Flock & ALPR cameras in Mississippi
Public map data records 1,086 ALPR cameras inside Mississippi's borders as of 3 September 2026, run by 94 different operators. The densest cluster is Jackson, at 273 mapped cameras. See every camera, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone — free, no account.
Counted strictly inside the state boundary rather than by metro bounding box, Mississippi has 1,086 mapped readers. The largest operator, Ridgeland Police Department, accounts for 5%; Olive Branch Police Department is next with 35. 394 of the 1,086 cameras carry no operator at all, so the operator shares above are shares of the attributed cameras.
Open the live camera mapWhich Mississippi cities have Flock cameras?
Counts of cameras recorded in public map data around each major MS city, read on 3 September 2026.
Jackson
273 cameras
Gulfport
190 cameras
Biloxi
168 cameras
Hattiesburg
65 cameras
Each metro count is a box drawn around the city centre, which is why two nearby cities can share cameras and why these rows don't sum to the state figure. Quote the in-state total at the top of the page for the state as a whole.
The largest ALPR operators in Mississippi
The lead agency runs 5%; here is the rest of the top eight.
Ridgeland Police Department
56 cameras
Olive Branch Police Department
35 cameras
Gulfport Police Department
33 cameras
DeSoto County Sheriff's Office
33 cameras
Jackson Police Department
28 cameras
Southaven Police Department
25 cameras
Flowood Police Department
23 cameras
Tupelo Police Department
23 cameras
The top of the Mississippi table is Ridgeland Police Department at 56. What matters for anyone reading the map is how long the tail is — 94 operators in total, so most cameras belong to agencies that individually run only a handful. Private businesses appear too: of the cameras with a recorded operator type, 21 are privately operated.
Names are drawn from OpenStreetMap tags, falling back to the jurisdiction the camera sits in (661 of 1,086 here). A camera's operator is not always the body that paid for it.
It isn't all Flock in Mississippi
Vendor breakdown and direction coverage for the state's mapped cameras.
Flock Safety
933 cameras
Genetec
61 cameras
Motorola Solutions
50 cameras
Axis Communications
7 cameras
Rekor
5 cameras
933 of 1,064 vendor-recorded cameras in Mississippi are Flock Safety. Genetec is the main non-Flock vendor with 61. Unrecorded vendor: 22.
The map knows which way 90% of Mississippi's cameras face (977 of 1,086). Mounts, where recorded: pole (168), street lamp (20), post (3), wall (2).
Documented ALPR programs in Mississippi
Public records compiled in the Atlas of Surveillance list 39 Mississippi agencies using ALPR. Our map, built from OpenStreetMap and community reports, records 94 operators. Some agencies are documented but not yet mapped; some cameras are mapped without a records trail.
University of Southern Mississippi's Parking Enforcement — Forrest County
The University of Southern Mississippi's Parking Enforcement department uses automated license plate readers.
Mississippi Highway Patrol — Hinds County
The Mississippi Highway Patrol had three automated license plate reader systems as of 2017.
Mississippi Department of Public Safety Office of Homeland Security — Hinds County
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety Office of Homeland Security had 19 automated license plate reader systems installed throughout the state as of 2017.
Jones County Sheriff's Office — Jones County
The Jones County Sheriff's Office had four automated license plate readers as of 2017.
Lamar County Sheriff's Office — Lamar County
The Lamar County Sheriff's Office had two automated license plate readers as of 2017.
Hattiesburg Police Department — Forrest County
The Hattiesburg Police Departmen an automated license plate reader trailer in 2017 using a $40,000 state grant.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
Mississippi ALPR questions
How many Flock cameras are there in Mississippi?
Public map data records 1,086 ALPR cameras inside Mississippi as of 3 September 2026, counted against the state boundary rather than by metro box. 933 of the vendor-tagged ones are Flock Safety. Treat it as a floor: cameras appear as people map them, and rural areas are thinly covered.
Which cities in Mississippi have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Jackson (273), Gulfport (190), Biloxi (168), Hattiesburg (65). Smaller MS towns appear on the live map too — these are simply the biggest metro areas.
Who operates ALPR cameras in Mississippi?
Mostly municipal police and county sheriffs — 94 separate operators, led by Ridgeland Police Department (56). Private operators account for 21 of the cameras that carry an operator type.
Are all the plate readers in Mississippi made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 933 of 1,064 vendor-recorded cameras (88%); Genetec accounts for 61, and 22 cameras have no vendor recorded at all. 'Flock camera' is the common name, but the map covers every ALPR it can find.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in Mississippi?
BanditKin's navigation offers opt-in, field-of-view-aware camera avoidance with a strength slider, using the 977 Mississippi cameras that have a recorded facing direction. If no camera-free route exists it says so and falls back to the normal route. Preferring not to be logged by a commercial surveillance network is a privacy preference — the app uses public camera-location data.