Flock & ALPR Cameras in Florence, Oregon
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Florence — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Florence in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:05 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Florence
The readers mapped around Florence break down as 5 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Florence Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Mar 2026.
- Oregon Coast Highway — 2 readers
- Heceta Beach Road — 1 reader
- 2nd Street — 1 reader
- Spruce Street — 1 reader
Florence OR PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Florence OR PD runs 6 cameras of its own, has logged 39 plate-database searches, has captured 100,094 vehicle records. Its network connects to 23 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Albany OR PD, Cow Creek OR Tribal Police, Douglas County OR SO, Eagle Point OR PD, Gilliam County OR SO, Grants Pass OR PD, Jackson County OR SO, OR - Josephine County SO.
Florence in the Lane County picture
Lane County has 83 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,320 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 382,628 residents and 8,790 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 45.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: Florence Police Department (3).
What’s watching Florence
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 Florence — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Florence (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Florence
- Lawmaker Mull Predatory Lending Practices; FLOCK ALPR; Gas Prices Spike; City Resolution on ICE - Coast Radio - Florence Oregon News
- FLOCK Cameras Approved; City Manager Evaluation; OCF Grant Cycle - Coast Radio - Florence Oregon News
- Florence will keep Flock Safety cameras after close council vote
- Florence votes to keep automatic license plate cameras
What you can do in Florence
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 Florence
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).