Flock & ALPR Cameras in Amherst, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Amherst — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 16 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Amherst in the Hampshire County picture
Hampshire County has 9 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,951 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 156,595 residents and 1,612 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 57.8% of counties nationally.
What’s watching Amherst
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 Amherst — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Amherst (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Amherst
- ACLU of Massachusetts Releases New Toolkit to Help People Challenge Flock Cameras in Their Communities
- “Get the Flock Out”: Western Massachusetts Residents Push Back Against Automated License Plate Readers
What you can do in Amherst
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 Amherst
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).