Where Flock Cameras Are Located Around Lansdale Area

LANSDALE, PA — As concerns rise over Flock cameras, storage of personal data, and a "surveillance state" with rapidly advancing new technologies, one nonprofit is working to keep residents around the country informed.

The organization DeFlock has put together a comprehensive map showing the locations of automated license plate readers around the country.

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The map shows locations of numerous brands of surveillance cameras, including Flock and those produced by companies like Motorola Solutions and Genetec.

Watchdog Finding Flock indicates that 142,462 such surveillance cameras have been documented across the United States as of Sept. 24, nearly all of them over the past few years.

In the greater Lansdale area, Flock and similar automated license plate reading cameras are in the following locations:

Lansdale

• 1 camera near Local Tap and Subway, just off South Broad Street (Ring)

Montgomery Township

• 1 operated by Lowe's at the store off Cowpath Road
• 1 operated by Lowe's at the lot off Bethlehem Pike
• 4 operated by Home Depot at the store's lot off North Wales Road
• 1 on County Line Road at Doylestown Road
• 1 on County Line Road at Summer Ridge Drive

Hatfield

• 4 at the intersection of East Broad and North Main

Towamencin

• 2 at the parking lot by the Lowe's off Forty Foot Road

Lower Salford Township

• 4 operated by the township at the intersection of Harleysville Pike and Main Street (Platelogiq)

Lower Gwynedd

• 2 at the lot near the Whole Foods off South Bethlehem Pike

Bridgeport, King of Prussia, Norristown, and West Norriton areas

• 4 cameras at the intersection of West Markley Street and Main Street (Norristown)
• 4 at East Lafayette Street and DeKalb Street (Norristown)
• 1 at Hamilton Street and W. Washington Street (Norristown)
• 1 at the shopping center on General Washington Avenue, off Egypt Road (West Norriton)
• 4 at the intersection of South Trooper Road and Egypt Road (West Norriton)
• 4 at the intersection of South Trooper Road and Audubon Road (West Norriton)
• 2 at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Monroe Boulevard (West Norriton)
• 3 on Van Buren Avenue and Jefferson Avenue (West Norriton)
• 2 at Conshohocken Road and E. Ridge Pike (Plymouth Township)

• 2 at DeKalb Street and West Front Street (Bridgeport)
• 2 on Coates Lane near Flint Hill Road (KOP)
• 1 on Geerdes Boulevard at Phucas Center (KOP)
• 1 on West Valley Forge Road at Phucas Center (KOP)
• 1 on Moore Road at Old Valley Forge Road (KOP)
• 18 surrounding the entire King of Prussia Mall, including at least 7 operated by Simon Property Group, the mall's owner (KOP)
• 1 operated by Home Depot at the store off South Gulph Road (KOP)
• 1 at Whitegate Road near South Warner Road (KOP)

These only represent the cameras reported by volunteers and the community-built OpenStreetMap, which forms the database. Neither Flock or the government have released the total number of installations. The actual number is expected to be notably higher.

Some law enforcement leaders have aggressively defended the installation of cameras as a public safety measure. However, a growing bipartisan coalition of officials in both Pennsylvania and around the country are raising concerns about the unregulated technology, mass surveillance infrastructure, and the storage of data. Both Gov. Shapiro and his Republican challenger, Treasurer Stacy Garrity, have called for a statewide ban.