Posted on 07/30/2026 7:14:15 AM PDT by V_TWIN
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Vandalism targeting automated license plate readers has ignited a local debate over public safety and digital surveillance in the Beaches communities, echoing growing privacy concerns felt across the nation.
The investigation began on June 29 when an Atlantic Beach police officer noticed several Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras, commonly known as “Flock” cameras, had not been working.
A physical inspection revealed that multiple camera lenses across the area had been intentionally disabled with spray paint. Similar incidents of vandalism happened in Neptune Beach and Jacksonville Beach.
Police have since arrested 19-year-old River Blair of Jacksonville Beach in connection with the damage. According to investigators, detectives reviewing nearby surveillance footage observed a red Mazda hatchback pulling into a parking lot shortly after midnight. The video reportedly showed a male suspect carrying a ladder toward one of the camera poles before driving away a short time later.
In a twist of digital irony, investigators used data from surrounding, operational Flock cameras to track the movements of the suspect’s vehicle just before those units were also spray-painted.
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Way to go Einstein.....a ninja you ain't
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Cool Hand
Put me on the jury, not guilty!
Flock cameras should be banned everywhere. I get the argument about public spaces but legal does not mean moral and those cameras violate basic human dignity treating us like a monitored chattel.
Ping!
Fixed it. Patriots need to be more stealthy at present.
I agree but this ain’t the way. At 19 this is more than likely going to follow him around for a very long time.
No doubt will cause him future employment opportunities.
Like I said, he ain’t a ninja
There’s no expectation of privacy in public.
There’s also no expectation of incessant, interminable, omnipresent surveillance in public.
Indeed. Doing a good thing, and doing it well, are separate concepts.
Many cameras are looking into private yards and even house windows. Elevated Flock cameras are a problem; a camera mounted 20 feet in the air looking over a 6-foot fence is not an expected view of private property and does not qualify as open to public viewing imho.
Just watched it last week.
That's an additional problem and more reason to prohibit this sort of surveillance.
He was flocked up!.....................
“I am perpetual, I keep the country clean”
Sounds like you got rabbit in your blood. You may need a set of chains to slow you down - for your own good.
Another step towards Londonistan ..
And now he’s LOCKED up
He’s gonna spend a night in the box.
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