Flock & ALPR Cameras in Broome County, New York
Volunteers have reported 83 automated license plate readers across Broome County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 18 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Broome County compares nationally
Broome County ranks #328 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 15.3% nationally. The count covers 197,738 residents and 1,709 miles of county roads — 6.4226 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Broome 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 Broome County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Broome
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.