About Flock Camera Map
flockcamerasmap.com is an independent, non-partisan public records initiative dedicated to mapping, analyzing, and explaining the rapid expansion of automated license plate readers (ALPR) across the United States.
Who We Are
We are a multidisciplinary coalition of geographic information system (GIS) analysts, investigative researchers, software engineers, and public policy scholars.
When Atlanta-based Flock Safety and legacy vendors expanded from pilot highway installations into residential suburban neighborhoods, we noticed a critical information void: while police departments and private homeowners associations (HOAs) spent millions leasing cameras, everyday citizens had no unified, public-facing map to understand where these surveillance perimeters existed.
We built flockcamerasmap.com to serve as the definitive, free, and open-access spatial registry for automated vehicle recognition devices nationwide.
Our 4-Stage Data Verification Pipeline
Every point in our 150,071+ camera database passes through rigorous spatial and archival checks:
Continuous synchronization with the global OpenStreetMap (OSM) database, aggregating nodes tagged by civic volunteers under standard surveillance schemas.
Cross-referencing municipal council meeting minutes, vendor contract approvals, and public records releases to verify contracted camera quantities.
Inspecting roadside poles via high-resolution aerial imagery to verify the physical presence of solar panels, matte black camera heads, and mounting heights.
Calculating calibrated 0°–359° directional heading cones to illustrate which travel lanes and vehicular headings are captured by each unit.
Funding & Financial Independence
To maintain absolute editorial objectivity and non-partisanship, flockcamerasmap.com accepts zero funding from surveillance equipment manufacturers, law enforcement associations, or private political lobbying groups.
Our infrastructure costs—including tile servers, high-performance canvas compute nodes, and database hosting—are supported entirely through non-intrusive programmatic display advertising (such as Google AdSense). This monetization model ensures that:
- Our tools and databases remain 100% free to the public with zero paywalls.
- Our research remains independent of outside commercial or governmental influence.
- Advertisers have zero influence over our mapping datasets, guides, or editorial conclusions.
Who Uses Our Platform
Citizens & Motorists
Discover which public roads feature cameras, understand neighborhood coverage, and review state data retention laws.
Journalists & Media Outlets
Cite verifiable geographic figures on camera density, vendor pricing, and public contract expansions.
Attorneys & Legal Scholars
Examine Fourth Amendment ALPR litigation, municipal retention compliance, and statutory transparency benchmarks.
Elected Officials & City Councils
Compare regional camera density, vendor costs, and implementation guidelines across neighboring jurisdictions.
Editorial Standards & Corrections Policy
We operate under the highest standards of journalistic integrity. Every factual assertion in our Definitive Guides is backed by primary source documentation: municipal contracts, vendor hardware spec sheets, state statutes, and verified public records.
When errors occur, we correct them transparently and promptly. If you identify an inaccuracy or an outdated record, contact us at [email protected].
Get in Touch With Our Research Team
Whether you are an academic researcher, journalist requesting dataset access, or a citizen with field observations, we welcome your inquiries:
Editorial & Research: [email protected]
Press & Media Inquiries: [email protected]
Camera Submissions: flockcamerasmap.com/contact