Flock & ALPR Cameras in Baltimore, Maryland
No cameras reported in and around Baltimore — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.
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Help put Baltimore on the map
The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed Baltimore yet. ALPRs look like small gray cameras on poles, often solar-powered, near intersections and shopping centers. Spot one? Reporting takes about a minute.
No new reports near Baltimore in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:21 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Baltimore in the Baltimore city picture
Baltimore city has 42 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,877 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 577,193 residents and 1,050 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 15.6% of counties nationally.
Why this page exists
Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 993 across Maryland. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like Baltimore: a council consent-agenda item, then poles by the grocery store. Learn what they look like, check the roads you drive daily, and this page will update as reports come in.
The latest around Baltimore
- Surveillance cameras on Maryland’s I-295 raise privacy concerns from ACLU
- 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
What you can do in Baltimore
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 Baltimore
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).