Flock & ALPR Cameras in Union County, New Jersey
Volunteers have reported 172 automated license plate readers across Union County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Oct 6 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 Lincroft, NJ. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Lincroft
📷 51 new license plate readers just reported around Fords, NJ. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Fords
📷 32 new license plate readers just reported around South Amboy, NJ. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #SouthAmboy
How Union County compares nationally
Union County ranks #1,423 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 572,549 residents and 977 miles of county roads — 1.9038 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Union 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 Union County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Union
What you can do in Union
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.