Flock & ALPR Cameras in Norwell, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Norwell — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Norwell is on the record here. Norwell joined other Massachusetts towns in canceling its Flock camera contract.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 1 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Norwell, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Norwell itself.
The rest sit in Hanover (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Norwell 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 Norwell
The readers mapped around Norwell break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Jul 2026.
- Webster Street — 1 reader
Norwell MA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Norwell MA PD runs 2 cameras of its own, has logged 29 plate-database searches, has captured 52,334 vehicle records. Its network connects to 56 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Abington MA PD, Acushnet MA PD, Agawam MA PD, Bellingham MA PD, Blackstone MA PD, Braintree MA PD, Bridgewater MA PD, Charlton MA PD.
Norwell 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 1 traffic.
What’s watching Norwell
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 Norwell — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Norwell (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Norwell
- Norwell To Remove Flock Cameras
- The Norwell Police Department announced it is discontinuing its use of Flock Safety license plate reader cameras.
- Norwell, MA: Contract Canceled
- Norwell joins list of Mass. towns canceling Flock cameras
What you can do in Norwell
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 Norwell
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).