Flock & ALPR Cameras in Yellowstone County, Montana
Volunteers have reported 52 automated license plate readers across Yellowstone County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 21 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 21 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 15 new license plate readers just reported around Billings, MT. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Billings
How Yellowstone County compares nationally
Yellowstone County ranks #1,702 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 167,340 residents and 3,083 miles of county roads — 1.1354 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Yellowstone
What you can do in Yellowstone
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.