Flock & ALPR Cameras in Howard County, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 60 automated license plate readers across Howard 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
- Oct 2 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 14 new license plate readers just reported around Annapolis, MD. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Annapolis
How Howard County compares nationally
Howard County ranks #1,671 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 333,916 residents and 1,622 miles of county roads — 1.1979 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Howard 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 Howard County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Howard
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.