Flock & ALPR Cameras in Charlton, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Charlton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Charlton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:33 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Charlton
The readers mapped around Charlton break down as 4 Flock Safety, 2 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Charlton Police, Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2019; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Massachusetts Turnpike — 2 readers
- Stafford Street — 2 readers
- Southbridge Road — 1 reader
- Main Street — 1 reader
Charlton MA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Charlton MA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 21 other agencies.
Charlton in the Worcester County picture
Worcester County has 91 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,739 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 861,664 residents and 5,743 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 34.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic. Operators named on the record: Charlton Police (4), Massachusetts Department of Transportation (2).
What’s watching Charlton
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 Charlton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Charlton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Charlton
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 Charlton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).