The Florida Department of Transportation revoked every permit it had issued for automated license plate readers in state highway rights-of-way on Monday, August 31, giving law enforcement agencies 30 days to take the equipment down and warning that the department will remove whatever remains after September 30. The one-page memorandum, signed by FDOT chief operating officer and assistant secretary Will...
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