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Wyman Duggan committee picks up six-figure check from Aubrey Edge ahead of potential Jax mayoral run
17+ hour, 48+ min ago (306+ words) Rep. Wyman Duggan is expected to run for Jacksonville Mayor, and he just got a big contribution from the company of a local CEO who would like to see Democrat Donna Deegan lose next year. First Coast Energy, the Jacksonville…...
Florida Man Allegedly Shoots Girlfriend. Then Police Find His Reward Points Hotel Booking
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (622+ words) Hotel reward points are usually saved for a trip or a night away. But in one Florida murder case, they became part of the timeline investigators are now trying to piece together. The case began inside a $1.5 million home, where…...
Flock crackdown hits Pinellas, forcing 29 cameras down but leaving most of the network intact
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1193+ words) Florida’s crackdown on automated license plate readers (ALPRs) will force at least 29 fixed cameras off state roads in Pinellas County, but it will leave a much larger law enforcement network largely intact — including license plate readers mounted on every one…...
7 Miami-Dade Mayors ask Gov. DeSantis to hit the brakes on Flock camera purge
1+ week, 4+ day ago (625+ words) Seven Miami-Dade County Mayors want Tallahassee to slow down before police cameras start coming off the road. The group, led by Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner, signed a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Secretary…...
Jeremy Matlow renews call for Flock camera removal in Tallahassee
1+ week, 4+ day ago (320+ words) Tallahassee City Commissioner and mayoral candidate Jeremy Matlow is ratcheting up the pressure on local officials to join the growing list of jurisdictions ditching Flock and other automated license plate readers (LPRs). Matlow sent City Manager Reese Goad a letter…...
Florida Bans Flock Cameras
1+ week, 5+ day ago (56+ words) “Florida banned local police from installing license-plate readers on state roads, responding to growing concern about the proliferation of surveillance cameras made by Flock Safety and other companies,” Bloomberg reports. Think You Know Politics? A new game every day. Listen…...
Tampa Police to pull 17 license plate readers as Hillsborough reviews impact of Flock crackdown
1+ week, 5+ day ago (376+ words) Tampa Police will remove 17 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) from state highway rights-of-way, while the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is reviewing its own network to determine whether Florida’s new restrictions will force cameras down elsewhere in the county. The…...
Flock execs are taking credit for catching bad cops now
3+ week, 2+ day ago (666+ words) A Flock automated license plate reader (ALPR) camera at the parking lot of a Lowe's store near Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.Paul Weaver/Getty Flock Safety is having a hard month. The surveillance technology company, which has sold more than 120,000 automated license…...
Jeff Brandes: After Amendment 3 — protect counties. Let some cities go.
3+ week, 3+ day ago (677+ words) If Amendment 3 passes, Florida will confront a question almost no one wants to ask: What happens when a city can no longer afford to be a city? I hate writing this piece. Mayors won’t like it. City Commissioners won’t like…...
'I never imagined that I would lose my job': Kevin Guthrie's farewell text to FDEM staff
3+ week, 5+ day ago (619+ words) The official word is that Kevin Guthrie resigned. Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he had accepted the resignation of his emergency management chief, one day after Guthrie joined Lt. Gov. Jay Collins’ ticket as his running mate in the Republican…...