Flock & ALPR Cameras in Scotia, New York
Volunteers have reported 14 automated license plate readers in and around Scotia — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 14 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Scotia, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Scotia itself.
The rest sit in Village of Scotia (9), Town of Glenville (4), Town of Rotterdam (1).
2 of them name an operator in the record: Lowe's (2). 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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No new reports near Scotia in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 9, 03:14 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Scotia
The readers mapped around Scotia break down as 12 Flock Safety, 2 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Freemans Bridge Road — 3 readers
- Vley Road — 2 readers
- Glen Avenue — 2 readers
- West Campbell Road — 1 reader
- Cramer Avenue — 1 reader
- Sacandaga Road — 1 reader
- Schonowe Avenue — 1 reader
- Mohawk Avenue — 1 reader
- Culligan Drive — 1 reader
- North Ballston Avenue — 1 reader
Scotia in the Schenectady County picture
Schenectady County has 27 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,499 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 159,603 residents and 768 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 17.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 14 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (2).
What’s watching Scotia
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 Scotia — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Scotia (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Scotia
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 Scotia
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).