Flock & ALPR Cameras in Tompkins County, New York
Volunteers have reported 30 automated license plate readers across Tompkins County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 9 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Tompkins County compares nationally
Tompkins County ranks #283 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 13.2% nationally. The count covers 102,879 residents and 1,013 miles of county roads — 6.7069 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Tompkins 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 Tompkins County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Tompkins
- Trumansburg unlikely to renew Flock Safety cameras contract
- Tompkins County, NY: Contract Canceled
- Trumansburg police to purchase license plate readers
What you can do in Tompkins
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.