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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True.
Covid allowing people to wear masks in public is the greatest gift to criminals since Saturday night special.
Another gift that keeps on giving from that little MFer fauci.
Yes, a gift from Fauci to criminals.
One thing about that self-absorbed narcissist that pleases me, is that he admitted in his opening statement, his only real testimony, that the diary was his personal one.
So if and when any of the states get around to taking him to court, they will have that as evidence against him. His own words, vs what he was telling others publicly.
I want somebody to nail him.
He *looks* like a “River Blair.” 😄
1) powerful green/blue laser attached to a rifle scope. Toast the camera at 100 yards.
2) spray paint from a drone.
Isn’t there a clear appearing plate cover that has baffles that defeat the readers?
“There’s other ways to reach one of these cams besides a ladder.”
30.06 @ 400 yards?
“You ain’t gonna need no third set of chains...”
Um, excuse me, but where the hell did “filming in your fenced in private yard” enter the conversation? Are you just making stuff up? A married couple swimming? WTF are YOU smoking? None of that was mentioned in the original article or in the comment I responded to. WTF are you talking about???
Plate covers are illegal in Florida....plate frames as well.
Legislators just passed the bill and Governor DeSantis signed it.
Stop appearing as a fool. Those cameras have been mounted in many places as to be viewing into peoples private yards and recording.
That you cannot understand a conversation about privacy concerns and somehow the concept of surveillance camera potentially viewing into private property is a problem shows you are either to dense to employ basic reasoning or just posted to play the typical liberal sophist.
Either way take your ad hominem fallacies and obtuse thinking back to BlueSky.
“A camera violates basic human dignity? “
Government tracking does, and that is what FLOCK is about.
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