Flock & ALPR Cameras in Clifton, New Jersey
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Clifton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Clifton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 13, 20:40 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Clifton
The readers mapped around Clifton break down as 2 Flock Safety, 1 Motorola Solutions(Vigilant), 1 Axis Communications. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Bloomfield Avenue — 3 readers
- Broad Street — 1 reader
Clifton NJ PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Clifton NJ PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 15 other agencies.
Clifton in the Passaic County picture
Passaic County has 37 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,881 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 518,289 residents and 1,010 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 16.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
Camera activity around Clifton, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Clifton. Latest change logged Aug 24, 2026.
What’s watching Clifton
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 Clifton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Clifton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Clifton
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 Clifton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).