Flock & ALPR Cameras in Auburn, Maine
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Auburn — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Cameras Removed
Auburn is on the record here. Flock cameras are being removed from Auburn, Maine, even as a separate initiative to ban them continues to move forward.
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No new reports near Auburn in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 13:01 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Auburn
The readers mapped around Auburn break down as 2 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Auburn Police. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Dec 2025.
- Court Street — 1 reader
- Mill Street — 1 reader
Auburn ME PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Auburn ME PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 27 other agencies.
Auburn in the Androscoggin County picture
Androscoggin County has 18 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,526 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 112,323 residents and 1,226 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 35.3% of counties nationally.
Operators named on the record: Auburn Police (2).
What’s watching Auburn
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 Auburn — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Auburn (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Auburn
- Flock cameras to be removed from Auburn, Maine, initiative to ban them still moves forward
- Petition to ban Flock cameras in Auburn, Maine, certified, likely headed to the ballot
- Flock cameras divide Auburn residents and debates remain ongoing across Maine
- Auburn, ME: Cameras Removed
What you can do in Auburn
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.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Auburn
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).