Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hinds County, Mississippi
Volunteers have reported 74 automated license plate readers across Hinds County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 14 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 12 Genetec camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Hinds County compares nationally
Hinds County ranks #1,262 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 222,494 residents and 2,249 miles of county roads — 2.2922 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Hinds 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 Hinds County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Hinds
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.