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License-plate readers · Hernando County

Hernando County

Removing or limiting cameras · 1 agency documented

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Hernando County Sheriff's Office

Status
Removing or limiting cameras
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
Count not documented
Count not disclosed by agency; Hoodline (March 2026) cited WTSP for 'more than 40 Flock cameras' (secondhand). Agency said about 20 privately owned ALPR cameras on commercial/private property are unaffected by the FDOT order.
  1. April 10, 2024 Agency said it is exempt from releasing information on its surveillance techniques under state law; Sheriff Al Nienhuis's email to other officials was fully redacted. (Tampa Bay 28 (WFTS), April 10, 2024)
  2. March 10, 2026 County Commission workshop on Flock cameras. Commissioner Ryan Amsler's draft ordinance would require board approval for future readers, an inventory within 90 days, and shutoff after 180 days unless the board votes to keep a system. No vote reported. Agency said images are kept 30 days. (Bay News 9, March 9, 2026; Hoodline, March 3, 2026)
  3. Sept. 2026 Will "fully comply with FDOT's timeline" and had begun removing cameras on county rights-of-way. (WUSF, Sept. 2, 2026)
  4. Sept. 1, 2026 Agency said it will comply with the FDOT directive. (Tampa Bay Beacons / Hernando Today, Sept. 1, 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)