Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hanson, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Hanson — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Hanson in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:10 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hanson
The readers mapped around Hanson break down as 2 of unrecorded make, 1 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2026; the most recent in May 2026.
- School Street — 1 reader
- West Washington Street — 1 reader
- Main Street — 1 reader
Hanson in the Plymouth County picture
Plymouth County has 50 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,794 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 531,889 residents and 3,446 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 35.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 street.
What’s watching Hanson
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 Hanson — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hanson (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hanson
- Hanson Won’t Vote on Its Flock Cameras Short-Handed, and the Police Chief Says He’d Accept a Pause
- NetNewsLedger - Brian Hanson Faces Impaired Driving Charges Following ALPR Failure
- Brian Hanson Faces Impaired Driving Charges Following ALPR Failure
What you can do in Hanson
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 Hanson
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).