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Osceola County

Using license-plate readers · 3 agencies documented

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Osceola County Sheriff's Office

Status
Use suspended
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
Count not documented
Sheriff Chris Blackmon said more than 100 cameras will be turned off (Sept. 1, 2026)
  1. Sept. 1, 2026 Sheriff Chris Blackmon said the agency will deactivate its license-plate reader cameras until "clear statutory guardrails" are in place; called ALPR a "very, very valuable tool" that needs "checks and balances in place." (WDBO News & Talk, Sept. 1, 2026; Around Osceola, Sept. 2, 2026; Spectrum News 13, Sept. 1, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Status 'reducing' reflects a full suspension (deactivation), not contract termination. Vendor not named for this agency.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Kissimmee Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
  1. Sept. 1, 2026 Spokesperson: department "will ensure compliance with FDOT requirements within the required timeline." (Around Osceola, Sept. 2, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Around Osceola groups Kissimmee PD among agencies that agreed to stop using ALPR until a state framework is set, but its quoted statement addresses only FDOT compliance. Scope of reduction unconfirmed; camera count cited in article is crowd-sourced and omitted.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

St. Cloud Police Department

Status
Use suspended
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
Count not documented
Not stated by agency; Around Osceola cited community mapping data showing 36 ALPRs in St. Cloud (crowd-sourced; not an agency figure)
  1. Sept. 2026 Department said it "will discontinue its use of the Automated License Plate Reader camera network effective immediately, while the State of Florida considers a more consistent framework for ALPR technology" and that this "does not change our view that ALPR can be a critical public safety tool." (Around Osceola, Sept. 2, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Classified as suspended because the department tied the stop to the state developing a framework and no contract termination was reported; the department's word was "discontinue."

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)