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Spokesperson says all 70 on public ROW. Private poles stay.
Official word first. The Dec. 10, 2024 interlocal is a clerk record: consent item C10, file CAO25-0003. Clerk minutes show consent approved and C10 was not pulled. Those minutes do not print unanimous. A sheriff letter, reprinted by Tampa Bay 28, says he is terminating that interlocal effective Sept. 30, 2026, under Section 3, paragraph 3. The official letter PDF is not posted on a .gov page. The letter does not name Flock or Axon. It is not a 26 Aug board vote. It does not say every sheriff reader comes down on Sept. 30.
Update: the county right-of-way interlocal ended Sept. 30, 2026. The planned switch to Axon plate readers did not start. The Hernando Sun reported that the sheriff’s office terminated its incoming Axon license plate reader agreement before the planned Oct. 1 start, citing community concerns about possible misuse. Hernando Sun, 2 Sept 2026. Longer read: Axon.
As of 2 Sep 2026, this page has no newer official letter PDF than the Tampa Bay 28 reprint. WUSF that morning quotes a sheriff spokesperson on all 70 county and state ROW units. See 2 Sep press.
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2 Sep press · Wednesday letter · Tuesday board · Zephyrhills Monday
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2 Sep: spokesperson says all 70 on public ROW
Tue 2 Sep 2026 · WUSF · press
WUSF reports a Pasco County Sheriff spokesperson said the office is removing all 70 Flock cameras located in county and state right-of-way. The story prints about $250,000 for the original contract and no extra removal cost. That 70 figure matches earlier Times reporting of about 70 sheriff Flock cameras. It is a spokesperson claim. The official letter PDF is still not posted.
Read it with the 26 Aug letter. The reprint ends the county ROW interlocal effective Sept. 30. It does not name Flock or Axon. Private poles stay outside that letter and outside FDOT. WUSF also writes that the commission "recently voted" to remove dozens from county land. This page still treats the physical-pull language as press, not as a substitute for the clerk letter PDF.
WUSF, Nancy Guan, 2 Sep 2026 · News clip · Wednesday letter
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USA TODAY Flock search logs
Pasco County FL SO · 1 Jan 2023 to 20 Jun 2026
73,126unique searches
357known users
7,087unique plates
63%plates and users redacted
Printed top reasons: investigation 6,268; "CASE/INVESTIGATION (INPUT PSO CASE NUMBER)" 4,694; "ACTIVE CALL FOR SERVICE (INPUT CAD NUMBER)" 2,172. That is the log. It is not a sheriff inventory. Volunteer map, separate bucket: 154 Flock Safety nodes in Pasco County. The 26 Aug letter, as reprinted, terminates the county right-of-way interlocal. It does not zero this log.
Pasco SO JSON · Flock Search History · USA TODAY, 28 Aug 2026
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Wednesday: what the letter actually does
Wed 26 Aug 2026 · Sheriff letter to the Board
Tampa Bay 28's headline says license plate detection systems will be removed. That is headline language. The official letter PDF is not posted. The reprint says Nocco is terminating the Dec. 10, 2024 interlocal for license plate detection in county right-of-way, under Section 3, paragraph 3, effective Sept. 30, 2026. The letter does not name Flock or Axon. It records no camera count, no dollars, and no 26 Aug board vote.
In the reprint, Nocco writes that he listened to the Aug. 11 and Aug. 25 meetings and that a majority of the board no longer supports the agreement "which you passed unanimously on December 10, 2024." Those are the sheriff's words in the reprint. Clerk minutes for C10 do not print unanimous.
- What stays
- The reprinted letter says the termination will not impact readers installed by private property owners (CDDs, HOAs, retail, other private entities), or cameras in state-owned right-of-way governed by FDOT. On 31 Aug 2026 FDOT revoked local-agency LPR permits on state highway right-of-way and gave agencies 30 days to pull those units. That memo hits the FDOT leftover in this letter. Private poles are still outside both acts. The letter does not name Flock or Axon. A vendor switch is a separate press story, not this letter.
- What he claims he already did
- State law, he writes, allows up to two years. Pasco kept 30 days. Searches limited to felonies and select misdemeanors, tied to a call for service or case number, with a narrative. He says none of the concerns raised at the meetings happened in Pasco. Those are his claims, not an independent audit.
- Mariano
- Chair Jack Mariano's open letter is pleased the county-road deal is ending. He cites well-informed citizens, the Fourth Amendment, and a hard line against mass surveillance. He says these networks are shared broadly across private tech companies and law enforcement nationwide.
- Neighbors on the record
- Hudson resident Jay Passwood, Tuesday: "There's got to be some kind of justification why you are watching the citizens of this county." Jeff Cannon: treat it as a victory for now, and watch they do not put different technology in place to do the same thing. Inspector Arthur Madden and SAO division director Bryan Sarabia defended the cameras at that meeting.
A headline that says the systems are being removed is not the letter. The letter ends the interlocal. It does not say every sheriff reader is physically removed on Sept. 30.
Tampa Bay Beacons (31 Aug, John C. Cotey) prints about 60 cameras on county right-of-way coming down Sept. 30, and about 110 private readers (HOAs, retail, gas stations) staying. That split is press. The reprinted letter still records no camera count. The same story says that after the 25 Aug meeting the commission directed staff to convene a task force of residents and experts on license-plate readers, drones, and related technology, with a public workshop expected before any future program. Clerk annotated minutes for 25 Aug are still not posted. Do not treat that task force line as a clerk motion until the minutes exist.
Tampa Bay 28, Erik Waxler, 26 Aug 2026 (posted 4:39 PM, updated 11:15 PM). Full-text reprint of Nocco's letter and Mariano's open letter. Official letter PDF: not posted. Official interlocal: county notice, 10 Dec 2024 · CivicClerk event 1506 · Tampa Bay Beacons, 31 Aug · Florida's Voice, FDOT memo 31 Aug 2026.
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Monday: Zephyrhills City Council (no Flock title)
Mon 24 Aug 2026 · 6:00 PM · Council Chambers
City Hall
5335 8th Street, Zephyrhills, FL 33542
- What is posted
- City calendar listed City Council at 6:00 PM. Same building earlier that day: Budget Workshop 4:00 PM and CRA 5:00 PM. Posted public-hearing items were land-development procedure ordinances and utility/sanitation rate ordinances. They were not Flock. This page still has no official minutes or news recap that named a Flock action in Zephyrhills on 24 Aug.
- Public comment
- This page does not invent a time limit, a sign-up rule, or a Flock comment window. Posted hearing language was about those land-use and rate ordinances. Hillsborough's Flock fight that night was in Plant City, covered by FOX 13.
- Why it is here
- East Pasco, the night before the county board meets in New Port Richey. Same sheriff network. Different board.
City calendar: zephyrhills.gov/calendar.aspx. Council usually meets the second and fourth Monday at 6:00 PM in these chambers (City Clerk).
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Tuesday: Pasco BOCC, 10:00 AM (New Port Richey)
Tue 25 Aug 2026 · 10:00 AM · West Pasco Government Center
West Pasco Government Center Boardroom, 1st Floor
8731 Citizens Drive, New Port Richey, FL 34654
- Official notice
- Official meeting notice dated 19 Aug 2026: pascocountyfl.gov/_T18_R735.php. BCC Tuesday 25 Aug 2026, 10 a.m., West Pasco Government Center Boardroom, New Port Richey. Agenda and minutes hub: pascocountyfl.gov/government/agendas_minutes.php. Clerk and Comptroller board-records pointer: pascoclerk.com board records. That notice does not name Flock as an agenda title. This page has not confirmed a titled Flock item on a packet. Re-check the packet before you go. County staff say agendas are posted the Friday afternoon before the meeting.
- What this meeting is
- Posted 25 Aug agenda has no titled ALPR / Flock / interlocal / Nocco-letter item. Clerk annotated minutes for 25 Aug are not posted. The Aug 11 session was in Dade City. This page does not invent a 25 Aug Flock vote.
- Public comment
- In person at the podium, or virtually. The virtual pre-register cutoff was 4:00 PM Monday 24 Aug 2026. That cutoff has passed. The county says you may still speak in person. Virtual form: Virtual Public Comment Form or 727.847.2411. Virtual speakers must log in 15 minutes early with the link from pre-registration. County rule: name, address, and item title before speaking; about 3 minutes unless the Chair approves more. Email to pcadmin@mypasco.net goes to the board; it is not read aloud and is not part of the official record unless the board authorizes. Live stream: county notice. Clerk verbatim-record contact: (352) 521-4345. Paths: mypas.co/PublicComment and agendas and minutes, public comment options.
- What is not the agenda
- A Jeff Cannon Facebook post framed 25 Aug as a DeFlock Pasco follow-up. Facebook is not the official agenda. Use the county notice and packet. The DeFlock Tampa Facebook group is organizing, not a clerk posting.
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What is already on the record
USA TODAY's Pasco County FL SO agency page prints 73,126 searches, 357 known users, 7,087 unique plates, and 63% redacted plates and users. Earliest search Jan 1, 2023. Latest Jun 20, 2026. That is USA TODAY's compilation of Flock audit logs, not a sheriff inventory and not a camera count. The national tool prints 75,690,410 unique searches across 6,337 agencies. Vague search reasons in that national set include "INVESTIGATION." This page has not audited Pasco reason codes. The reprinted Nocco letter claims Pasco searches are tied to a call for service or case number with a narrative. That is the sheriff's claim. Flock product language already includes make, color, and other visual marks, not plate-only. Flock began redacting most officer initials, plates, and reasons from those logs in December 2025.
Do not treat a vendor swap to Axon as the end of plate readers. The Axon switch is a separate press story. The 26 Aug letter, as reprinted, terminates the county right-of-way interlocal. It does not pull every reader.
Pasco County FL SO agency page · USA TODAY Flock Search History · USA TODAY, 28 Aug 2026 · letter reprint: Tampa Bay 28.
Official clerk annotated minutes (fileId 11880), Historic Courthouse, Dade City: public comment and a Sheriff's Office presentation on "Automated License Plate Recognition in Pasco County" (Undersheriff Chase Daniels). Commissioner Weightman was absent. Later: "Motion of approval to keep the agreement with the Sheriff's Office with the license plate readers failed with Commissioner Oakley and Chairman Mariano voting nay." The minutes do not print the yes votes or a full roll.
Press (Times via Yahoo) reported residents including Amy Baird spoke, and that Mariano said he was uncomfortable. That is press, not the clerk motion line.
Official minutes: CivicClerk fileId 11880 · event 1933. Press: Yahoo News reprint of Tampa Bay Times coverage.
Sheriff Chris Nocco is a Florida constitutional officer. The Board of County Commissioners does not run the sheriff’s ALPR program. Commission leverage, when it exists, is often over right-of-way permits for poles in county right-of-way. That is the legal setup. It is not a claim that the board can turn the cameras off by motion.
The Tampa Bay Times has reported that the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office has about 70 Flock cameras. Tampa Bay 28 reported, with Undersheriff Chase Daniels on camera, that the office is switching some of those cameras to Axon: cheaper, and the office already uses Axon body cameras (and, Daniels said, Tasers and evidence management). They are still license-plate readers. A 30-day retention figure is a sheriff policy claim, as stated by Daniels to Tampa Bay 28, not an independent audit on this page.
That switch did not happen. The Hernando Sun later reported that the sheriff’s office terminated the incoming Axon agreement before its planned Oct. 1 start.
Times via Yahoo (about 70 cameras) · Tampa Bay 28 on the Axon switch · Hernando Sun on the cancellation.
In the Tampa Bay Times survey, Chief Robert Kochen said New Port Richey PD does not use Flock. Tampa Bay 28 reported the city is looking at RedSpeed for red-light and school-zone speed cameras, with ALPR as part of those systems, hoped for October. Keep RedSpeed separate from Flock unless a primary public record says a given pole is Flock.
Times survey via Yahoo reprint · Tampa Bay 28 on RedSpeed.
Council usually meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday at City Hall, 5919 Main Street, New Port Richey. The 18 Aug 2026 meeting was at 7:00 PM because of the primary, as posted on the city’s Facebook. This page does not invent a Flock item on the NPR council agenda.
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ALPRs in Pasco, by who runs them
Flock is not the only plate reader. Counts below are as reported. This is not a field census. Brand pages: ALPRs · Flock · Axon · Q&A.
Times: about 70 Flock cameras, and the office can search other agencies too. Tampa Bay 28: Undersheriff Chase Daniels said some of those poles are being switched to Axon (already supplies body cameras, Tasers, evidence). About $50,000 cheaper. Permits on the record for the SR 54 corridor from New Port Richey to Wesley Chapel. Daniels said that is replacement, not a new count. A 30-day hold is a sheriff policy claim, not an audit on this page. Later reporting says the Axon swap was canceled before its Oct. 1 start (Hernando Sun).
Tampa Bay 28 also reported about 170 plate readers in the county when private property (stores, subdivisions) is counted. Those private poles are not the sheriff's program.
No separate Zephyrhills or Dade City police Flock contract is on this page. Unincorporated Wesley Chapel and Land O' Lakes sit under the sheriff. The Aug 11 Flock comments were in Dade City. Monday's Zephyrhills council is still not a posted Flock hearing.
Chief Robert Kochen told the Times the city does not use Flock. Tampa Bay 28: the city plans RedSpeed for red-light and school-zone speed cameras, with license-plate reading as part of both, hoped for October. Keep RedSpeed separate from Flock unless a primary says a given pole is Flock.
Port Richey Police
Times survey · none
Port Richey police told the Tampa Bay Times they do not have license plate readers. Kenneth City (Pinellas) said the same. Do not invent a city program there.
Tampa Bay Times survey via Yahoo · Tampa Bay 28.
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What to ask if you speak
If you use the posted public-comment window, stay on the record. Aim the question at the office that actually holds the contract or the permit:
- Retention. How many days are plate images and vehicle signatures kept? Who can extend a hold? Is the 30-day figure only a sheriff policy?
- Sharing and hotlists. Which agencies can search the local data? Which hotlists are enabled?
- Audit. Who reviews search logs, and will summaries be posted?
- Right-of-way and dollars. Which poles sit on county right-of-way? What line pays for Flock, Axon, or more years?
Florida public records are Chapter 119, not federal FOIA. This page does not advise anyone to touch, block, disable, or approach a camera.
Product facts (nationwide network, vehicle records, hotlists, rolling retention, OS Investigate) are on the home hub.