Between 2024 and 2026, Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies used license plate recognition cameras, or license plate readers, to arrest or recover 191 individuals.
Not only are criminal suspects identified through the use of the technology, missing children and senior citizens with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease have been located using license plate readers.
Flock is a brand name, and MCSO has 79 Flock cameras installed across the county. Including other brands, MCSO uses 134 license plate readers…