Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chemung County, New York
Volunteers have reported 49 automated license plate readers across Chemung County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 9 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Chemung County compares nationally
Chemung County ranks #413 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 19.3% nationally. The count covers 82,805 residents and 964 miles of county roads — 5.676 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Chemung 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 Chemung County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Chemung
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.