Flock & ALPR Cameras in Jersey City, New Jersey
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Jersey City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Jersey City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 10, 10:03 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Jersey City
The readers mapped around Jersey City break down as 4 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Mar 2026.
- NJ 440 — 3 readers
- Gothic Knights Road — 1 reader
Jersey City NJ PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Jersey City NJ PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 12 other agencies.
Jersey City in the Hudson County picture
Hudson County has 54 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,866 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 710,478 residents and 304 road miles. By road density that is 0.18 cameras per road mile, in the top 1.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (2).
What’s watching Jersey City
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 Jersey City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Jersey City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Jersey City
What you can do in Jersey City
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 Jersey City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).