About FlockDetour
FlockDetour is an independent camera map and route planner. It shows documented Flock Safety cameras and other license plate readers across the United States and Canada, and compares available routes using travel time and mapped camera counts. It is free on the web and available for iPhone and Android.
What is FlockDetour?
FlockDetour is a camera map and route planner for drivers. It shows documented automated license plate readers (ALPRs), including cameras sold by Flock Safety, plus separately labeled speed and red-light cameras. Enter a start and a destination to compare the fastest route with available alternatives, their travel times and mapped camera counts. A lower-count alternative is not always available.
FlockDetour runs in any browser at flockdetour.com and as an app for iPhone and Android. It is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Flock Safety or any surveillance vendor.
Who makes FlockDetour?
Block Browser INC builds and runs FlockDetour. The company has no relationship with any camera vendor or camera operator, and FlockDetour does not read, store, buy, or sell license plate data.
Where can I get FlockDetour?
FlockDetour is on the web at flockdetour.com, on the Apple App Store for iPhone (listed as "FlockDetour: Private Routes"), and on Google Play for Android. The website needs no download or account. The iPhone app is available in the US App Store.
FlockDetour on the App Store · FlockDetour on Google Play · Open the live map
How do I route around Flock and other ALPR cameras?
Enter a starting point and a destination on the FlockDetour map to plan a route with travel time and documented camera counts. In the mobile apps, FlockDetour Pro adds Balanced and Fewer cameras modes. Compare the available routes and added travel time; alternatives depend on roads, provider results and mapped coverage.
The iPhone and Android apps add Pro turn-by-turn navigation and camera-aware route modes. Alerts and other features vary by platform and release; check the current store listing. A FlockDetour detour changes only which public roads you take. FlockDetour does not block, disable, or interfere with any camera, and it never advises covering or altering a license plate, which is illegal in many states.
Plan a route on the live map · What a detour can and cannot do
Is there a map of Flock Safety cameras?
Yes. The FlockDetour live map shows known Flock Safety cameras and other ALPRs across the United States and Canada, with a filter for Flock cameras only. Speed and red-light cameras appear too, labeled separately. Select a camera to see its recorded source and any available confidence or verification details. Many records have no confirmed date. The map is free on the web and in the apps, with no account.
For police departments rather than streets, the FlockDetour agency directory lists agencies that publish a Flock Safety transparency portal. It is organized by state and links to each agency's public records.
Where does FlockDetour's camera data come from?
OpenStreetMap contributors supply many of FlockDetour’s camera locations. FlockDetour imports ALPR records across vendors through scheduled regional updates; a successful import is not a new field verification of each camera. Other layers come from state transportation departments' traffic-camera lists, the City of Chicago's published red-light and speed camera locations, and a dataset that matches official Flock Safety transparency portals to mapped camera sites.
Reports sent through the FlockDetour app stay private until a person reviews them, and one report alone never adds or removes a camera. FlockDetour has no access to what any camera records. Its sources page explains the feeds, licenses and available update information.
Is FlockDetour free?
The FlockDetour website is free and needs no account. That includes browsing camera records and using the route planner. In the iPhone and Android apps, the camera map, camera details, camera reports, and FlockDetour News are free. Turn-by-turn navigation and camera-aware route modes in the apps require FlockDetour Pro. Check each store listing for current platform-specific features. FlockDetour Pro is sold through the App Store or Google Play as a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.
What can't FlockDetour do?
FlockDetour reduces exposure to cameras documented in its current data. It cannot identify every camera, guarantee avoidance, replace traffic laws, or ensure a route is surveillance-free. Always follow posted signs and drive safely.
FlockDetour covers the United States and Canada and only knows about cameras someone has documented. A road with no pins on the map is not a road without cameras. FlockDetour cannot show what a camera recorded, look up a plate, or tell you whether your car was captured. To learn whether police searched for a plate, file a public records request for the agency's ALPR audit logs.
Is FlockDetour affiliated with Flock Safety?
No. FlockDetour is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Flock Safety or any surveillance vendor. Flock Safety is one company that sells ALPR cameras; ALPR is the technology, and several vendors sell it. On the FlockDetour site, "Flock" by itself means Flock Safety. The product is always called FlockDetour. The map includes cameras from other vendors too, labeled by type.
How is FlockDetour different from DeFlock and other camera maps?
DeFlock is a volunteer project with a community ALPR map and an open-source app for contributing cameras to OpenStreetMap. FlockDetour combines a camera map with route comparisons and local research pages. It compares available route alternatives using documented camera records; a lower camera count is not guaranteed. Because DeFlock contributions can enter OpenStreetMap, a camera mapped with DeFlock can later appear in FlockDetour after an import.
Other projects answer different questions. Atlas of Surveillance, from EFF and the University of Nevada, Reno, tracks which agencies use which surveillance technology. Have I Been Flocked? searches ALPR audit logs released through public records requests to show whether a plate was looked up. FlockDetour links to all of them.
FlockDetour vs DeFlock · FlockDetour vs FlockHopper · DeFlock · Atlas of Surveillance · Have I Been Flocked?
What does FlockDetour collect about me?
FlockDetour has no sign-up and asks for no name, email address, or phone number. It runs no advertising or behavioral analytics and sells no data. When you plan a route, the start and end points go to the FlockDetour server for the route calculation, and they are not kept as trip history. The apps use your location for the map and routing. They use background location only if you turn on proximity alerts or spoken turn prompts with the screen off.
What are FlockDetour's official social profiles?
FlockDetour's official social profiles are on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. The links below identify FlockDetour's own accounts, separate from Flock Safety and other camera-map projects.
FlockDetour on Instagram · FlockDetour on TikTok · FlockDetour on Facebook · FlockDetour on YouTube
How do I contact FlockDetour or report a wrong camera?
Email FlockDetour@gmail.com with the page or camera and what is wrong. General questions go there too. Anyone can correct a misplaced or missing camera directly in OpenStreetMap, and that correction reaches every project that reads the data.
FlockDetour is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Flock Safety or any surveillance vendor.