Where Flock Cameras Are Located Around The Pottstown Area

POTTSTOWN, 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.

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

Pottstown

• 2 cameras at Giant off Pottstown Pike
• 4 at Pottstown Pike and State Street
• 1 at Wilson Street and Farmington Avenue
• 1 at Wilson Street and North Hanover Street
• 5 at Pottstown Pike and Shoemaker Road
• 1 at Pottstown Pike near Aldi
• 4 at Pottstown Pike and West King Street
• 1 at High Street and Manatawny Street
• 4 at Manatawny Street and King Street
• 4 at East High Street and North Hanover Street
• 3 at Queen Street and North Hanover Street
• 1 at Industrial Highway and South Hanover Street
• 1 at Penn Street and High Street
• 1 at East King Street and North Penn Street
• 1 at East High Street and South Washington Street

North Coventry

• 1 at Pottstown Pike and Route 422
• 4 at Pottstown Pike and West Schuylkill Road
• 4 at Pottstown Pike and West Cedarville Road
• 2 at Pottstown Pike and Lenape Crossing
• 1 at Lenape Crossing and Town Square Road
• 2 at the Long Horn and King Wok off Town Square Road

Lower Pottsgrove

• 1 at East High Street by Rosedale Street
• 4 at Armand Hammer Boulevard near Royal Farms and Aldi
• 3 at Armand Hammer Boulevard and Route 422

Limerick

• 2 at South Township Line Road and Souder Road
• 4 on Lightcap Road by the Philadelphia Premium Outlets parking areas

Upper Providence

• 4 at Egypt Road and Black Rock Road
• 4 at the parking lot off Station Avenue near Lowe's and PJ Whelihan's

Phoenixville

• 1 camera at the intersection of Nutt Road and W. Bridge Street (Motorola)
• 4 cameras at the intersection of Kimberton Road and Conestoga Road (West Pikeland - Axis)

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.