Flock & ALPR Cameras in Memphis, Tennessee
Volunteers have reported 126 automated license plate readers in and around Memphis — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 15 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 15 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Memphis
The readers mapped around Memphis break down as 117 Flock Safety, 7 of unrecorded make, 1 Genetec. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety, The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Poplar Avenue — 9 readers
- Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Expressway — 6 readers
- South Prescott Street — 5 readers
- Lasalle Place — 4 readers
- University Street — 4 readers
- South Highland Street — 3 readers
- Madison Avenue — 3 readers
- Union Avenue — 3 readers
- North Avalon Street — 3 readers
- Eastmoreland Avenue — 3 readers
- Tutwiler Avenue — 3 readers
- Tower Avenue — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Memphis — all on the live map above.
Memphis TN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Memphis TN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 45 other agencies.
Memphis in the Shelby County picture
Shelby County has 574 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #351 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 16.4% nationally. That’s across 922,195 residents and 3,719 road miles. By road density that is 0.15 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 104 traffic, 10 parking, 6 area. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (2), The Home Depot (1).
Camera activity around Memphis, last 30 days
23 newly reported in our hourly change log for Memphis. Latest change logged Aug 30, 2026.
What’s watching Memphis
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 Memphis — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Memphis (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Memphis
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Memphis, TN
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Memphis, TN
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Memphis, TN
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Memphis, TN
What you can do in Memphis
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 Memphis
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).