Flock & ALPR Cameras in Dobson, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Dobson — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Dobson in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:10 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Dobson
The readers mapped around Dobson break down as 3 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Nov 2025.
- West Pine Street — 1 reader
- US 601 — 1 reader
- NC 268 — 1 reader
Dobson in the Surry County picture
Surry County has 15 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,342 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 71,407 residents and 2,238 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 53.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Dobson
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 Dobson — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Dobson (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Dobson
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 Dobson
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).