Pinellas deputy faces charges of using Flock cameras to spy on ex-wife and others

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri speaking at a Nov. 5, 2026 press conference on the third deputy arrest for alleged misuse of Flock cameras for personal use. (YouTube / Screenshot)A third Pinellas County sheriff's deputy has been arrested on charges of misusing automated license plate readers — also known as Flock cameras. According to the sheriff's office, Deputy Ronald Scott resigned from the agency and was arrested last week on four felony charges of accessing information about his ex-wife, her boyfriend and others.During a Thursday press conference, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Scott started the illegal activity in February while the couple was separated and continued until just after their divorce around June."What was happening in this case was an emotional thing. I mean, that's really what it came down to,” Gualtieri said.Meantime, similar charges were recently dropped against another former deputy after Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Bruce Bartlett wrote in a