Flock & ALPR Cameras in Forest Heights, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Forest Heights — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Forest Heights in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 20:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Forest Heights
The readers mapped around Forest Heights break down as 2 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Aug 2026.
- Indian Head Highway — 2 readers
Forest Heights MD PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Forest Heights MD PD runs 24 cameras of its own, has captured 395,163 vehicle records. Its network connects to 41 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Forest Heights 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 2 traffic.
Camera activity around Forest Heights, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Forest Heights. Latest change logged Aug 19, 2026.
What’s watching Forest Heights
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 Forest Heights — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Forest Heights (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Forest Heights
What you can do in Forest Heights
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.
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Cameras near Forest Heights
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).