Flock & ALPR Cameras in Kathleen, Florida
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Kathleen — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Kathleen in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 14:38 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Kathleen
The readers mapped around Kathleen break down as 8 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Polk County Sheriff. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2025; the most recent in Jan 2026.
- Kathleen Road — 2 readers
- US Highway 98 North — 1 reader
- Rockridge Road — 1 reader
- Duff Road — 1 reader
- Walker Road — 1 reader
- Knights Station Road — 1 reader
- West Campbell Road — 1 reader
Kathleen 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. Operators named on the record: Polk County Sheriff (2).
What’s watching Kathleen
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 Kathleen — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Kathleen (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Kathleen
What you can do in Kathleen
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 Kathleen
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).