Flock & ALPR Cameras in Portland, Maine
No cameras reported in and around Portland — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.
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Help put Portland on the map
The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed Portland yet. ALPRs look like small gray cameras on poles, often solar-powered, near intersections and shopping centers. Spot one? Reporting takes about a minute.
No new reports near Portland in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Sep 3, 13:18 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
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.
Why this page exists
Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 66 across Maine. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like Portland: a council consent-agenda item, then poles by the grocery store. Learn what they look like, check the roads you drive daily, and this page will update as reports come in.
The latest around Portland
- York voters could ban Flock cameras in November - Portland Press Herald
- South Portland’s Flock cameras have been removed - Portland Press Herald
- Controversial Flock Cameras to be Removed from South Portland Amid Privacy Concerns and Republican Push to Ban Them Statewide
- South Portland no longer using Flock cameras
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).