Flock & ALPR Cameras in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers across Berkshire County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 18 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Berkshire County compares nationally
Berkshire County ranks #2,129 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 128,047 residents and 2,462 miles of county roads — 0.1562 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Berkshire County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Berkshire County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Berkshire
- Great Barrington police scan 20,000 cars a day. Their database has been searched 41 times
- Great Barrington is Berkshire County’s only police department with plate readers. The data travels farther
What you can do in Berkshire
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.