Flock & ALPR Cameras in Florence, South Carolina
Volunteers have reported 66 automated license plate readers in and around Florence — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 29 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Florence
The readers mapped around Florence break down as 62 Flock Safety, 2 Motorola Solutions, 1 Motorola. Named operators in the reports: [City of Florence PD], City of Florence PD, Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Pamplico Highway — 5 readers
- South Irby Street — 5 readers
- South Church Street — 4 readers
- 2nd Loop Road — 3 readers
- South Cashua Drive — 3 readers
- Hoffmeyer Road — 3 readers
- West Palmetto Street — 3 readers
- East Pine Street — 2 readers
- West Radio Drive — 2 readers
- Woody Jones Boulevard — 2 readers
- Trade Court — 2 readers
- Dunbarton Drive — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Florence — all on the live map above.
Florence SC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Florence SC PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 47 other agencies.
Florence in the Florence County picture
Florence County has 54 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #743 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 136,921 residents and 2,520 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 27.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 32 traffic, 1 parking_entrance, 1 school. Operators named on the record: [City of Florence PD] (20), City of Florence PD (4), Lowe's (3).
Camera activity around Florence, last 30 days
8 newly reported, 2 removed in our hourly change log for Florence. Latest change logged Sep 9, 2026.
What’s watching Florence
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 Florence — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Florence (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Florence
- Florence, SC, enters 10-year, $4M contract with Flock Safety
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Florence, SC
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Florence, SC
- On the agenda: Florence Budget Work Session — FLOCK camera (Apr 30)
What you can do in Florence
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 Florence
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).