Flock & ALPR Cameras in Charlestown, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Charlestown — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Charlestown in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 21:33 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Charlestown in the Baltimore County picture
Baltimore County has 79 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,801 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 849,586 residents and 3,551 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 27.2% of counties nationally.
What’s watching Charlestown
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 Charlestown — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Charlestown (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Charlestown
- 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 Charlestown
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 Charlestown
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).