Flock & ALPR Cameras in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 107 automated license plate readers across Worcester County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 1 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Worcester County compares nationally
Worcester County ranks #1,739 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 861,664 residents and 5,743 miles of county roads — 1.0561 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Worcester County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Worcester County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Worcester
- Worcester, Massachusetts Votes To Ban Facial Recognition Use
- More than a dozen Massachusetts organizations call on Worcester to reconsider ShotSpotter Connect contract
What you can do in Worcester
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.