Flock & ALPR Cameras in Gaston, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Gaston — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Gaston in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 21:20 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Gaston
The readers mapped around Gaston break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Jul 2026.
- Congressman G K Butterfield Highway — 1 reader
Gaston in the Northampton County picture
Northampton County has 1 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,947 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 17,212 residents and 956 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 90.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Gaston
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 Gaston — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Gaston (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Gaston
- 2 new license plate readers reported around South Gastonia, NC
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Gastonia, NC
What you can do in Gaston
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 Gaston
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).