Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cherokee County, South Carolina
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers across Cherokee County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 4 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 4 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Cherokee County compares nationally
Cherokee County ranks #1,734 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 56,299 residents and 1,297 miles of county roads — 1.0657 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Cherokee 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 Cherokee County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Cherokee
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.