Verified Flock
Yep. Winter Haven is flocked.
Public records collected by the EFF Atlas of Surveillance document Flock Safety automated license plate readers in Winter Haven, Florida.
Database last updated 2026-08-07
What's on file
Agency
Polk County Sheriff's Office
Agency type
Sheriff
Jurisdiction
County
County
Polk County
State
Florida (FL)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of July 2024.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS000056
- Plant City Observer ↗7/11/2024
Agency
Winter Haven Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
Municipal
County
Polk County
State
Florida (FL)
Vendor
No verified record currently in our database
Winter Haven, FL received a Byrne Memorial Grant to purchase icense plate readers in 2019.
Sources · record AOS001895
- Winter Haven 2021-22 City Budget ↗12/16/2021
- Deltona, Florida ↗05/29/2018
What this record does not say
These entries document that an agency has been reported to use ALPR technology. They do not establish camera counts, exact locations, cost, retention periods or sharing policies unless the linked source says so.
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Nearby documented deployments
Other Florida communities with a record in our database — nearest by county first. Absence from this list is not evidence of absence.
- DavenportALPR — vendor unconfirmed
- Haines CityVerified Flock
- LakelandALPR — vendor unconfirmed
- AlachuaVerified Flock
- ApopkaVerified Flock
- ArcadiaALPR — vendor unconfirmed
- Bay Harbor IslandsVerified Flock
- Belle IsleVerified Flock
Camera counts, contract prices, retention and sharing policies are shown only where we found a primary source. Where they're missing, the information is not publicly verified — see the Flock Files for the documents we do have.
Data attribution
Portions of the surveillance deployment data on this site come from the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas of Surveillance. atlasofsurveillance.org ↗ Are You Flocked? is independent and is not affiliated with the EFF or Flock Safety. Database last updated 2026-08-07.
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