Flock & ALPR Cameras in Tampa, Florida
Volunteers have reported 51 automated license plate readers in and around Tampa — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 14 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 13 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Tampa
The readers mapped around Tampa break down as 34 Flock Safety, 8 Genetec, 6 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- South Dale Mabry Highway — 5 readers
- North Tampa Street — 4 readers
- North Oak Drive — 4 readers
- West Kennedy Boulevard — 3 readers
- West Spruce Street — 2 readers
- West Tampa Bay Boulevard — 2 readers
- North Mac Dill Avenue — 2 readers
- East Palm Avenue — 2 readers
- East 7th Avenue — 2 readers
- Nuccio Parkway — 2 readers
- North 22nd Street — 2 readers
- Tampa — 2 readers
+ 17 more streets and roads mapped around Tampa — all on the live map above.
Tampa FL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Tampa FL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 99 other agencies.
Tampa in the Hillsborough County picture
Hillsborough County has 341 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,266 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,489,634 residents and 4,831 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 8.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 46 traffic. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (1).
Camera activity around Tampa, last 30 days
5 newly reported in our hourly change log for Tampa. Latest change logged Sep 3, 2026.
What’s watching Tampa
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 Tampa — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Tampa (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Tampa
- ALPRs are gone from Florida state roads, but remain elsewhere across Tampa Bay
- License plate reader cameras gone from Florida state roads, but Flock cameras remain in Tampa Bay
- Tampa Police to pull 17 license plate readers as Hillsborough reviews impact of Flock crackdown
- After DeSantis order, Florida police drop Flock cameras — but not in Tampa Bay
What you can do in Tampa
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 Tampa
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).