Flock & ALPR Cameras in McAlester, Oklahoma
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around McAlester — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 8 Genetec camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in McAlester
The readers mapped around McAlester break down as 1 Flock Safety, 1 Genetec. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2026; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- South George Nigh Expressway — 1 reader
- Airport Road — 1 reader
McAlester in the Pittsburg County picture
Pittsburg County has 4 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,803 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 43,629 residents and 3,164 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 86.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
Camera activity around McAlester, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for McAlester. Latest change logged Sep 8, 2026.
What’s watching McAlester
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 McAlester — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to McAlester (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in McAlester
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.
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Cameras near McAlester
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).