Flock & ALPR Cameras in Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Volunteers have reported 67 automated license plate readers across Santa Fe County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 1 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Santa Fe County compares nationally
Santa Fe County ranks #1,358 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 155,175 residents and 3,669 miles of county roads — 2.0622 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Santa Fe
- 4 license plate readers reported removed near Santa Fe, NM
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Santa Fe, NM
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Santa Teresa, NM
- Bill would restrict New Mexico from sharing sensitive license plate data with other states
What you can do in Santa Fe
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.