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Collier County

Using license-plate readers · 2 agencies documented

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Collier County Sheriff's Office

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Axon, Motorola Solutions
Cameras
230
"more than 230" Axon and Motorola Vigilant cameras in unincorporated Collier County; 72 of them (mobile and fixed) on state road rights-of-way were removed
  1. Sept. 8, 2026 At a County Commission meeting (informational update, no vote), Sheriff Kevin Rambosk confirmed removal of 72 license-plate readers, mobile and fixed, from state road rights-of-way, about 31% of cameras on county roads outside Naples and Marco Island. He said none are made by Flock Safety. (WGCU, Sept. 8, 2026; Gulfshore Business, Sept. 9, 2026)
  2. Sept. 8, 2026 Rambosk said data is kept up to 14 days in a criminal-justice-approved government cloud, some units are being set to seven days, the sheriff's office owns the data, and manufacturers may not sell or distribute it. He said: "I'm not upgrading anything, I will never allow it to be upgraded." (WGCU, Sept. 8, 2026)
  3. Sept. 9, 2026 Sheriff's office says internal affairs conducts compliance inspections every 30 days and that the readers helped solve "more than 500" major cases this year (agency's figure). (Gulfshore Business, Sept. 9, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Gulfshore Business says the exact number installed is confidential under state law. Collier and Naples began installing ALPRs in 2015.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Naples Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Motorola Solutions
Cameras
154
"at least 154" cameras citywide (Gulfshore Business, Sept. 2026); Dec. 2025 report: 54 new Vigilant cameras added to "more than 100" already in use. Police declined to give a total, citing a state-law security exemption.
Contract
Motorola Solutions: $1,600,000 contract amendment total: installation, licensing, four-year extended warranty (five years of service and support) for 54 new cameras, plus support for 25 cameras bought the prior year · approved by Naples City Council, unanimous Dec. 2025 · Piggyback on a Collier County contract with Motorola Solutions, with additional city terms. Exact meeting date not in source. (Gulfshore Business, Dec. 18, 2025)
  1. Dec. 2025 City Council unanimously approved an amendment to the Motorola agreement adding 54 Vigilant cameras. Source says data may be kept up to three years. (Gulfshore Business, Dec. 18, 2025)
  2. Sept. 9, 2026 Lt. Bryan McGinn said the state order affects a "limited number of sites" citywide and the department will comply. (Gulfshore Business, Sept. 9, 2026)

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)