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How about that. There's no cameras in the upper west Side.
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Sometimes the rich people want them. There's one Flock camera at the entrance of a nearby rich neighborhood aimed into it to catch cars entering or exiting. All the others in the county are next to county property or along roads with high traffic.
My area used to have a Flock camera pointing down a short dead end road. I wondered who lived on that road that it needed its own alpr but then one day the camera was turned to face the arterial.
Thankfully my city got rid of Flock.
I only got 2 in my town, and they are next to the richest area. I have a feeling they were requested.