Flock & ALPR Cameras in La Plata, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around La Plata — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near La Plata 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 La Plata
The readers mapped around La Plata break down as 1 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. Every report here dates to Jan 2026.
- La Plata — 1 reader
La Plata MD PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, La Plata MD PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 23 other agencies.
La Plata in the Charles County picture
Charles County has 7 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,032 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 168,710 residents and 1,844 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 67.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (1).
What’s watching La Plata
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 La Plata — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to La Plata (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around La Plata
What you can do in La Plata
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 La Plata
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).