Flock & ALPR Cameras in Petal, Mississippi
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Petal — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Petal in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:21 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Petal
The readers mapped around Petal break down as 9 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Tyner Road — 6 readers
- Evelyn Gandy Parkway — 1 reader
- New Richton Road — 1 reader
- West 8th Avenue — 1 reader
Petal in the Forrest County picture
Forrest County has 6 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,861 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 78,027 residents and 1,528 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 66.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic, 4 parking.
Camera activity around Petal, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Petal. Latest change logged Aug 28, 2026.
What’s watching Petal
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 Petal — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Petal (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Petal
What you can do in Petal
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.
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Cameras near Petal
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).