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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Purvis, Mississippi

Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Purvis — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Reported cameras nearby

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of 123 Mississippi cities tracked

0.1%

of Mississippi’s reported cameras

Live camera map 1 reported cameras around Purvis, Mississippi

Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →

Camera Watch Recently reported near Purvis

No new reports near Purvis in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:00 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Purvis

The readers mapped around Purvis break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Jul 2026.

I 59 — 1 reader

Purvis in the Lamar County picture

Lamar County has 5 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,863 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 65,081 residents and 860 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 56.9% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.

Camera activity around Purvis, last 30 days

1 removed in our hourly change log for Purvis. Latest change logged Sep 11, 2026.

What’s watching Purvis

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 Purvis — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Purvis (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

What you can do in Purvis

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 Purvis

West Hattiesburg (28) Arnold Line (4) Hattiesburg (15) Glendale (2)

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).