Flock & ALPR Cameras in Gilchrist County, Florida
Volunteers have reported 21 automated license plate readers across Gilchrist County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 28 new license plate readers just reported around Gainesville, FL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Gainesville
How Gilchrist County compares nationally
Gilchrist County ranks #80 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 3.7% nationally. The count covers 18,494 residents and 884 miles of county roads — 11.355 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Gilchrist County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Gilchrist County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Gilchrist
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.