Flock & ALPR Cameras in Beaufort County, South Carolina
Volunteers have reported 101 automated license plate readers across Beaufort County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 29 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 10 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 9 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Beaufort County compares nationally
Beaufort County ranks #726 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 192,123 residents and 2,344 miles of county roads — 4.0078 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Beaufort 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 Beaufort County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Beaufort
- ‘For the most part, we can track you all over the country.’ Beaufort Co. adds license plate cameras
- On the agenda: Beaufort meeting — Flock Camera (Apr 29)
What you can do in Beaufort
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.