Flock Builds a Network. Florida Cuts the Connection.

Sheriff Rick Ramsay says Monroe County will comply, but warns the state’s blanket order could undermine investigations along the county’s only highway.

Florida has pulled the plug on Flock’s passive security cameras. Over data gathering and misuse concerns. MCSO’s Sherrif Rick Ramsay is not happy. / CONTRIBUTED

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Transportation’s decision to ban automated license plate readers from state rights of way could have an outsized effect in Monroe County, where U.S…