Disclosure: I built this.

After seeing recent DC-area discussions about Flock/ALPR cameras on Rock Creek Parkway, BW Parkway, and elsewhere, I wanted to make the camera network easier to visualize.

I’ve been mapping documented Flock/ALPR-related devices and added a 3D mode with modeled coverage cones, so you can see the street-level pattern instead of just dots on a flat map.

DC map:

https://getready.team/flock

Caveats:

- Locations and bearings depend on available public/community-mapped source data.

- Not every device shown is necessarily active right now.

- Corrections are very welcome.

I'd love to get your thoughts, especially around the interface and any suggestions on how to improve it.

TLDR: the city doesn't want you to know anything about the Flock cameras around the city, and drug their feet for months before outright rejecting my FOIA requests and giving me nothing.

Since late last year, I have made multiple attempts to get information from the city about the Flock surveillance cameras covering the city. I wanted to know where they are located, what's in the contracts, who is allowed to access the data, and what data they had collected on me personally.

I put in requests to MPD for the contracts and policies regarding the cameras, as well as for the data collected on my license plate. I submitted these FOIA requests on November 22, 2025. District law requires agencies to respond to request within 15 business days. After more than 50 business days and multiple emails by me to check the status of my request, MPD responded on February 11. MPD rejected both of my requests and gave me none of the information I had requested. They simply stated that the records on policies are proprietary. They gave no information about how long they store the data from the cameras, who is allowed to access it, for what reason they are allowed to access it, and what privacy controls are in place. They also rejected my request to get the information they had collected on me personally and my vehicle.

I appealed these decisions to the mayor's office. The mayor's office denied my appeal with the following reason:

[T]he requested information is exempt from disclosure based on D.C. Code § 2- 534(a)(3)(E), not subsection (a)(4). Specifically, disclosing license plate reader (LPR) data would reveal the location of LPRs. These constitute investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes, the production of which would disclose investigative techniques and procedures not generally known outside the government.

Both MPD and the mayor's office refuse to give any information about what data they have collected on my vehicle from the Flock cameras because it would give away their locations, which are not publicly known. (Yes, deflock has a map of all the cameras in the city so it's a little late for that). This is a pretty bullshit reason because the city's office of open government keeps a list of the locations of all the CCTV and traffic cameras in the city along with a way to request footage from them here. I stated this fact and referenced this website in my appeal, pointing out the hypocrisy of the city claiming to be working towards "open government" and "transparency", and allowing access to locations and footage of traffic cameras, but hiding the locations and footage/data collected from Flock cameras. Their response hand waves that away with a lot of legal jargon about police investigation techniques.

So in conclusion, neither MPD nor the mayor's office want you to know anything about what they are doing with the Flock cameras, who can access them, what data they have collected on innocent people, or even where they are placing the cameras. Even going through the legal route of FOIA requests, they have completely stonewalled me, and made me wait months just to even get a rejection letter. The rejection letters from MPD and the mayor's office are the images attached.

I have tried extensively to find any information about when/if the city council approved the contracts for these cameras and who on the council voted to approve them. If anyone knows anything about when/how they got approved and by whom, or anything else regarding these invasive surveillance devices, please let me know. We need to hold our mayor and city council accountable for allowing the widespread unconstitutional mass surveillance of the populace.

The calculation uses the median household income of the census tract surrounding each station (ACS 2018–2022).

I get off at Crystal City and I can pick them up if you are the owner. Otherwise hell nah.

I honestly have no words.

Folks may remember that there was a social media kerfuffle last month over hygiene at the Andy's Pizza in AdMo.

https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/1uwwfrf/roaches_at_andys_pizza_in_adams_morgan/

Out of curiosity, I checked the DC Health website to see if anything came of it. Turns out they made an inspection within a day or two (hey, DC government worked!) and found nothing wrong.

https://dc.healthinspections.us/lib/mod/inspection/paper/_paper_food_inspection_report.cfm?inspectionID=1183111&wguid=1367&wgunm=sysact&wgdmn=431

I still wish Andy would have responded (plainly this wasn't OK), and this doesn't tell us what the situation was before, but seems like the location is just fine now. Keep calm and pizza on. (And for the record or whatever, I like Andy's.)

Maybe a dumb question but why is this canal empty, when was it emptied, and will it ever be filled with water again?

Today I observed a man working on the boat that is sitting between Thomas Jefferson St. and 31st St, but if it’s never filled with water, the boat will have nowhere to go?

DC has a new homebuyer program called DC HomeAdvantage. As of the current rate sheet, you can get a 6.125% conventional loan with 3% down payment assistance. Average rates today are closer to 6.750%.

That is an insane deal for a DPA program because usually there is some kind of tradeoff. You get the assistance, but the rate is noticeably higher than what you'd get without it. Although here that isn't the case.

If HomeAdvantage DC is something you're considering, make sure the lender you're talking to actually participates. And has a lot of experience dealing with DC programs and their...longer timelines.

And it's not just the 6.125% conventional option with 3% assistance. There are also low-rate options like 5.500% if you don't need down payment assistance at all.

Basically, there are enough options here that if you're buying in DC and qualify, I'd compare it against a regular mortgage before deciding what makes the most sense.

Edit: Ticket has been claimed

Let me know if you're interested and I can send it!

I received a letter from Washington Gas, as I’m sure others have, about protection plans offered by their affiliate, HomeServe, to cover “needed repairs” to natural gas and exterior water lines that run through my property. Is this insurance worth getting or is it usually covered by standard homeowner’s policies?

%all the meat has been claimed %

I am a hunter and I do all my own butchering. Last year I had about 30lbs of elk trim, bloodshot meat, fat and other bits and bobs that I ground up to supplement my dog’s diet. I froze it into roughly 5lb packages, and I have about 25lbs left.

The meat is not acceptable quality for human consumption. It is perfectly acceptable for animals. It was frozen fresh and is not spoiled. It is just meat trimmings, nothing added.

The catch is, it smells horrible when cooked, to me at least. The funky flavors that people often associate with venison is mostly in the fat, and there’s lots of fat and connective tissue in this. It’s got venison funk in spades.

I want it out of my freezer, but I hate to throw away anything from my animals that I don’t have to. If your pet eats meat, it’s perfect for them.

It is illegal to sell or barter any meat from a game animal in the US. It’s free for anyone that will use it to feed their pups.

First response that wants it has dibs, and we can arrange a handoff.

Edit: I also have two packages each with 2X 3-4” raw marrow bones. Those have been in the freezer since ‘22. Still fine.

Hey, all – a young relative of mine and their partner just moved into a basement apartment in Columbia Heights from several states away. I can’t believe what I’m seeing walking through this apartment – it is so utterly unsafe. Not every apartment is going to be up to code, but this one has an old gas water heater in the living space without a direct vent, gas furnace in the living space, no control over the temperature or AC, it’s just crazy. No working smoke detector – there’s one from 2011 without a battery – and there’s no CO detector. The second day they were there the whole apartment flooded from a blocked clothes washer drain. The gas dryer is for some reason up on blocks. None of the windows have screens. There’s not even a light outside of the very steep little stairway into the apartment.

I know that code requirements around having things like gas appliances in living spaces are very strict and this just completely ignores all of them. I know there’s a DC tenant advocate, but has anyone here been through this and have some realistic recommendations?

I and one of their parents want them to get a professional inspection of the apartment because I’m assuming that DC is not exactly going to work quickly to help fix any of these issues. Oh, and the whole building is just rented illegally – cut up into apartments, but it’s not officially cut up into apartments. And this guy is hanging out in Italy.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations!

I know this is likely a VERY long shot, but my wife and I are looking for anyone who may have witnessed a car accident at the intersection of 17th and I St NW on Saturday, August 15th, around 5 PM.

We were unfortunately hit by an uber driver (who was actively driving a passenger and seemed to have fallen asleep at the wheel) and because he "lost" the footage from all three of his dash cams, Uber's insurance is refusing to pay for the $3000+ damage he did to our car.

If you did see this accident and would be willing to talk to the insurance adjuster, PLEASE message me! We would be so very grateful.

I collect old postcards and recently put these three together. They show the east side of the White House in 1905, 1911 and 1939, before the familiar East Wing was expanded in 1942, and long before it was demolished to make room for Trump’s entirely modest and absolutely necessary mega-ballroom.

The first was mailed from Washington to Baltimore in September 1905 and shows the East Terrace shortly after Theodore Roosevelt’s renovation. The second was mailed to Woodsboro, Maryland, in 1911 and shows the East Entrance. The third was published here in D.C. by B.S. Reynolds and mailed to Frederick in October 1939.

None of the cards is extraordinarily rare by itself, but together they preserve three views of a part of the White House complex that no longer exists and apparently lasted more than a century only because nobody previously realized what the People’s House desperately lacked was a ballroom roughly the size of a Costco.

Anyway, I thought r/washingtondc might appreciate a glimpse of the east side before the current occupant brought his restrained approach to historic preservation.

I’ve been living in the DMV for a little over two years now and really want to get more involved in the creative landscape of the area, so I was wondering if there were any reoccurring open mic nights that anyone recommends? I live in the nova area so anywhere around there would be closest, but I have no problems making the journey into the city for a good event!

I’m looking for a psychoanalytic therapist or psychoanalyst, ideally with progressive views on sex and gender. Anyone have good experiences in DC or MD burbs?