Flock & ALPR Cameras in Charles County, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers across Charles County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 19 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 19 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 19 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 National Harbor, MD just got its first reported license plate readers. Someone went out and looked — now it's on the map. #ALPR #Surveillance #NationalHarbor
📷 Indian Head, MD just got its first reported license plate readers. Someone went out and looked — now it's on the map. #ALPR #Surveillance #IndianHead
How Charles County compares nationally
Charles County ranks #2,032 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 168,710 residents and 1,844 miles of county roads — 0.4149 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Charles 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 Charles County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Charles
- Charles County Weighs Speed Cameras On U.S. 301, MD 228 — And Flock Camera Privacy
- Progressive Charlestown: South Kingstown Council Demands State Police Remove Flock Camera It Learned About From News Story
- Progressive Charlestown : South Kingstown leaves Flock
What you can do in Charles
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.