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Mystery Flock cameras discovered in Florida without permits, leaving locals feeling ‘very unsafe’

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St. Lucie County officials initially thought only 52 cameras were operating in their area.

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  1. End Time Headlines

    Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner (opens End Time Headlines)

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    End Time Headlines's feed description

    Officials in St. Lucie County, Florida, set out to take down every automated license-plate reader made by Flock — and then found cameras along their roads that no one in government can account for. The discovery landed in Fort Pierce after county leaders, like officials in other Florida communities,…

  2. Washington Examiner

    Florida to take down Flock cameras put up by unknown owner (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Officials in St. Lucie County, Florida, discovered that 14 Flock cameras were not permitted by the county. The revelation came after the Florida Department of Transportation mandated that all such cameras be taken down.

  3. Not The Bee

    Flock cameras appeared in this Florida county, but no one knows where they came from or who owns them (opens Not The Bee)

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    Not The Bee's feed description

    St. Lucie County officials do not know who put up these cameras.

  4. Engadget

    Florida county finds 11 unpermitted Flock cameras with unidentified owners (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    St. Lucie County thought it had 52 Flock cameras, but found many more that were unaccounted for and unpermitted.

  5. New York Post

    Mystery Flock cameras discovered in Florida without permits, leaving locals feeling ‘very unsafe’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    St. Lucie County officials initially thought only 52 cameras were operating in their area.

  6. Fast Company

    11 mysterious cameras were watching Florida drivers. Officials don’t know who owns them (opens Fast Company)

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    Fast Company's feed description

    Florida’s St. Lucie County recently discovered that its residents were being surveilled by mysterious cameras installed in secret and unconnected to any state or local agency. The county found the cameras after it voted to uninstall its own fleet of Flock automated license plate readers , which are …

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