See every Flock camera between you and where you're going
A map of 137,416 licence plate readers — Flock Safety and every other ALPR brand — with a warning before you drive past one. The whole database lives on your phone.
Camera data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Not affiliated with Flock Safety, Inc.
Direction, not just dots
121,036 of 127,344 US cameras have a recorded bearing. We draw the view cone, so you can see what each camera actually watches — not just where it stands.
Every brand, not just Flock
Flock Safety is 82% of US readers. The other 22,461 are Motorola, Genetec, Axis and more. They read your plate the same way.
Nothing leaves your phone
The database ships inside the app. Your location is compared against it locally. No account, no cloud, no analytics, no ads — and an empty App Privacy label to prove it.
A map, an alert, and a record of what saw you
Six screens do the whole job.
Three steps, then forget about it
Open the map
Every mapped reader around you, colour-coded by brand, with a view cone showing which way each one points. Tap any pin for the operator and the exact bearing.
Arm alerts
Pick a warning distance from 200 m to 1.5 km. The app works in the background while you drive. You get one alert as you approach, and a second if you enter a camera's field of view.
Check your history
Every reader you passed, logged with street and town — and marked “likely captured” when the geometry says it saw you. Stored only on your device.
Find the readers in your town
127,344 plate readers across 49 states, with a page for over a thousand US cities and towns.
The questions people actually ask
Straight answers about plate readers, what they record, and who can see it.
How to find the Flock cameras near you
Find the Flock Safety and ALPR cameras near you on a live map of 127,344 documented US plate readers — including which way each camera faces.
Read the guide →What does a Flock camera look like?
A Flock Safety camera is a small dark rectangular box on a slim pole, about 4 metres up, with a solar panel and a black cylindrical lens facing one lane of traffic.
Read the guide →Are Flock camera locations public?
Flock Safety does not publish camera locations, and most agencies are not required to. Here is what is actually public, and where the crowd-sourced map comes from.
Read the guide →How do Flock cameras work?
A Flock camera photographs every passing vehicle, reads the plate with OCR, records make, model, colour and distinguishing features, and uploads a timestamped record.
Read the guide →Did a Flock camera photograph my car?
Whether a plate reader captured your car depends on the direction it faces, not just how close you drove. Here is how to work it out, and how to log it automatically.
Read the guide →Who can access Flock camera data?
The operating agency controls its own reads, but national lookup and agency-to-agency sharing mean far more people can search them than run the cameras.
Read the guide →Frequently asked questions
What is a Flock camera?
A Flock camera is an automatic licence plate reader (ALPR). It photographs every vehicle that passes, reads the plate with OCR, records the make, colour and distinguishing features, and stores a timestamped record that the operating agency can search later. Learn more →
Are Flock camera locations public?
No. Flock Safety publishes no location list, and most agencies are not required to disclose one. What is public is a crowd-sourced map: volunteers record camera positions in OpenStreetMap, which now documents 127,344 US plate readers. Learn more →
How many Flock cameras are there in the US?
The open dataset documents 127,344 plate readers across 49 US states, of which 104,883 are tagged as Flock Safety equipment — about 82%. Worldwide the total is 137,416. Learn more →
Can I tell if a Flock camera photographed my car?
You can estimate it well. Capture depends on the direction the camera faces, not just how close you drove. The app logs every reader you pass and marks the ones where you were inside the field of view as “likely captured”. Learn more →
What does a Flock camera look like?
A small dark rectangular box on a slim pole about four metres up, usually with a solar panel above it and a cylindrical lens aimed at one direction of traffic. Most carry no markings and no warning sign. Learn more →
Who can access Flock camera data?
The operating agency and its authorised users, plus any agency it shares access with. Network-wide lookup can extend that much further. Private operators such as retailers and HOAs run their own cameras under their own policies. Learn more →
How long is licence plate data kept?
Flock Safety's standard retention is 30 days. Agencies can set shorter windows, some states legislate their own limits, and any read attached to an investigation is kept under that agency's evidence rules instead. Learn more →
Does the app track my location?
No. The camera database ships inside the app, your position is compared against it on your phone, and nothing is transmitted. There is no account, no sign-in and no analytics in the app.
Where does the camera data come from?
OpenStreetMap — the ALPR slice that the DeFlock community crowdsources. Every camera was observed from a public road by a volunteer. The data is open under the ODbL, and you can add cameras yourself. Learn more →
Is this app affiliated with Flock Safety?
No. Flock Camera is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Flock Safety, Inc. It documents publicly visible equipment using open community data.
Know what is watching the road ahead
Free, no account, and the map works with no signal. Your location never leaves your phone.