Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hyattsville, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Hyattsville — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Hyattsville in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 9, 03:14 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hyattsville
The readers mapped around Hyattsville break down as 8 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Baltimore Avenue — 3 readers
- Hamilton Street — 2 readers
- Nicholson Street — 2 readers
- Queens Chapel Road — 1 reader
Hyattsville MD PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Hyattsville MD PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 45 other agencies.
Hyattsville 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 8 traffic.
What’s watching Hyattsville
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 Hyattsville — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hyattsville (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hyattsville
- Hyattsville Residents Organizing Against Flock Cameras
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Hyattsville, MD
- From Where I Stand: Get Flock surveillance out of Hyattsville
- From Where I Stand: Get Flock surveillance out of Hyattsville
What you can do in Hyattsville
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 Hyattsville
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).