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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Archer, Florida

Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Archer — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Live camera map 2 reported cameras around Archer, Florida

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Camera Watch Recently reported near Archer

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Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported

Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.

Where the cameras are in Archer

The readers mapped around Archer break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Jun 2026.

Southwest Archer Road — 2 readers
Southwest 170th Street — 1 reader
US 27;US 41 — 1 reader
West Williston Road — 1 reader

Archer in the Alachua County picture

Alachua County has 164 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #394 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 18.4% nationally. That’s across 281,751 residents and 3,611 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 13.3% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.

What’s watching Archer

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 Archer — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Archer (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

The latest around Archer

What you can do in Archer

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 Archer

Newberry (5) Williston (2) Gainesville (161) Alachua (21)

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).