Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hillsborough County, Florida
Volunteers have reported 433 automated license plate readers across Hillsborough County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Rekor camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Rekor camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Rekor camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 71 new license plate readers just reported around St. Petersburg, FL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #StPetersburg
How Hillsborough County compares nationally
Hillsborough County ranks #1,266 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 1,489,634 residents and 4,831 miles of county roads — 2.2892 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hillsborough
What you can do in Hillsborough
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.