Flock Cameras in Jacksonville, FL: Locations, Map & Count
As of 13 October 2026, 155 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped within 10 miles of downtown Jacksonville (153 tagged Flock Safety), and 600 across the wider Jacksonville metro, a box roughly 50 miles across, run by 17 operators. 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 Jacksonville different
17 operators, a 27% lead share and 93% bearing coverage — here is what that adds up to around Jacksonville.
Look past the city force: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (161) runs more mapped readers around Jacksonville than Jacksonville Beach Police Department (14). Regional networks often outgrow the city that gives the metro its name.
Private businesses appear on Jacksonville's map: Lowe's (10), Simon Property Group (1) sit inside the twenty largest operators, and of the cameras with a recorded operator type, 1 is privately run rather than public. Those cameras are not run by any police agency, though their reads can be shared.
Bearing coverage — the share of cameras whose facing is recorded — is 93% around Jacksonville, 92nd of 251. Cameras without a bearing still show on the map, but the app cannot route around them with any precision.
The paper trail is thin. The EFF Atlas of Surveillance documents 2 agencies using plate readers across this area, while the map records 17 distinct operators. That is a records gap rather than an absence of cameras, and it is why this page leans on mapped counts rather than agency filings.
Sheriff's offices are prominent: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and Clay County Sheriff's Office sit in the top twelve, alongside municipal forces such as Jacksonville Beach Police Department, Neptune Beach Police Department, Atlantic Beach Police Department.
Jacksonville Flock and ALPR cameras by the numbers
The headline figures for Jacksonville, all read from one pull of the live map.
155
Flock & ALPR cameras within 10 miles of downtown Jacksonville
600
Across the wider Jacksonville metro (50-mile box)
17
Separate operating agencies on the map
558
Cameras with a recorded facing direction
Read from the live map on 13 October 2026. Since 5 October 2026 the 10-mile count moved from 152 to 155 (+3) and the metro-box count moved from 556 to 600 (+44). 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 Jacksonville.
How Jacksonville compares
Mid-table on size among the 251 metro areas tracked, all counted the same way on the same day.
Jacksonville ranks 87th of the 251 metro areas BanditKin tracks by mapped cameras, between Milwaukee, WI and Salt Lake City, UT, and 149th by operator count.
Mid-table on size; 92nd of 251 on bearing coverage at 93%, and 98th on lead-operator share at 27%.
Mapped ALPR cameras
600 — 87th of 251
Separate operators on the map
17 — 149th of 251
Cameras per operator
35.3 — 23rd of 251
Largest operator's share
27% — 98th of 251
Share with a recorded bearing
93% — 92nd of 251
Ranked against the 251 metro areas BanditKin tracks, every one read from the live map on 13 October 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 Jacksonville
Who runs Jacksonville's plate readers — all 17 operators, by mapped cameras.
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
161 cameras
Clay County Sheriff's Office
134 cameras
St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
71 cameras
Nassau County Sheriff's Office
31 cameras
St. Johns County Sheriff
24 cameras
Jacksonville Beach Police Department
14 cameras
Lowe's
10 cameras
Neptune Beach Police Department
7 cameras
Atlantic Beach Police Department
6 cameras
Orange Park Police Department
5 cameras
Callahan Police Department
4 cameras
(Clay County Sheriff's Office)
3 cameras
Florida Highway Patrol
3 cameras
Fernandina Beach Police Department
2 cameras
Penney Farms Police Department
1 camera
Saint Johns County Sheriff's Office
1 camera
Simon Property Group
1 camera
These are all 17 operators. Where OpenStreetMap names an operator we use that name; otherwise the camera is attributed to whichever jurisdiction it stands in (352 cameras here), which is a sound inference rather than a confirmed fact. 122 cameras record no operator of any kind.
It isn't all Flock
'Flock' has become shorthand for any plate reader. Around Jacksonville it is mostly accurate — 98% of the vendor-tagged cameras — but Motorola Solutions accounts for 6.
Flock Safety
575 cameras
Motorola Solutions
6 cameras
Genetec
3 cameras
Manufacturer is a free-text field, so spellings and legal names have been consolidated here. 16 of 600 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
558 of the 600 mapped cameras around Jacksonville record which way they point, which is what makes routing around them possible.
Most readers sit on a dedicated pole a few metres up, angled at one lane of traffic, with a solar panel above. Where the mount is recorded around Jacksonville:
On a dedicated pole
231 cameras
On a street lamp
4 cameras
On a trailer
2 cameras
On a post
1 camera
One camera covers one approach, so its heading is what decides which journeys end up recorded. Around Jacksonville the mapped bearings distribute like this:
Facing north
86 cameras
Facing south
85 cameras
Facing west
76 cameras
Facing east
71 cameras
Facing northeast
61 cameras
Facing southwest
61 cameras
Facing southeast
61 cameras
Facing northwest
57 cameras
Bearings come from public map data and describe an approximate capture zone, never an exact field of view. 41 mapped cameras have no recorded bearing, and 1 is tagged as omnidirectional.
Documented ALPR programs around Jacksonville
The EFF Atlas of Surveillance documents 2 agencies around Jacksonville with automated license plate readers; the map records 17 operators. Both are floors.
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency spent $231,750.00 to purchase the ALPRs in 2025. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Neptune Beach Public Safety Department
The Neptune Beach Public Safety Department operates four Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025. Vendor: Flock Safety.
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.
Knowing where the cameras are is half of it. The BanditKin app routes around the ones with a recorded bearing when you ask it to, tells you plainly when it can't, and never sends your identity or location anywhere.
This page is part of the Florida 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 Jacksonville? Search the full map by any city.
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How many Flock cameras are in Jacksonville?
As of 13 October 2026, 155 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped within 10 miles of downtown Jacksonville, 153 of them tagged Flock Safety. Across the wider metro, a box roughly 50 miles across, the map records 600 cameras run by 17 separate operators. That is a documented floor, not a full inventory: cameras appear as people map them, and 16 carry no manufacturer tag at all.
Where are Flock cameras in Jacksonville?
Open the map at the top of this page: every mapped camera around Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville?
17 operators in total, led by Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (161) and Clay County Sheriff's Office (134). Of the cameras with a recorded operator type, 23 are police, 329 are sheriff's offices and 1 is privately run.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in Jacksonville?
Avoidance runs off recorded bearings, and Jacksonville has 558 of 600 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.