Flock & ALPR Cameras in Charleston, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Charleston — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Charleston in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:23 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Charleston
The readers mapped around Charleston break down as 5 Flock Safety, 4 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- I 57 — 3 readers
- West Marshall Street — 1 reader
- North Main Road — 1 reader
- East Marshall Street — 1 reader
- Charleston Plaza — 1 reader
- South Main Street — 1 reader
- US 60;US 62 — 1 reader
Charleston in the Mississippi County picture
Mississippi County has 8 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #297 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 13.9% nationally. That’s across 12,079 residents and 822 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 44.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.
What’s watching Charleston
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 Charleston — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Charleston (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Charleston
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 Charleston
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).