Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lancaster County, South Carolina
Volunteers have reported 95 automated license plate readers across Lancaster County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Rekor camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Lancaster County compares nationally
Lancaster County ranks #407 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 19% nationally. The count covers 100,905 residents and 1,688 miles of county roads — 5.748 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Lancaster 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 Lancaster County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Lancaster
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.
Cameras nearby in South Carolina
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.