Flock & ALPR Cameras in Takoma Park, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Takoma Park — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Takoma Park in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:54 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Takoma Park
The readers mapped around Takoma Park break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Jun 2026.
- Flower Avenue — 1 reader
Takoma Park in the Montgomery County picture
Montgomery County has 40 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,051 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,057,586 residents and 2,457 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 33.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Takoma Park
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 Takoma Park — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Takoma Park (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Takoma Park
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 Takoma Park
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).