Flock & ALPR Cameras in Emmitsburg, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Emmitsburg — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 20 Genetec camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Emmitsburg in the Frederick County picture
Frederick County has 58 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,356 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 280,341 residents and 2,356 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 25.2% of counties nationally.
What’s watching Emmitsburg
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 Emmitsburg — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Emmitsburg (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Emmitsburg
What you can do in Emmitsburg
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 Emmitsburg
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).