Flock & ALPR cameras in Atlanta, GA
4,345 mapped ALPR cameras around metro Atlanta as of 3 September 2026, run by 87 operators — 95% of the vendor-tagged ones Flock Safety. See each one on the live map below — which way it faces and its approximate capture zone — free, no account. BanditKin is the private app that routes around them.
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What makes Atlanta different
Atlanta has no clear lead agency. Atlanta Police Department's 377 mapped cameras barely edge the Cobb County Sheriff's 369, with Gwinnett County's 257 close behind. Coverage is genuinely regional rather than city-centred, spread across 87 separate operators, so crossing a county line here matters more than crossing the city limit.
It is also the largest mapped network of any metro BanditKin tracks — 4,345 cameras, ahead of Houston's 3,759 — and a network that size changes quickly, so any snapshot of Atlanta ages faster than one of a comparable city. The counts on this page are dated for that reason.
This page is part of the Georgia camera hub, which counts every camera inside the state line rather than by metro box and ranks Atlanta against Savannah, Augusta, Athens and Macon.
Atlanta ALPR cameras by the numbers
Four numbers that describe the Atlanta network, taken from the map above on the same day.
4,345
Mapped ALPR cameras in metro Atlanta
87
Separate operating agencies on the map
4,061
Cameras with a recorded facing direction
3,940
Cameras tagged Flock Safety
Read from the live map on 3 September 2026. The underlying records are OpenStreetMap entries plus community submissions — nobody who operates a camera is obliged to declare it, so these are the documented minimum rather than the full picture. The metro is a box roughly 50 miles across centred on Atlanta.
How Atlanta compares
Top of the table on size among the 251 metro areas tracked, all counted the same way on the same day.
Atlanta ranks 1st of the 251 metro areas BanditKin tracks by mapped cameras, ahead of Houston, TX, and 19th by operator count.
Top of the table on size; 80th of 251 on bearing coverage at 93%, and 230th on lead-operator share at 9%.
Mapped ALPR cameras
4,345 — 1st of 251
Separate operators on the map
87 — 19th of 251
Cameras per operator
49.9 — 4th of 251
Largest operator's share
9% — 230th of 251
Share with a recorded bearing
93% — 80th of 251
Ranked against the 251 metro areas BanditKin tracks, every one read from the live map on 3 September 2026. Metro areas are drawn as a box around the city centre, so neighbouring metros can share cameras and these counts must never be added together.
Which departments run the cameras around Atlanta
87 operators appear on the map around Atlanta; the 20 largest are listed here.
Atlanta Police Department
377 cameras
Cobb County Sheriff's Office
369 cameras
Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office
257 cameras
DeKalb County Sheriff's Office
162 cameras
Sandy Springs Police Department
143 cameras
Brookhaven Police Department
112 cameras
Roswell Police Department
111 cameras
Marietta Police Department
103 cameras
Alpharetta Police Department
99 cameras
Dunwoody Police Department
97 cameras
Johns Creek Police Department
89 cameras
Clayton County Sheriff's Office
79 cameras
Smyrna Police Department
66 cameras
Peachtree Corners Police Department
65 cameras
Henry County Sheriff's Office
61 cameras
Chamblee Police Department
54 cameras
Stockbridge Police Department
46 cameras
Norcross Police Department
46 cameras
Doraville Police Department
42 cameras
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
41 cameras
These are the 20 largest of 87 operators. Where OpenStreetMap names an operator we use that name; otherwise the camera is attributed to whichever jurisdiction it stands in (3,056 cameras here), which is a sound inference rather than a confirmed fact. 1,212 cameras record no operator of any kind.
It isn't all Flock
'Flock' has become shorthand for any plate reader. Around Atlanta it is mostly accurate — 95% of the vendor-tagged cameras — but Genetec accounts for 92.
Flock Safety
3,940 cameras
Genetec
92 cameras
Motorola Solutions
64 cameras
Leonardo
31 cameras
Axis Communications
14 cameras
Axon Enterprise
10 cameras
Uniview
1 camera
Manufacturer is a free-text field, so spellings and legal names have been consolidated here. 193 of 4,345 mapped cameras name no manufacturer at all, which makes the actual distribution broader than shown. These count cameras on the map, not purchase orders.
Where they sit, and which way they face
4,061 of the 4,345 mapped cameras around Atlanta record which way they point, which is what makes routing around them possible.
Look for a slim grey or black box the size of a shoebox on its own pole, usually paired with a small solar panel, at intersections and on the approaches to shopping centres. Recorded mounts around Atlanta:
On a dedicated pole
1,132 cameras
On a street lamp
105 cameras
On a post
9 cameras
On a wall
2 cameras
On a building
1 camera
On a ceiling
1 camera
One camera covers one approach, so its heading is what decides which journeys end up recorded. Around Atlanta the mapped bearings distribute like this:
Facing south
577 cameras
Facing north
569 cameras
Facing northwest
529 cameras
Facing east
506 cameras
Facing southeast
505 cameras
Facing southwest
471 cameras
Facing west
463 cameras
Facing northeast
441 cameras
Bearings come from public map data and describe an approximate capture zone, never an exact field of view. 282 mapped cameras have no recorded bearing, and 2 are tagged as omnidirectional.
Documented ALPR programs around Atlanta
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance documents 23 agencies in the Atlanta area with automated license plate readers, from public records and news reports. The map records 87 operators.
Doraville Police Department
The Doraville Police Department shared data collected using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers with 155 other law enforcement agencies, according to documents produced in 2018. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
College Park Police Department
The College Park Police Department shared data collected using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers with 1089 other law enforcement agencies, according to documents produced in 2020. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Atlanta Police Department
The Atlanta Police Department scanned 405,815,610 license plates using automated license plate readers in 2019.
Georgia Tech Police Department
The Georgia Tech Police Department at the Georgia Institute of Technology has used automated license plate readers since at least 2018.
Fairburn Police Department
The Fairburn Police Department has been using Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2019. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Sandy Springs Police Department
The Sandy Springs Police Department purchased a combination of Flock Safety and Genetec automated license plate readers in 2019. Vendor: Flock Safety, Genetec.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
Seeing the cameras is free. Avoiding them is the app.
Every camera on this map reads plates from one direction — the cone shows its approximate capture zone. BanditKin's private navigation uses those cones to route around cameras when you ask it to, with a strength slider you control. When a camera-free route doesn't exist, it says so honestly and falls back to the normal route.
This page is part of the Georgia camera hub, which counts every camera inside the state line rather than by metro box. New to this? Read what ALPR cameras capture, how long it is kept, and who can search it. Not in Atlanta? Search the full map by any city.
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How many Flock cameras does Atlanta have?
Public map data records 4,345 ALPR cameras around metro Atlanta as of 3 September 2026, run by 87 separate operators. 3,940 are tagged Flock Safety. That count is a floor, not a full inventory: cameras appear on the map as people map them, and 193 carry no manufacturer tag at all.
Where are Flock cameras in Atlanta?
Open the map at the top of this page: every mapped camera around Atlanta is plotted with its capture cone where a bearing is recorded. They cluster at junctions, on arterial roads and at the entrances to shopping centres. Missing one? Report it on the map.
Who operates the ALPR cameras around Atlanta?
Atlanta Police Department is the largest mapped operator with 377 cameras, ahead of Cobb County Sheriff's Office's 369. Beyond them the network spreads across 86 other operators. The EFF Atlas of Surveillance documents 23 agencies across this area.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in Atlanta?
Avoidance runs off recorded bearings, and Atlanta has 4,061 of 4,345 mapped cameras with one. BanditKin's navigation can route around them: it is opt-in, field-of-view-aware, and has a strength slider you control. Where no camera-free route exists it says so plainly and falls back to the normal route. This is a privacy preference — choosing not to be logged by a commercial surveillance network on public roads — and it works from public camera-location data.
Is this map free? Do I need an account?
Yes, the map is free, and no account is needed. It is built on public data — OpenStreetMap and the EFF Atlas of Surveillance — plus community reports. The BanditKin app adds the private navigation that routes around the cameras.