{"id":283184,"date":"2026-06-28T06:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/license-plate-cameras-spark-privacy-concerns-coral-springs\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T07:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T11:05:06","slug":"license-plate-cameras-spark-privacy-concerns-coral-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/license-plate-cameras-spark-privacy-concerns-coral-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"License plate cameras spark privacy concerns: Coral Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/news\/local\/article316265618.html\">License plate cameras spark privacy concerns: Coral Springs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/news\/local\/article316265618.html\">https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/news\/local\/article316265618.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-28 06:10:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.coralspringsflnews.com\">www.coralspringsflnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        Flock license plate readers have been installed around Coral Springs following approval of a state grant last year.<\/p>\n<p>            <span class=\"credit\">Image courtesy of Flock Safety<\/span><\/p>\n<p>License plate readers installed across Coral Springs are drawing privacy complaints from residents who want the city to end its contract with Flock Safety.<\/p>\n<p>City officials defend the cameras, citing arrests and recoveries tied to the technology.<\/p>\n<p>FULL STORY: New license plate readers spark privacy concerns in Coral Springs<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/public\/latest-news\/4h3eid\/picture316223708\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/hed%20image%20(6).png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/public\/latest-news\/4h3eid\/picture316223708\/alternates\/FREE_480\/hed%20image%20(6).png 480w, https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/public\/latest-news\/4h3eid\/picture316223708\/alternates\/FREE_640\/hed%20image%20(6).png 640w, https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/public\/latest-news\/4h3eid\/picture316223708\/alternates\/FREE_768\/hed%20image%20(6).png 768w, https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/public\/latest-news\/4h3eid\/picture316223708\/alternates\/FREE_960\/hed%20image%20(6).png 960w, https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/public\/latest-news\/4h3eid\/picture316223708\/alternates\/FREE_1140\/hed%20image%20(6).png 1140w, https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/public\/latest-news\/4h3eid\/picture316223708\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/hed%20image%20(6).png 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) 750px, (min-width: 768px) 690px, 100vw\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"hed image (6).png\" alt=\"Flock license plate readers have been installed around Coral Springs following approval of a state grant last year.\"\/>                                                                                    Flock license plate readers have been installed around Coral Springs following approval of a state grant last year.                                                                                                                                                                        <span class=\"credit\">Image courtesy of Flock Safety<\/span>                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flock cameras, purchased with a state grant, now cover all major roads in and out of Coral Springs. The devices photograph every passing license plate and check it against a database of crime reports.<\/li>\n<li>Lifelong resident Louis DeSantis recently asked the City Commission to cancel the city\u2019s contract with Flock. \u201cAllow us to live and travel free without being surveilled on a constant basis,\u201d he said.<\/li>\n<li>Commissioner Joe McHugh, a former law enforcement officer, defended the program, saying the cameras have helped catch fugitives, homicide suspects, stolen vehicles and missing people&#8230;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/news\/local\/article316265618.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>License plate cameras spark privacy concerns: Coral Springs https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/news\/local\/article316265618.html Publish Date: 2026-06-28 06:10:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":283185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.coralspringsflnews.com\/public\/latest-news\/m32i9s\/picture316265812\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/LPR-Context.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283186,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283184\/revisions\/283186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}