Flock & ALPR Cameras in Madison County, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers across Madison County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 19 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Madison County compares nationally
Madison County ranks #267 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 12.4% nationally. The count covers 21,640 residents and 1,763 miles of county roads — 6.9316 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Madison 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 Madison County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Madison
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.