Flock & ALPR Cameras in Highland City, Florida
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Highland City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Highland City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Highland City
The readers mapped around Highland City break down as 7 Flock Safety, 1 Genetec. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Winter Lake Road — 3 readers
- Boy Scout Ranch Road — 2 readers
- Bartow Road — 2 readers
- Reynolds Road — 1 reader
Highland City in the Polk County picture
Polk County has 306 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #721 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 760,961 residents and 4,544 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 8.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic.
What’s watching Highland City
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 Highland City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Highland City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Highland City
What you can do in Highland City
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.
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Cameras near Highland City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).