Flock & ALPR Cameras in Orleans County, New York
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers across Orleans County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 18 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 15 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Orleans County compares nationally
Orleans County ranks #1,177 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 39,686 residents and 731 miles of county roads — 2.5198 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Orleans 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 Orleans County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Orleans
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.