Flock & ALPR Cameras in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Wilkes-Barre — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Wilkes-Barre in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:54 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Wilkes-Barre
The readers mapped around Wilkes-Barre break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Wilkes-Barre Boulevard — 2 readers
- West North Street — 1 reader
- North River Street — 1 reader
- Market Street Bridge — 1 reader
Wilkes-Barre in the Luzerne County picture
Luzerne County has 113 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #895 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 325,978 residents and 3,589 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 20.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.
What’s watching Wilkes-Barre
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 Wilkes-Barre — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Wilkes-Barre (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Wilkes-Barre
What you can do in Wilkes-Barre
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.
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Cameras near Wilkes-Barre
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).