Flock & ALPR Cameras in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers in and around Carlisle — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 16 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Carlisle, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 11 of them sit inside Carlisle itself.
The rest sit in South Middleton Township (3), Middlesex Township (2).
2 of them name an operator in the record: Lowe's (2). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Oct 3 Genetec camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Genetec camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Carlisle
The readers mapped around Carlisle break down as 6 Genetec, 5 Flock Safety, 2 Leonardo. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- North Hanover Street — 4 readers
- East High Street — 2 readers
- York Road — 2 readers
- South Hanover Street — 2 readers
- West Trindle Road — 1 reader
- Army Heritage Drive — 1 reader
- United Drive — 1 reader
- Walnut Bottom Road — 1 reader
Carlisle in the Cumberland County picture
Cumberland County has 24 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,809 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 264,422 residents and 2,499 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 44.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 14 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (2).
Camera activity around Carlisle, last 30 days
9 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Carlisle. Latest change logged Aug 24, 2026.
What’s watching Carlisle
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 Carlisle — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Carlisle (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Carlisle
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Carlisle, PA
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Carlisle, PA
- 5 new license plate readers reported around Carlisle, PA
What you can do in Carlisle
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 Carlisle
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).