Flock & ALPR Cameras in Carroll County, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 11 automated license plate readers across Carroll County — 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
- Sep 20 Genetec camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 10 new license plate readers just reported around Thurmont, MD. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Thurmont
How Carroll County compares nationally
Carroll County ranks #1,973 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 174,318 residents and 1,905 miles of county roads — 0.5163 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Carroll County
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 Carroll County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Carroll
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.