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  "record": {
    "id": "67fd309c-0d2e-4c48-b0d7-355c99cfe515",
    "code": "PAI-67FD309C",
    "force": "Pinellas County Sheriff's Office",
    "country": "United States",
    "country_code": "us",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "Pinellas County, Florida",
    "technology": "Automated licence plate readers",
    "technology_slug": "anpr",
    "vendor": "",
    "vendor_slug": "",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "operational",
    "stage": "in-use",
    "evidence": "journalism",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "",
    "legal_basis": "",
    "oversight": "",
    "notes": "The St. Pete Catalyst, as carried by WUSF on 29 October 2026, reported that Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said there are just under 300 fixed licence plate reader cameras in the county, plus plate-reading technology in each of the office's 560 patrol cars. The article does not state the vendor of the office's own system; it refers to cameras 'like Flock cameras' and pictures a Flock reader. Gualtieri said he would move cameras elsewhere if county commissioners removed them from county property, and that his agency 'has all along been using audit tools' to monitor the technology. The article reports that a former deputy was arrested in September after allegedly using a plate reader database hundreds of times to track a woman. County commissioners discussed a proposed restriction on 27 October; no vote was reported. FOX 13 reported on 2 September 2026 that Gualtieri said the office would comply with the FDOT order on state roads but keep county-owned cameras up.",
    "source": "St. Pete Catalyst, republished by WUSF, 29 October 2026",
    "source_url": "https://www.wusf.org/transportation/2026-10-29/pinellas-sheriff-flock-restrictions-only-move-cameras-elsewhere",
    "last_checked": "2026-11-06",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/67fd309c-0d2e-4c48-b0d7-355c99cfe515"
  },
  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}