Surveillance in Florida

88/100

Florida has 15,517 documented surveillance devices — roughly 68.6 per 100,000 residents.

8,864

License plate readers

719

CCTV cameras

5,092

DOT traffic cameras

Red light / speed cams

126

Gunshot detectors

711

Toll booths

Documented police technology

1,888 agency records in the EFF Atlas of Surveillance, covering 338 documented technology deployments
Confirmed ShotSpotter / SoundThinking coverage zone: Yes
Cell-site simulators (Stingray): Documented
Federal surveillance grants: $34.9M

Most surveilled cities in Florida

Miami274 devices69 Orlando380 devices68 Hialeah373 devices60 Jacksonville136 devices51 Tampa215 devices50

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Counts are documented devices from OpenStreetMap, state DOT feeds, municipal open data and the EFF Atlas of Surveillance. They are a floor, not a total — undocumented cameras are common, and a device appearing here is not confirmation it is currently operating.