Flock Camera Map: Which Cities Use Flock License Plate Readers

How this map was built

Each dot is one agency, placed at its city or county seat. A dot appears only when a researcher opened a public record about that agency’s Flock decision and copied a direct quote from it, and a second, independent reviewer then re-opened the same record and confirmed the quote, the status and the date.

We look for official records first: council agendas, staff reports and minutes, contracts, police department policies and official announcements. When the official record could not be reached, a dot may rest on a report from an established local news outlet; the card labels those as news reports so you can weigh them.

We do not use crowd-sourced maps of individual cameras, social media posts or user submissions. Those can be useful to residents, but we cannot verify them, so they are not on this map.

The state shading repeats the classification in our license plate reader laws by state comparison as of September 15, 2026. Tap a state to read its section, including what its statute says about retention, sharing and permitted uses. License plate reader laws by state

What each status means

A status describes what the record says on its date. Cities change course: a council can approve Flock one year and end the contract the next. Where we found a later record, the dot shows the later status.

The mix of dots is not a sample of all Flock customers. Pauses, cancellations and votes create more public records and news coverage than a contract quietly running, so ended and paused decisions are over-represented here compared with agencies that simply keep using Flock.

• In use: A record shows the system operating: an agency policy naming Flock, a use report or audit, or an official statement that the cameras are running.
• Approved: The governing body approved or renewed a Flock agreement or purchase. Approval does not by itself show when or where cameras were installed.
• Paused or turned off: The agency or council suspended use, turned the cameras off or covered them, without a record yet that the contract ended.
• Ended: A record shows the contract was terminated or not renewed, or that the cameras were removed or replaced.
• Declined: A proposed Flock contract or purchase was voted down or withdrawn before installation.

How to find out if your city uses Flock

Most Flock deployments start with a public decision, so the paper trail usually exists even when camera locations are not published.

1. Search your city or county council’s agenda portal (often Legistar, Granicus or CivicClerk) for “Flock” or “license plate reader”. Purchases and renewals usually go through a consent agenda with a staff report.
2. Check the police department’s website for an ALPR policy, an annual ALPR report or a Flock transparency portal. Some states require a written policy or a public report.
3. File a public records request with the agency for its Flock contract, policy and audit logs. Whether camera locations must be released depends on your state’s public records law and its exemptions.
4. Read your state’s section of our ALPR laws by state comparison to see what rules apply to the agency’s use of the data. License plate reader laws by state

Documented agencies by state

Every agency on the map, grouped by state, with the record behind it. Records are in English as published.

Not yet assessed (no agency documented): Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Utah, West Virginia.

Limits of this map

• Coverage is partial. Flock reports thousands of agency customers; this map shows only those whose decision we could document from a public record.
• The mix of dots is not a sample of all Flock customers. Pauses, cancellations and votes create more public records and news coverage than a contract quietly running, so ended and paused decisions are over-represented here compared with agencies that simply keep using Flock.
• A status can go out of date after its record date. Check the linked record and the agency’s current materials before relying on it.
• Dots mark the agency’s city or county seat, not where any camera is. Agencies also share data with other agencies, so a camera network can reach beyond the city that bought it.
• Nothing here says whether a particular deployment is lawful. That depends on the state statute, local rules, the agency’s policy and how the data is used.

This map provides general information from public records. It is not legal advice and does not assess whether any agency’s use of license plate readers is lawful.