Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Chelmsford — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Chelmsford in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 22:24 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Chelmsford
The readers mapped around Chelmsford break down as 1 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Chelmsford Police. Every report here dates to Jan 2026.
- Drum Hill Road — 1 reader
Chelmsford MA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Chelmsford MA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 13 other agencies.
Chelmsford in the Middlesex County picture
Middlesex County has 233 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,582 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,622,896 residents and 5,632 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 15.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic. Operators named on the record: Chelmsford Police (1).
What’s watching Chelmsford
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 Chelmsford — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Chelmsford (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Chelmsford
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 Chelmsford
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).