Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lake Placid, Florida
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Lake Placid — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Lake Placid in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 20:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Lake Placid
The readers mapped around Lake Placid break down as 3 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2026; the most recent in Mar 2026.
- South Lakeview Road — 2 readers
- US 27 — 1 reader
Lake Placid in the Highlands County picture
Highlands County has 20 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,410 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 103,808 residents and 2,511 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 49.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Lake Placid
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 Lake Placid — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Lake Placid (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Lake Placid
What you can do in Lake Placid
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 Lake Placid
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).