Flock & ALPR Cameras in Boonton, New Jersey
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Boonton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Jul 20, 2026 On the agenda: Boonton meeting — ALPR (Jul 20)
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No new reports near Boonton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:23 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Boonton
The readers mapped around Boonton break down as 4 Municipal Parking Services, 1 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Town of Boonton. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Main Street — 4 readers
- Lathrop Avenue — 1 reader
- West Main Street — 1 reader
Boonton in the Morris County picture
Morris County has 109 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,333 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 510,375 residents and 2,461 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 14% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 parking, 2 traffic. Operators named on the record: Town of Boonton (4).
What’s watching Boonton
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 Boonton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Boonton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Boonton
What you can do in Boonton
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.
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Cameras near Boonton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).