Flock & ALPR Cameras in Waterford, Connecticut
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Waterford — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 1 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Waterford
The readers mapped around Waterford break down as 3 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's, Waterford Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Nov 2025.
- Waterford Parkway North — 2 readers
- Cross Road — 1 reader
Waterford CT PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Waterford CT PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 20 other agencies.
Waterford in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region picture
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has 102 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #835 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 279,025 residents and 2,294 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 13.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 entrance, 1 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (2), Waterford Police Department (1).
What’s watching Waterford
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Waterford — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Waterford (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Waterford
- In the minutes: Waterford minutes, ALPR (Sep 14)
- On the agenda: Waterford minutes — Automated License Plate (Sep 9)
- In the minutes: Waterford minutes, Flock Safety (Aug 18)
- Waterford Connecticut Police Use License Plate Readers to Solve Robberies, Recover Vehicles
What you can do in Waterford
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
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Cameras near Waterford
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).