Flock & ALPR Cameras in Sarasota County, Florida
Volunteers have reported 296 automated license plate readers across Sarasota County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 12 new license plate readers just reported around Port Charlotte, FL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #PortCharlotte
How Sarasota County compares nationally
Sarasota County ranks #625 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 449,011 residents and 3,190 miles of county roads — 4.4988 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Sarasota County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Sarasota County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Sarasota
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Lake Sarasota, FL
- 2 new license plate readers reported around North Sarasota, FL
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Sarasota, FL
- Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of September 4, 2026
What you can do in Sarasota
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.