Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA

Primary sources on smart-city surveillance — WEF publications, municipal vendor contracts, FOIA'd procurement records, and the ALPR / Flock Safety source record (EFF, ACLU, 404 Media, court filings, state laws — filter to case alpr-flock). Mirrored locally so the record survives link rot. For the live camera map and explainer, see the License-Plate Surveillance page.

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Does Flock's own camera capture your phone's MAC address?

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Debate

Short answer from the record: not that anyone has documented. The confusion is understandable — anti-surveillance detectors ('Flock You' / DeFlock) locate Flock cameras by picking up the cameras' OWN emissions: Flock units broadcast a Wi-Fi SSID of the form 'Flock-[partial MAC]' plus Bluetooth beacons, which the detectors read to find them. That is people detecting the camera, not the camera capturing your device. The vendor with documented device-identifier capture is Leonardo/ELSAG's SignalTrace, which runs on ELSAG's own readers and does not integrate with Flock. So: device-MAC capture is a real, documented ALPR-industry capability — but it is not established for Flock's own cameras. 'Not documented' is not the same as 'impossible'; it is simply where the public record stands today. Source: Flock You detector docs (VirtuallyScott) / Leonardo.

Total US ALPR cameras mapped

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

There are 139,242 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras mapped across the United States in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset. This is a sample, NOT a complete registry — real deployments are higher.

ALPR cameras by manufacturer

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Mapped ALPR cameras by manufacturer/brand: Flock Safety 111,570, Motorola Solutions 7,182, Other 4,468, Genetec 3,552, Axis Communications 3,106, Leonardo/ELSAG 1,201, Rekor 808, Neology 583 (of 139,242 total). Flock Safety is by far the largest operator.

States with the most ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

The US states with the MOST mapped ALPR cameras, ranked highest to lowest (crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock): California 19,706, Texas 16,480, Illinois 10,879, Georgia 9,352, Florida 9,185, Ohio 6,276, Michigan 5,094, New Jersey 4,690, Alabama 4,423, Indiana 4,396, New York 3,380, North Carolina 3,295, Louisiana 2,906, Kansas 2,821, Arizona 2,737. Flock Safety is the dominant brand in nearly every state.

California ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

California (CA) has 19,706 mapped ALPR cameras — 15,684 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

Texas ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Texas (TX) has 16,480 mapped ALPR cameras — 15,047 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

Illinois ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Illinois (IL) has 10,879 mapped ALPR cameras — 7,562 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

Georgia ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Georgia (GA) has 9,352 mapped ALPR cameras — 8,601 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

Florida ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Florida (FL) has 9,185 mapped ALPR cameras — 7,051 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

Ohio ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Ohio (OH) has 6,276 mapped ALPR cameras — 5,662 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

Michigan ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Michigan (MI) has 5,094 mapped ALPR cameras — 4,321 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

New Jersey ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

New Jersey (NJ) has 4,690 mapped ALPR cameras — 1,676 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

Alabama ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Alabama (AL) has 4,423 mapped ALPR cameras — 3,742 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

Indiana ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Indiana (IN) has 4,396 mapped ALPR cameras — 4,145 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

New York ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

New York (NY) has 3,380 mapped ALPR cameras — 2,009 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

North Carolina ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

North Carolina (NC) has 3,295 mapped ALPR cameras — 3,064 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

Louisiana ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Louisiana (LA) has 2,906 mapped ALPR cameras — 2,336 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

Kansas ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Kansas (KS) has 2,821 mapped ALPR cameras — 1,599 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

Arizona ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Arizona (AZ) has 2,737 mapped ALPR cameras — 2,264 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).

Colorado ALPR cameras

Smart Cities & Surveillance — WEF, Contracts, FOIA · Alpr Flock / Alpr Data

Colorado (CO) has 2,694 mapped ALPR cameras — 2,289 of them Flock Safety in the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap/DeFlock dataset (a sample, not a complete count).