Flock & ALPR Cameras in Benson, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Benson — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Benson in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:23 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Benson
The readers mapped around Benson break down as 5 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make, 1 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2023; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- I 40 — 3 readers
- NC 27 — 2 readers
- I 95 — 2 readers
Benson in the Johnston County picture
Johnston County has 43 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,425 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 226,623 residents and 2,473 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 31.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
Camera activity around Benson, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Benson. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching Benson
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 Benson — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Benson (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Benson
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 Benson
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).