Flock & ALPR Cameras in Bowie, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 11 automated license plate readers in and around Bowie — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 11 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Bowie
The readers mapped around Bowie break down as 11 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Navy Federal Credit Union, The Home Depot, Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Ballpark Road — 3 readers
- Collington Road — 3 readers
- Jennings Mill Drive — 2 readers
- Heritage Boulevard — 1 reader
- North West Crain Highway — 1 reader
- Mitchellville Road — 1 reader
Bowie in the Prince George's County picture
Prince George's County has 115 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,669 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 955,584 residents and 3,193 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 17.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic, 1 parking. Operators named on the record: Navy Federal Credit Union (2), The Home Depot (1), Lowe's (1).
Camera activity around Bowie, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Bowie. Latest change logged Sep 11, 2026.
What’s watching Bowie
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 Bowie — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Bowie (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Bowie
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 Bowie
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).