Flock & ALPR Cameras in Richland County, South Carolina
Volunteers have reported 170 automated license plate readers across Richland County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 28 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 28 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Richland County compares nationally
Richland County ranks #1,287 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 418,725 residents and 3,315 miles of county roads — 2.2449 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Richland 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 Richland County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Richland
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.