How to find Flock Safety cameras near you (3 ways, no account needed)

Short answer: open our nationwide map, zoom into your block, and read off the pin colors. Blue dots are Flock Safety; red are Motorola / Vigilant; gray are other or untagged. Below is the longer version, including the two other routes if you do not want to start from the national view.

Method 1: nearest-camera locator (zero-knowledge geolocation)

If your browser is on a laptop or phone, our camera near me page asks for one-time permission to read your GPS coordinates, then sorts the nearest 100 mapped ALPRs by walking distance. The coordinates never leave your device - we hash them in the browser and only the hash is sent to our server.

This is the fastest path if you specifically want to know "what's scanning me right now at this address".

Method 2: state directory + city drill-down

If you want a list rather than a map, go to the state directory and click your state. Every state has a list of cities with mapped cameras and a count; clicking a city brings up the city dossier with a per-camera map, retention policy, FOIA status, and contact information for the local police department.

Method 3: nationwide map (best for browsing)

The national map at /map shows every mapped camera in the country at zoom 4 and resolves into individuals as you zoom in past zoom 12. Use the chip row at the top to filter by manufacturer if you only care about Flock, only about Motorola, and so on. Click any pin for the full camera record: manufacturer, operator, direction, mount type, and a link to the camera dossier page.

What the data does and does not tell you

Every camera shown on our site is sourced from OpenStreetMap, which means a community volunteer has been to that pole, taken a photo, and tagged the camera. There are three important limitations:

• Coverage is uneven. Cities with active OSM mapper communities (Austin, Portland, San Francisco, much of California) are well covered. Cities with low mapper density may have many more ALPRs than our database shows.
• We refresh weekly. A camera installed yesterday will not appear until the next sync. For time-sensitive questions, contact your local police department directly.
• Mobile ALPRs (cameras mounted on patrol cars, parking enforcement vehicles, and tow trucks) are not in our database. Those are also not in any public map that we know of.

If a camera is missing

Use the submit a tip form. We pass the location to OpenStreetMap where a volunteer mapper can verify and add the node. We do not add cameras directly to our own database without an OSM confirmation.