License plate readers in Lakeland, FL
Volunteers have documented 82 automated license plate readers inside Lakeland. That is the 13th-largest total among the 169 Florida cities indexed here, and 0.9% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 66.6 square miles — thinner coverage than 63% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Home Depot and Lowes.
Updated August 14, 2026.
82
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
13th
of 169 indexed Florida cities
0.9%
of Florida’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety80 · 98%
- Motorola Solutions2 · 2%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 77 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Polk County Sheriff (5), Home Depot (3), Lowes (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (30), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 66.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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