Flock & ALPR Cameras in Marion, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers in and around Marion — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Marion in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Marion
The readers mapped around Marion break down as 13 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- US Highway 70 — 6 readers
- Lake Tahoma Road — 1 reader
- US 221 — 1 reader
- NC 226 — 1 reader
- Ed Cannon Drive — 1 reader
- East Court Street — 1 reader
- US 221;NC 226 — 1 reader
- I 40 — 1 reader
Marion NC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Marion NC PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 75 other agencies.
Marion in the McDowell County picture
McDowell County has 15 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #919 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 44,679 residents and 1,417 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 42.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 12 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (1).
Camera activity around Marion, last 30 days
3 newly reported in our hourly change log for Marion. Latest change logged Sep 5, 2026.
What’s watching Marion
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 Marion — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Marion (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Marion
What you can do in Marion
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 Marion
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).