Flock & ALPR Cameras in Palmetto, Florida
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Palmetto — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Palmetto in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:52 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Palmetto
The readers mapped around Palmetto break down as 3 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Jan 2026.
- Tamiami Trail — 2 readers
- 8th Avenue West — 1 reader
Palmetto 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 3 traffic.
What’s watching Palmetto
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 Palmetto — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Palmetto (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Palmetto
What you can do in Palmetto
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 Palmetto
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).