Flock & ALPR Cameras in Forsyth County, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 100 automated license plate readers across Forsyth County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 14 new license plate readers just reported around Winston-Salem, NC. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #WinstonSalem
How Forsyth County compares nationally
Forsyth County ranks #1,839 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 386,740 residents and 2,490 miles of county roads — 0.8274 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Forsyth 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 Forsyth County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Forsyth
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.