Flock & ALPR Cameras in Albany County, New York
Volunteers have reported 131 automated license plate readers across Albany County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 19 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Albany County compares nationally
Albany County ranks #817 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 315,374 residents and 1,724 miles of county roads — 3.7099 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Albany 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 Albany County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Albany
- Flock camera placed on Kinderhook farm property cut down overnight
- 3 new license plate readers reported around West Albany, NY
- Schenectady police install 14 new Axon license plate readers amid misuse concerns
- VIDEO: Two Flock cameras explode on Radium Springs Rd. in Albany
What you can do in Albany
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.