Flock & ALPR Cameras in Thomson, Georgia
Volunteers have reported 28 automated license plate readers in and around Thomson — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Thomson in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:32 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Thomson
The readers mapped around Thomson break down as 26 Flock Safety, 2 Genetec. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Cobbham Road Northeast — 5 readers
- Washington Road — 3 readers
- Cobbham Road — 2 readers
- Augusta Highway — 2 readers
- Wrens Highway — 2 readers
- Harrison Road — 2 readers
- A Street — 2 readers
- US 78;GA 10;GA 17 Bypass — 1 reader
- Dallas Drive Northeast — 1 reader
- White Oak Road — 1 reader
- Warrenton Highway — 1 reader
- Mount Pleasant Road — 1 reader
+ 5 more streets and roads mapped around Thomson — all on the live map above.
Thomson GA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Thomson GA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 20 other agencies.
Thomson in the McDuffie County picture
McDuffie County has 22 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #99 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 4.6% nationally. That’s across 21,687 residents and 627 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 17.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 28 traffic.
Camera activity around Thomson, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Thomson. Latest change logged Sep 1, 2026.
What’s watching Thomson
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 Thomson — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Thomson (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Thomson
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Thomson, GA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Thomson, GA
- EU rules governing artificial intelligence will put compliance obligations on facial recognition regtech | Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence and Compliance Learning
What you can do in Thomson
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 Thomson
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).