Flock & ALPR Cameras in Camden, Arkansas
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Camden — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Camden is on the record here. Camden Police ended their Flock contract amid reported transparency concerns.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 6 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Camden, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 3 of them sit inside Camden itself.
The rest sit in Stephens (1).
2 cameras have no municipality recorded yet.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Camden in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Camden
The readers mapped around Camden break down as 6 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Branyan-Hunnicutt Bypass — 2 readers
- US 278 — 1 reader
- Dr Martin Luther King Expressway — 1 reader
- US 79 — 1 reader
- California Avenue — 1 reader
Camden AR PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Camden AR PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 21 other agencies.
Camden in the Ouachita County picture
Ouachita County has 1 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,020 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 22,317 residents and 1,431 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 94.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
Camera activity around Camden, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Camden. Latest change logged Aug 24, 2026.
What’s watching Camden
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 Camden — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Camden (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Camden
- Camden will cancel contract with Flock Safety, cover cameras until they are removed, official says | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Camden Police End Flock Contract Amid Reported Transparency Concerns In Camden, Arkansas
- Camden Latest To End Flock Agreement As Arkansas Police Departments Move Away from Flock License Plate Cameras Amid Privacy Concerns
- Camden, AR: Contract Canceled
What you can do in Camden
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 Camden
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).