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License-plate readers · DeSoto County

DeSoto County

Program documented, current use unconfirmed · 1 agency documented

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DeSoto County Sheriff's Office

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
Count not documented
Count not stated; agency reported about 71,500 tag reads a day and more than 26 million in 2024
  1. 2025 Sheriff Jim Potter wrote that the office "has invested in" ALPRs over the past few years, with an average of about 71,500 tag reads a day and over 26 million reads in 2024; access to images is restricted to law enforcement personnel with a specific investigative purpose. (Agency page undated.) (DeSoto County Sheriff's Office, date not shown)
  2. Oct. 1, 2026 Office did not give a number but said it "removed the impacted cameras and did not relocate them." (WINK News, Oct. 1, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Sources show a program and removal of cameras on state roads; none says whether cameras remain in use elsewhere. The sheriff's page is undated.

From agency records.

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)