Flock & ALPR Cameras in West Elmira, New York
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around West Elmira — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near West Elmira in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:22 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in West Elmira
The readers mapped around West Elmira break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Dec 2025.
- West Water Street — 1 reader
West Elmira in the Chemung County picture
Chemung County has 47 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #413 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 19.3% nationally. That’s across 82,805 residents and 964 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 12.4% of counties nationally.
What’s watching West Elmira
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 West Elmira — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to West Elmira (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in West Elmira
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.
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Cameras near West Elmira
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).