Pinellas County · St. Petersburg

The posted item was a referral to committee.

Official word first. This is not a county pull. Thursday's St. Pete item was Vice-Chair Floyd's request to send the City's Flock contract and camera use to committee. Press says council sent it. Clerk action-taken is not posted. The cameras stay.

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St. Pete Council, 27 Aug: what is posted

Thu 27 Aug 2026 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers

Council Chambers, City Hall
175 5th St N, St. Petersburg, FL

Official item: Packet item G. New Business, 1 (Vice-Chair Floyd): "Respectfully requesting a referral to the Public Services and Infrastructure Committee, or other relevant committee, for a discussion on the City's contract with Flock Safety and the use of Flock cameras in the City." A referral request is not a cancel and not a pull.
Official outcome: Unknown. No 27 Aug Numbered Action Taken agenda, minutes, or Granicus City Council clip was posted as of 28 Aug 2026. Latest clerk Action Taken on the city page is 13 Aug 2026. Do not treat a press unanimous as a clerk tally.
Adds/Deletes: The 26 Aug Adds/Deletes sheet does not add, delete, or revise G-1.
Same day, not Flock: A 5:01 PM public hearing the same day is utility rates and fees, not Flock. Morning committee video exists for other committees. That is not G-1.

Official packet (Last-Modified 26 Aug 2026, 1:15 PM ET): 2026-08-27 Agenda Packet w/ AddsDeletes2. Adds/Deletes: 2026-08-27 Council Agenda AddsDeletes. Index: Council Agendas. Action Taken hub: Council Minutes & Action Taken.

Press only, until the clerk posts

Florida Politics · Jesse Mendoza

Press · not clerk action-taken

Florida Politics reported that council agreed to refer the request to committee by unanimous vote, and that the referral sends the matter to Public Services and Infrastructure for a future discussion. That is press. It is not a posted roll-call.

St. Pete turns an eye on Big Brother after Flock network grows in the dark

Crist and Welch

Campaign talk · labeled

Charlie Crist's Flock moratorium is campaign talk. Mayor Ken Welch has defended the cameras. Those are mayor-race positions, not a council cancel and not a sheriff pull. City program facts (2022 pilot, January 2024 consent about $730,250 / about 50 cameras as reported) live on the St. Pete page.

Bay News 9, 19 Aug 2026

Pinellas Sheriff: no official 24-28 Aug action

No official Pinellas Sheriff or other Pinellas-city Flock action was posted 24-28 Aug 2026. Pinellas BCC's 25 Aug agenda and follow-up have no Flock item. This page does not invent a sheriff non-renewal.

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, as quoted

Times via Yahoo · not a 24-28 Aug clerk act

The Tampa Bay Times (Yahoo reprint) quoted Sheriff Bob Gualtieri: the office uses Flock, Axon, and Vigilant; he called the tool indispensable; the office denied audit logs as confidential. That is an interview, not a posted non-renewal.

Distrust of Flock cameras grows in Tampa Bay as cops limit transparency

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