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🌱 Why Cocoa Beach’s license plate cameras are suddenly going dark

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  • Why Cocoa Beach's license plate cameras are suddenly going dark

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📰 News we're reading

• Video shows Brevard sheriff pull plug on Flock cameras (miramarflnews.com) — Drivers entering and leaving Cocoa Beach should know that Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has ended his agency's use of Flock license plate reader cameras, including those at the city's south end. He cited growing privacy concerns and joined several other Florida sheriffs in cutting off access to the Flock database, signaling a major shift in how local law enforcement tracks vehicles.
   

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