Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ocean County, New Jersey
Volunteers have reported 172 automated license plate readers across Ocean County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 29 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 29 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 29 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 29 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 14 new license plate readers just reported around Barnegat, NJ. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Barnegat
📷 12 new license plate readers just reported around Waretown, NJ. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Waretown
📷 Pine Lake Park, NJ just got its first reported license plate readers. Someone went out and looked — now it's on the map. #ALPR #Surveillance #PineLakePark
How Ocean County compares nationally
Ocean County ranks #1,759 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 646,434 residents and 3,450 miles of county roads — 1.021 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Ocean 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 Ocean County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Ocean
What you can do in Ocean
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.