Flock & ALPR Cameras in Placid Lakes, Florida
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Placid Lakes — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 1 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 1 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 1 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Placid Lakes
The readers mapped around Placid Lakes break down as 3 Motorola Solutions. Every report here dates to Aug 2026.
- US 27 — 2 readers
- SR 70 — 1 reader
Placid Lakes 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.
Camera activity around Placid Lakes, last 30 days
3 newly reported in our hourly change log for Placid Lakes. Latest change logged Sep 1, 2026.
What’s watching Placid Lakes
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 Placid Lakes — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Placid Lakes (within ~15 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Placid Lakes
What you can do in Placid Lakes
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 Placid Lakes
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).