Volusia County Council members on Tuesday agreed to a one-year moratorium on license plate readers, including revoking the permits for 79 license plate reader cameras installed on county-maintained roads.

The discussion followed a state move last month to remove similar cameras from Florida highways. The Florida Department of Transportation revoked permits for license plate readers in state right-of-way, and Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood shut down the agency’s cameras the same day.

Chitwood urged county leaders to keep the county-road cameras, saying the technology helps investigators solve serious crimes and find missing people. He also acknowledged privacy and data-sharing concerns and asked lawmakers to set clear rules for how the system can be used.

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“We can walk and chew gum at the same time,” Chitwood said. “We can be effective, solve crime and make sure that everybody’s civil rights are protected at the same time.”

Privacy advocates and critics have pointed to the case of Lindsey Isaacs, a Palm Coast woman who spent 13 days in jail after investigators linked her SUV to a deadly hit-and-run using license plate reader data. Authorities later found no crash damage on her vehicle, dropped the charges and Isaacs filed a lawsuit. She recently testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee about the risks of widespread surveillance technology.

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The county is giving Flock 30 days to take the cameras down. If the cameras are not down by Nov. 5, that means the utility companies would have to take them down, potentially at taxpayer expense.

State lawmakers are expected to consider regulating automated license plate readers during the next legislative session.

Chitwood said he is optimistic that these cameras will return, with new guidelines, in the future.