Flock & ALPR Cameras in Barnstable, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Barnstable — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Cameras Removed
Barnstable is on the record here. Barnstable voted to remove Flock cameras despite police objections.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 4 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Barnstable, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 3 of them sit inside Barnstable itself.
The rest sit in Hyannis (1).
4 of them name an operator in the record: The Home Depot (4). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Barnstable in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:20 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Barnstable
The readers mapped around Barnstable break down as 4 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in May 2026; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- Independence Drive — 3 readers
- Attucks Lane — 1 reader
Barnstable MA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Barnstable MA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 13 other agencies.
Barnstable in the Barnstable County picture
Barnstable County has 20 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,827 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 230,073 residents and 3,431 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 56.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (4).
What’s watching Barnstable
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 Barnstable — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Barnstable (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Barnstable
- Barnstable votes to remove Flock cameras despite police objections
- Barnstable, MA: Cameras Removed
- Calls intensify in Barnstable to take down Flock cameras
- Cape Cod License Plate Grant Funds Available to Support Economic Resiliency Across the Region
What you can do in Barnstable
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 Barnstable
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).