Flock & ALPR Cameras in Portland, Maine
Volunteers have reported 34 automated license plate readers in and around Portland — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 15 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Oct 15 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Oct 15 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Oct 15 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 17 new license plate readers just reported around Portland, ME. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Portland
📷 15 new license plate readers just reported around Portland, ME. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Portland
Portland 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.
What’s watching Portland
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 Portland — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Portland (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Portland
- 17 new license plate readers reported around Portland, ME
- 15 new license plate readers reported around Portland, ME
- York ban on automated license plate readers – Maine Voter Guide 2026 - Portland Press Herald
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Portland, ME
What you can do in Portland
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 Portland
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).