Flock & ALPR Cameras in Blackhawk, South Dakota
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Blackhawk — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Blackhawk in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Blackhawk in the Meade County picture
Meade County has 1 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,076 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 30,297 residents and 2,558 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 98.3% of counties nationally.
What’s watching Blackhawk
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 Blackhawk — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Blackhawk (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Blackhawk
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.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Blackhawk
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).