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Florence has 60 mapped plate readers. 57 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
They were first mapped between May 22, 2025 and Oct 29, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long, within state law.
Flock cameras in Florence: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 29501 has the most (24), then 29505 (1). Mounted on, where known: 11 on poles and 1 on a traffic signal.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | May 22, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 22, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | May 22, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Jun 21, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Sep 16, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces east (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: City of Florence PD | Faces south (as mapped) | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: City of Florence PD | Faces north (as mapped) | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: City of Florence PD | Faces east-northeast and northwest (as mapped) | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Dec 8, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces west and south (as mapped) | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: City of Florence PD | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north, east-southeast and southwest (as mapped) | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest, north, east-northeast, southeast and south-southwest (as mapped) | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Oct 29, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Sep 25, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Direction not mapped | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces north (as mapped) | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south and south-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 13, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: [City of Florence PD] | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north and east-northeast (as mapped) | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Oct 4, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north, east and west-southwest (as mapped) | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north, east-northeast, southeast, southwest and west-northwest (as mapped) | Oct 18, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 29505 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Apr 25, 2026 |
Near you: nearest mapped Flock cameras.
Who runs the Flock cameras in Florence
Most don't say who runs them.
- [City of Florence PD] 17
- City of Florence PD 4
- Private operators, not named 3
What the Flock cameras in Florence keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- 24 of 57 say who runs them, most often [City of Florence PD] (17).
- Kept for
- Not published on the map. Each operator sets its own. Flock Safety’s FAQ: “Flock recommends a 7-day default.”
- Who sees it
- Whoever runs it, and those it shares with.
- How to ask
- Read the operator's policy. Or ask the city for its records.
Who can search plate reads in Florence
The Florence Police Department’s transparency portal does not list who can search its plate reads (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 7 days.
Florence Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 7 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 54
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 97
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Florence
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in Florence were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from May 22, 2025 to October 29, 2026. 31 of the 57 were first mapped in 2025, with 15 in November alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras in Florence, SC: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Florence?
57 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Florence, SC, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in Florence?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 29501 has the most (24).
Who runs the plate readers in Florence?
Most don't say who runs them. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within South Carolina law.
Which agencies around Florence use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Florence Police Department and Florence County Sheriff's Office as agencies that use plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
56 of the 57 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each of those as a cone.
Know when cameras in Florence change.
Free email alerts for new plate readers mapped near your places. One summary email a month.
- When a plate reader is first mapped near you
- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
156,883 cameras listed or mapped so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers in Florence, SC, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Flock Safety FAQ: the default retention quoted in What they keep, read Oct 24, 2026
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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