Flock & ALPR Cameras in Essex County, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 175 automated license plate readers across Essex County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 4 License plate reader newly reported
- Oct 4 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 13 new license plate readers just reported around Methuen, MA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Methuen
How Essex County compares nationally
Essex County ranks #1,699 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 807,258 residents and 3,168 miles of county roads — 1.1397 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Essex 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 Essex County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Essex
- Essex Police hit 200 arrests using facial recognition tech | Braintree and Witham Times
- Essex Police hit 200 arrests using facial recognition tech | Harwich and Manningtree Standard
- THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ESSEX DISTRICT ATTORNEY
- Essex Police facial recognition deployment leads to arrests | Braintree and Witham Times
What you can do in Essex
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.