Flock & ALPR Cameras in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Volunteers have reported 1,007 automated license plate readers across Allegheny County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 5 PlateSmart/CyclopsTchnlgs camera newly reported
- Oct 5 PlateSmart/CyclopsTchnlgs camera newly reported
- Oct 5 PlateSmart/CyclopsTchnlgs camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 6 new license plate readers just reported around Gibsonia, PA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Gibsonia
📷 18 new license plate readers just reported around Carnot-Moon, PA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #CarnotMoon
📷 14 new license plate readers just reported around Oakdale, PA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Oakdale
How Allegheny County compares nationally
Allegheny County ranks #855 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 1,240,476 residents and 5,421 miles of county roads — 3.5954 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Allegheny 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 Allegheny County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Allegheny
- Allegheny County has the most Flock cameras in Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County has the most automated license plate cameras in Pennsylvania, data shows
- Allegheny County has the most Flock cameras in Pennsylvania, data shows
- Allegheny County has most the Flock cameras in Pennsylvania, data shows
What you can do in Allegheny
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.