Flock & ALPR Cameras in Orange County, New York
Volunteers have reported 243 automated license plate readers across Orange County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Genetec camera newly reported
- Sep 29 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 7 new license plate readers just reported around Spring Valley, NY. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #SpringValley
How Orange County compares nationally
Orange County ranks #622 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 403,840 residents and 2,868 miles of county roads — 4.5067 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Orange 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 Orange County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Orange
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.