Flock & ALPR Cameras in Saratoga Springs, New York
Volunteers have reported 22 automated license plate readers in and around Saratoga Springs — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 22 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Saratoga Springs, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Saratoga Springs itself.
The rest sit in City of Saratoga Springs (18), Town of Wilton (4).
4 of them name an operator in the record: Lowe's (4). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 21 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 14 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 14 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 14 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Saratoga Springs
The readers mapped around Saratoga Springs break down as 15 Flock Safety, 3 Genetec. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Lowes Drive — 4 readers
- C.V. Whitney Memorial Highway — 2 readers
- Union Avenue — 2 readers
- Lake Avenue — 1 reader
- Broadway — 1 reader
- Crescent Avenue — 1 reader
- Washington Street — 1 reader
- South Broadway — 1 reader
- Railroad Run — 1 reader
- Church Street — 1 reader
- North Broadway Entrance — 1 reader
- Service Entrance — 1 reader
+ 1 more streets and roads mapped around Saratoga Springs — all on the live map above.
Saratoga Springs NY PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Saratoga Springs NY PD runs 12 cameras of its own, has logged 83 plate-database searches, has captured 250,670 vehicle records. Its network connects to 1,119 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Abington MA PD, Abington Township PA PD, Acushnet MA PD, Acworth GA PD, Ada County ID SO, Adairville KY PD, Adams County IL SO, Adrian MI PD.
Saratoga Springs in the Saratoga County picture
Saratoga County has 16 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,907 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 237,075 residents and 1,926 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 48.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 14 traffic, 4 commercial. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (4).
Camera activity around Saratoga Springs, last 30 days
5 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Saratoga Springs. Latest change logged Aug 23, 2026.
What’s watching Saratoga Springs
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Saratoga Springs — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Saratoga Springs (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Saratoga Springs
- Saratoga Springs residents raise concerns over Flock cameras
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Saratoga Springs, NY
- Residents urge Saratoga Springs City Council to drop Flock contract; city officials defend usage
- Saratoga Springs residents call for end to Flock contract, officials defend tool
What you can do in Saratoga Springs
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Saratoga Springs
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).