Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lynn, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 15 automated license plate readers in and around Lynn — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 13 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Lynn
The readers mapped around Lynn break down as 14 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lynn Police. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Lynnway — 2 readers
- Broadway — 2 readers
- Cottage Street — 2 readers
- Minot Street — 1 reader
- Chestnut Street — 1 reader
- Stanwood Street — 1 reader
- Western Avenue — 1 reader
- Boston Street — 1 reader
- South Common Street — 1 reader
- Commercial Street — 1 reader
- Franklin Street — 1 reader
Lynn MA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Lynn MA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 18 other agencies.
Lynn 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.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 14 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lynn Police (11).
What’s watching Lynn
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 Lynn — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Lynn (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Lynn
What you can do in Lynn
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 Lynn
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).