Flock & ALPR Cameras in Capitan, New Mexico
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Capitan — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Capitan in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:57 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Capitan
The readers mapped around Capitan break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to May 2026.
- US 380 — 1 reader
Capitan NM PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Capitan NM PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 3 other agencies.
Capitan in the Lincoln County picture
Lincoln County has 1 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,992 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 20,227 residents and 5,297 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 99.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Capitan
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 Capitan — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Capitan (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Capitan
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 Capitan
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).