Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Volunteers have reported 30 automated license plate readers across Lancaster County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 19 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 16 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Motorola Solutions 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 Shillington, PA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Shillington
How Lancaster County compares nationally
Lancaster County ranks #2,116 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 555,151 residents and 3,613 miles of county roads — 0.2342 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Lancaster 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 Lancaster County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Lancaster
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Lancaster, PA
- In focus: Pittsburgh and Lancaster's approaches to facial recognition technology
- In Pittsburgh , the DA network of 1 , 000 high - tech surveillance cameras is raising red flags
- Surveillance cameras in parts of Pennsylvania use hackable Chinese tech and can recognize faces
What you can do in Lancaster
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.