Flock & ALPR Cameras in Boston, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Boston — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Boston in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 13:50 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Boston
The readers mapped around Boston break down as 1 Motorola Solutions, 1 Flock Safety, 1 Axon Enterprise. Named operators in the reports: Boston Police. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Kneeland Street — 2 readers
- Pearl Street — 1 reader
Boston in the Suffolk County picture
Suffolk County has 56 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,879 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 782,172 residents and 785 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: Boston Police (1).
Camera activity around Boston, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Boston. Latest change logged Aug 20, 2026.
What’s watching Boston
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 Boston — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Boston (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Boston
- On the agenda: Boston City Council — ShotSpotter (Aug 26)
- Why Flock surveillance cameras are drawing fierce backlash across Massachusetts
- Boston Celtics call on Massachusetts governor to regulate facial recognition
- As racial injustice and police brutality protests coalesce nationwide, call to ban facial recognition in Boston and Massachusetts remains urgent, activists say
What you can do in Boston
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 Boston
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).