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Find Flock Safety / ALPR Cameras Near You

There's no official public database of Flock Safety camera locations — Flock doesn't publish one, and it's not required to. This links you to real, independently-run public-interest projects that track the 120,000+ camera network by state, plus a way to check if your own plate was ever searched.

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Also: check if your plate was ever searched, or report an undocumented camera

What this actually is

  1. 1Search by state to see documented Flock Safety / ALPR camera locations, pulled from DeFlock's live crowdsourced map — the same project this page links to, not a private database.
  2. 2Check haveibeenflocked.com to search real FOIA-obtained audit logs by license plate and see if a search was ever run against yours.
  3. 3Don't see a camera near you documented? Report it to DeFlock or EFF's Atlas of Surveillance — the same citizen documentation EFF has defended in court as protected speech.

Who this is for

Flock's own network has grown past 5,000 communities without a single official public map — so any picture of where these cameras actually are has to be pieced together by the public itself.

  • Drivers curious whether their daily commute passes through ALPR camera coverage
  • Privacy-conscious residents mapping surveillance infrastructure in their own neighborhood
  • Journalists and researchers documenting the growth of the Flock Safety camera network
  • Community members trying to find out if their area already has cameras installed before a council vote
  • Activists building an evidence base ahead of a public-comment period on a proposed camera contract

Frequently asked questions

How do I find Flock Safety cameras near me?

Search by state using a crowdsourced map like DeFlock, linked from this page — there's no official public database, since Flock doesn't publish camera locations itself.

How can I check if my license plate was ever searched?

haveibeenflocked.com searches real FOIA-obtained Flock audit logs by license plate. Coverage is incomplete since not every agency releases these logs, and a hit means a search was run against your plate — not that you were stopped or investigated.

What is a Flock Safety camera?

An automated license plate reader (ALPR) camera made by Flock Safety, typically used by police departments and HOAs to log vehicles passing a location. The company operates a network of 120,000+ cameras and has drawn scrutiny over misuse cases and data-sharing practices.

How do I report a camera that isn't on the map?

Submit it to DeFlock, which feeds the live public crowdsourced map, or to DeFlock The USA's tip line. For EFF's official law-enforcement-agency tracker, submit through the Atlas of Surveillance.

Is Flock Safety the only ALPR vendor these maps track?

DeFlock primarily documents Flock Safety devices since they're the largest and most identifiable network, but similar ALPR systems from other vendors exist and may not be comprehensively mapped by the same projects.

Can law enforcement see that I looked this up?

No — browsing a public map or public FOIA data doesn't notify anyone. haveibeenflocked.com and DeFlock are independent of Flock Safety and don't share visitor data with them.

Is documenting camera locations legal?

Yes — photographing and mapping visible infrastructure from public property is protected activity; EFF has defended this kind of citizen documentation.

Being straight about this: The Truth Button doesn't run its own camera database — this links out to real, independently-run public-interest projects (DeFlock, DeFlock The USA, EFF's Atlas of Surveillance). Their coverage is crowdsourced and incomplete, so absence from these maps doesn't mean there's no camera there, just that no one's documented it yet.