover several devices, though the county required separate permits. The county says it lacks resources to identify the owners and gave them 30 days to remove the cameras without questions; Flock says it knows the owners but will not disclose details of individual deployments. Port St Lucie Police’s Flock contract rose from $22,000 to $470,000 by 2025, before the county ordered cameras removed from its roads.

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