Flock & ALPR Cameras in Putnam County, West Virginia
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers across Putnam County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 1 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Putnam County compares nationally
Putnam County ranks #1,745 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 57,250 residents and 1,573 miles of county roads — 1.048 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Putnam 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 Putnam County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Putnam
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.