Flock & ALPR Cameras in Franklin, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Franklin — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Franklin in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:06 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Franklin
The readers mapped around Franklin break down as 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Apr 2026.
- West Central Street — 1 reader
- King Street — 1 reader
Franklin MA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Franklin MA PD runs 2 cameras of its own, has logged 37 plate-database searches, has captured 140,683 vehicle records. Its network connects to 48 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Franklin in the Norfolk County picture
Norfolk County has 166 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,264 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 724,540 residents and 2,704 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 9.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching Franklin
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 Franklin — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Franklin (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Franklin
What you can do in Franklin
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 Franklin
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).