Flock & ALPR Cameras in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Volunteers have reported 25 automated license plate readers across St. Mary Parish — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 License plate reader newly reported
- Oct 6 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How St. Mary Parish compares nationally
St. Mary Parish ranks #699 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 48,455 residents and 1,156 miles of county roads — 4.1275 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching St. Mary Parish
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 St. Mary Parish. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in St. Mary
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.