Flock & ALPR Cameras in Barnwell, South Carolina
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Barnwell — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Barnwell in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 08:56 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Barnwell
The readers mapped around Barnwell break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Main Street — 1 reader
- Highway 278 — 1 reader
- Dunbarton Boulevard — 1 reader
- Ellenton Street — 1 reader
- Marlboro Avenue — 1 reader
Barnwell SC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Barnwell SC PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 16 other agencies.
Barnwell in the Barnwell County picture
Barnwell County has 1 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,995 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 20,565 residents and 1,614 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 96% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching Barnwell
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 Barnwell — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Barnwell (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Barnwell
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 Barnwell
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).