Flock & ALPR Cameras in Columbia County, Georgia
Volunteers have reported 97 automated license plate readers across Columbia County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Leonardo camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Genetec camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Leonardo camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 8 new license plate readers just reported around Augusta, GA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Augusta
How Columbia County compares nationally
Columbia County ranks #403 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 18.8% nationally. The count covers 159,638 residents and 884 miles of county roads — 5.763 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Columbia 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 Columbia County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Columbia
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.