Flock & ALPR Cameras in Palatka, Florida
Volunteers have reported 17 automated license plate readers in and around Palatka — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Palatka in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 10:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Palatka
The readers mapped around Palatka break down as 18 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Reid Street — 2 readers
- South State Road 19 — 2 readers
- North Palm Avenue — 1 reader
- 9th Street — 1 reader
- SR 20 — 1 reader
- South Palm Avenue — 1 reader
- Ragsdale Drive — 1 reader
- SR 19 — 1 reader
- Twigg Street — 1 reader
- North 20th Place — 1 reader
- North 23rd Street — 1 reader
- Bronson Street — 1 reader
+ 4 more streets and roads mapped around Palatka — all on the live map above.
Palatka FL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Palatka FL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 5 other agencies.
Palatka in the Putnam County picture
Putnam County has 31 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #684 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 74,235 residents and 2,261 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 36.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 18 traffic.
What’s watching Palatka
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 Palatka — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Palatka (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Palatka
- On the agenda: Palatka City Commission Meeting — Flock Camera (Sep 10)
- Featured Stories - Palatka Daily News
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Palatka, FL
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Palatka, FL
What you can do in Palatka
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 Palatka
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).