Flock & ALPR Cameras in Paden City, West Virginia
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Paden City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Paden City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:19 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Paden City
The readers mapped around Paden City break down as 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- South 4th Avenue — 2 readers
Paden City in the Tyler County picture
Tyler County has 1 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,655 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 8,181 residents and 845 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 87.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching Paden City
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 Paden City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Paden City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Paden City
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 Paden City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).