Canceled
Who approved this?
No source names who approved this contract. That gap is common where a purchase cleared without a council vote.
The Florida Department of Transportation revoked every state road automated license plate reader permit on August 31, 2026 and gave agencies 30 days to take the equipment down. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office responded by pulling its 15 readers from state road rights of way. A sheriff's office spokesman put the annual cost of the cameras being removed at $118,000 and said that money will pay for an additional traffic deputy instead. About 20 privately owned Flock cameras elsewhere in the county are outside the order and stay in place. No county commission vote approving the original purchase appears in any public record reviewed. The memo cited a sharp rise in roadside deployments along with reports of misuse and data privacy problems.
Hernando County ended its Flock contract
Contract ended a date pending records.
The money
- Contract amount: $118,000
- Cameras: 15
- Contract amount per camera: $7,867
- Funding source: General fund
What happens next
This decision already happened in public; the record and its sources are above. If the community revisits the question, that decision would follow the same public process: a noticed meeting, public comment, and a recorded outcome, all through official channels.
Sources
- WUSF report on the Florida Department of Transportation memorandum revoking state road reader permits (August 31, 2026) wusf.org
- Hernando Sun report naming the annual cost and the 15 cameras (September 2, 2026) hernandosun.com
Last verified: September 9, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
The sources do not say who approved this contract. Operating agency: Hernando County Sheriff's Office.
Public records put the cost at $118,000. Cameras: 15. That comes to about $7,867 per camera. It was paid for via Sheriff's office annual operating budget.
Status: canceled.
2 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified September 9, 2026. The Florida hub holds the state records; the tracker holds them all.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Hernando County, FL Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 10, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/fl-hernando-county/.
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- Camera locations near Hernando County: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock