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License-plate readers · Walton County

Walton County

Removing or limiting cameras · 1 agency documented

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Walton County Sheriff's Office

Status
Removing or limiting cameras
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
106
"about 106" Flock cameras in the area per county commissioners, "about 60" on county rights-of-way; figures attributed to commissioners, not the sheriff
  1. Aug. 25, 2026 The Walton County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to remove Flock cameras from "all county-owned and maintained rights-of-way"; cameras in private communities, municipalities and on state highways were outside the vote. Commissioner Danny Glidewell supported the motion and described a planned ordinance further banning Flock in the county. WFSU described it as a countywide ban and the first in Florida. (WJHG, Aug. 25, 2026; WEAR, Aug. 27, 2026; WFSU Public Media, Sept. 1, 2026)
  2. Aug. 27, 2026 Sheriff Mike Adkinson said he was "one of the last people in the Panhandle to allow it" and called for "really strict guidelines." The office set no removal deadline; a spokesperson said the cameras would likely not be used in the meantime. (WEAR, Aug. 27, 2026)
  3. Sept. 1, 2026 WTVY and WJHG reported Walton County had pulled or would discontinue use of its cameras (no detail on state-road or municipal cameras). (WTVY, Sept. 1, 2026; WJHG, Aug. 31, 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)