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Charlotte County

Using license-plate readers · 1 agency documented

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Charlotte County Sheriff's Office

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
Count not documented
Total count not stated; about 14 locations needed relocation under the FDOT order (Sept. 2); 'just over a dozen' state-road cameras removed and relocated (Oct. 1)
  1. Dec. 2024 Sheriff Bill Prummell confirmed deputies used license plate readers to track a suspect in the killing of Sgt. Elio Diaz. (North Port Sun (yoursun.com), Dec. 26, 2024)
  2. Sept. 2, 2026 Prummell said about 14 Charlotte County locations would have to be relocated, called the FDOT order "a knee-jerk reaction" and said "We're not spying on you." He also told WGCU: "We are seeing all-time low crime rates and all-time high clearance rates because of it." (WINK News, Sept. 2, 2026; WGCU, Sept. 2, 2026)
  3. Oct. 1, 2026 Office said it took down "just over a dozen cameras on state roads and put them in other spots." (WINK News, Oct. 1, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Vendor not named. Punta Gorda police say stationary cameras in city limits are owned and operated by the Sheriff's Office.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Statewide

  1. Aug. 31, 2026 The Florida Department of Transportation revoked permits and ordered all automated license-plate readers off state roads within 30 days. Gov. Ron DeSantis: "I don't want to have this become a surveillance state." (Axios Tampa Bay, Sept. 1, 2026; WUSF, Sept. 2, 2026)
  2. Sept. 30, 2026 The 30-day deadline for removing license-plate readers from state roads passed. (Florida Phoenix, Sept. 30, 2026)