{"id":80234,"date":"2026-09-15T19:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=80234"},"modified":"2026-09-15T19:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:18:25","slug":"grady-judd-wants-to-flock-your-mother-and-he-wants-you-to-shut-up-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/09\/15\/grady-judd-wants-to-flock-your-mother-and-he-wants-you-to-shut-up-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Grady Judd Wants to Flock Your Mother and he Wants You to Shut Up About It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Florida Man Politics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grady Judd Bucks DeSantis on Flock Cameras\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tooYjm9TYhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned Flock and other ALPR cameras from state roadsides in response to recent political pressure from anti-Flock activists, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says Polk County will still use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt does no more than your law enforcement officer sitting on the side of the road in his or her patrol car running the same database through the same computer system,\u201d said Judd. \u201cThe difference is the camera can read every one. The law enforcement officer is not fast enough to enter every one.\u201d Judd also took the opportunity to argue against body cameras on officers, which are not worn by Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Deputies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent reporting shows DeSantis has approved $4.6 million in funding from the state of Florida for ALPR cameras like Flock in the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has decried Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office&#8217;s suppression of comments on social media pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGovernment officials don&#8217;t get to silence protected speech because they find it harsh or disagreeable,\u201d FIRE posted on its social media pages. \u201cFIRE is calling on the Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office to stop censoring protected speech and bring its social media policies in line with the First Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013Florida Man Politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Florida Man Politics Although Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned Flock and other ALPR cameras from state roadsides in response to recent political pressure from anti-Flock activists, Polk County&hellip; 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