New York · County Surveillance Report

Flock & ALPR Cameras in Schenectady County, New York

Volunteers have reported 51 automated license plate readers across Schenectady County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.

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Reported cameras

#21

of 57 New York counties tracked

1.1%

of New York’s reported cameras

Live camera map 51 reported cameras around Schenectady County, New York

Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →

Camera Watch Recently reported near Schenectady County

+1 this week +13 last 30 days −1 removed

Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Sep 21 License plate reader newly reported

Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.

How Schenectady County compares nationally

Schenectady County ranks #1,499 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 159,603 residents and 768 miles of county roads — 1.6917 cameras per 10,000 residents.

What’s watching Schenectady 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 Schenectady County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

The latest around Schenectady

What you can do in Schenectady

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.

Cameras nearby in New York

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.