Flock & ALPR Cameras in Gloucester, Massachusetts
No cameras reported in and around Gloucester — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.
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Help put Gloucester on the map
The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed Gloucester yet. ALPRs look like small gray cameras on poles, often solar-powered, near intersections and shopping centers. Spot one? Reporting takes about a minute.
No new reports near Gloucester in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 5, 21:39 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Gloucester in the Essex County picture
Essex County has 92 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,699 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 807,258 residents and 3,168 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 22% of counties nationally.
Why this page exists
Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 1,195 across Massachusetts. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like Gloucester: a council consent-agenda item, then poles by the grocery store. Learn what they look like, check the roads you drive daily, and this page will update as reports come in.
The latest around Gloucester
- Flock cameras addressed at Gloucester BOS meeting – Gazette Journal
- Clearview high school coach killed in Gloucester County crash – NBC10 Philadelphia
- King Stingray to headline Gum Ball 2026 festival at Dashville | Gloucester Advocate
- Bunnings defends facial recognition use, releases CCTV footage | Gloucester Advocate
What you can do in Gloucester
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 Gloucester
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).