Flock & ALPR Cameras in Falmouth, Maine
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Falmouth — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Falmouth in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 13:02 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Falmouth
The readers mapped around Falmouth break down as 4 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Falmouth Police. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in May 2026.
- Gray Road — 2 readers
- Route 1 — 2 readers
Falmouth ME PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Falmouth ME PD runs 4 cameras of its own, has logged 41 plate-database searches, has captured 124,490 vehicle records. Its network connects to 15 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Auburn ME PD, Freeport ME PD, Scarborough ME PD, South Portland ME PD, York ME PD.
Falmouth in the Cumberland County picture
Cumberland County has 12 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,043 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 305,940 residents and 3,182 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 67.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: Falmouth Police (4).
What’s watching Falmouth
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 Falmouth — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Falmouth (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Falmouth
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 Falmouth
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).