Flock & ALPR Cameras in Benton, Arkansas
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Benton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Benton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 02:13 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Benton
The readers mapped around Benton break down as 6 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- I-30 Frontage Road — 3 readers
- Amber Acres — 1 reader
- Military Road — 1 reader
- Congo Road — 1 reader
Benton AR PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Benton AR PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 34 other agencies.
Benton in the Saline County picture
Saline County has 46 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #833 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 125,724 residents and 2,180 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 28.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (3).
What’s watching Benton
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Benton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Benton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Benton
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Benton, AR
- On the agenda: Bentonville, AR Combined Committee of the Whole and City Council Meeting — Flock Camera (Aug 11)
What you can do in Benton
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Benton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).