Flock & ALPR Cameras in Montgomery County, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 64 automated license plate readers across Montgomery 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.
📷 National Harbor, MD just got its first reported license plate readers. Someone went out and looked — now it's on the map. #ALPR #Surveillance #NationalHarbor
How Montgomery County compares nationally
Montgomery County ranks #2,051 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 1,057,586 residents and 2,457 miles of county roads — 0.3782 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Montgomery 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 Montgomery County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Montgomery
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.