Flock & ALPR Cameras in Westfield, New Jersey
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Westfield — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Westfield in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Westfield
The readers mapped around Westfield break down as 7 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Town of Westfield Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Jan 2026.
- Elm Street — 3 readers
- East Broad Street — 2 readers
- West Broad Street — 1 reader
- North Chestnut Street — 1 reader
Westfield NJ PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Westfield NJ PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 26 other agencies.
Westfield in the Union County picture
Union County has 109 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,423 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 572,549 residents and 977 road miles. By road density that is 0.11 cameras per road mile, in the top 3.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic. Operators named on the record: Town of Westfield Police Department (7).
What’s watching Westfield
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 Westfield — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Westfield (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Westfield
- On the agenda: Westfield meeting — license plate reader (Jun 9)
- On the agenda: Westfield meeting — Flock Safety (Apr 7)
What you can do in Westfield
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 Westfield
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).