Flock & ALPR Cameras in Bourne, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Bourne — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Bourne in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:14 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Bourne
The readers mapped around Bourne break down as 4 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Massachusetts State Police. Every report here dates to Jun 2023.
- MA 25;MA 28 — 2 readers
- Bourne Bridge — 2 readers
Bourne 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: Massachusetts State Police (4).
What’s watching Bourne
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 Bourne — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Bourne (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Bourne
What you can do in Bourne
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.
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Cameras near Bourne
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).