124.9 cameras_per_100k verified

Mapped ALPR camera density per 100k residents, Fulton County, GA (Atlanta) -- traced to Atlanta's public, budgeted 'Operation Shield' camera program (14 agencies confirmed by EFF's Atlas of Surveillance), not a data artifact

as of 2026-08-17 · license: ODbL

Source

OpenStreetMap / DeFlock contributors — US ALPR camera nodes (man_made=surveillance, surveillance:type=ALPR)
https://deflock.me/
retrieved 2026-08-17

Method

camera_count / population_2024 * 100000; verified against EFF's Atlas of Surveillance (14 Fulton County agencies with ALPR) and public reporting on Operation Shield before being treated as a real finding rather than a duplicate-node artifact

from: data/top3-counties-by-state.json

Caveats

Underlying camera locations are volunteer-crowdsourced (DeFlock/OSM), not verified by any camera operator or government body -- likely incomplete, possibly outdated or inaccurate (see repo TERMS.md).
EFF's Atlas of Surveillance only tracks law-enforcement agencies; it does not rule out unshared private ALPR deployments (retail, HOA) in a given county.
Cross-referenced against EFF's Atlas of Surveillance and public reporting (Atlanta Police Foundation's Operation Shield, ~$50M/5yr, 60,000+ connected cameras including HOA/CID-owned units APD is granted access to) before being published as a genuine finding rather than a suspected artifact.

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