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License-plate readers · Nassau County

Nassau County

Removing or limiting cameras · 1 agency documented

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Nassau County Sheriff's Office

Status
Removing or limiting cameras
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
34
34 Flock cameras implemented in 2023 (News-Leader, Aug. 2026); Action News Jax reported the FDOT directive covers the 34 Flock cameras the Sheriff's Office operates.
  1. Oct. 2023 Action News Jax reported Nassau County leases Flock devices and that FDOT had received no permit request from it. (Action News Jax, Oct. 23, 2023)
  2. Aug. 19, 2026 News-Leader reported the Sheriff's Office was working to give residents a closer look at its Flock system use; the technology had been used in at least 112 investigations, 39 of which resulted in an arrest (agency's figures). (Fernandina Beach News-Leader, Aug. 19, 2026)
  3. Aug. 31, 2026 The Sheriff's Office said it will comply with the state memo covering its 34 Flock cameras. Sheriff Bill Leeper: "As technology continues to evolve, we welcome the opportunity to work with our local and state partners." (Action News Jax, Aug. 31, 2026; Action News Jax, Sept. 1, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Conflict: Jacksonville Today's lead says Nassau announced it was discontinuing readers, but notes the sheriff's statement does not clearly confirm that. Whether any cameras remain on county roads was not found.

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)