Flock & ALPR Cameras in Baltimore city, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 50 automated license plate readers across Baltimore city — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Mobile Pro Systems camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Mobile Pro Systems camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Mobile Pro Systems camera newly reported
- Oct 2 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 14 new license plate readers just reported around Annapolis, MD. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Annapolis
How Baltimore city compares nationally
Baltimore city ranks #1,877 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 577,193 residents and 1,050 miles of county roads — 0.7277 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Baltimore city
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 Baltimore city. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Baltimore
- Body worn camera footage released from deadly police-involved shooting in Middle River
- Flock cameras expand in Maryland as police log 1.1B license plate reads
- FOX45: Crime-fighting tool or privacy concern? Flock cameras expand across Maryland
- ShotSpotter alert leads Baltimore Police to man shot in Sandtown-Winchester
What you can do in Baltimore
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.
Cameras nearby in Maryland
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.