Flock & ALPR Cameras in Melrose, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Melrose — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Melrose in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:20 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Melrose
The readers mapped around Melrose break down as 3 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Melrose Police. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Main Street — 2 readers
- Lebanon Street — 1 reader
- Porter Street — 1 reader
Melrose MA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Melrose MA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 19 other agencies.
Melrose 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 3 traffic, 1 street. Operators named on the record: Melrose Police (2).
What’s watching Melrose
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 Melrose — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Melrose (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Melrose
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 Melrose
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).