Flock & ALPR Cameras in Marion County, Oregon
Volunteers have reported 60 automated license plate readers across Marion County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 12 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Marion County compares nationally
Marion County ranks #1,733 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 346,532 residents and 3,303 miles of county roads — 1.0677 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Marion 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 Marion County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Marion
- State urges Marion County judge to dismiss lawsuit challenging Oregon's anti-terrorism fusion center
What you can do in Marion
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.