Flock & ALPR Cameras in Groton, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Groton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Groton is on the record here. Groton Town Manager Mark Haddad and Police Chief Michael Luth announced August 31, 2026, that the town will terminate its current Flock contract immediately. A Police Camera Working Group will bring a permanent recommendation to the Spring 2027 Town Meeting. That later vote could still recommend some form of ALPR.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Groton is on the record here. The Town of Groton, Massachusetts announced it will terminate its Flock Safety camera contract and develop a permanent solution ahead of the Spring 2027 Town Meeting.
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No new reports near Groton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:22 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Groton
The readers mapped around Groton break down as 6 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Groton Police. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2026; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Farmers Row — 3 readers
- West Main Street — 1 reader
- Main Street — 1 reader
- Shirley Road — 1 reader
Groton MA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Groton MA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 3 other agencies.
Groton 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 6 traffic. Operators named on the record: Groton Police (2).
Camera activity around Groton, last 30 days
3 newly reported in our hourly change log for Groton. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching Groton
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 Groton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Groton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Groton
- On the agenda: Groton approved_minutes_2026-08-31_id-17483.pdf — Flock Safety (Sep 24)
- On the agenda: Groton Survey-Results.pdf — license plate reader (Sep 22)
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Groton, MA
- Groton, MA: Contract Canceled
What you can do in Groton
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 Groton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).