Flock & ALPR Cameras in Longboat Key, Florida
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Longboat Key — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Longboat Key in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 14:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Longboat Key
The readers mapped around Longboat Key break down as 4 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Jun 2026.
- Gulf of Mexico Drive — 2 readers
- Longboat Key — 1 reader
- Bay Isles Parkway — 1 reader
Longboat Key FL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Longboat Key FL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 8 other agencies.
Longboat Key in the Manatee County picture
Manatee County has 120 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,055 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 416,020 residents and 2,437 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 12.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic.
What’s watching Longboat Key
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 Longboat Key — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Longboat Key (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Longboat Key
- Ozzy Osbourne, Your Fitbit and the Great Longboat Key Flock Camera Shuffle
- Longboat Key to move its Flock cameras
- Longboat Key Flock cameras could remain after FDOT ruling
- Flock cameras photograph every car that enters Longboat Key
What you can do in Longboat Key
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 Longboat Key
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).