Flock & ALPR Cameras in Bristol, Rhode Island
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Bristol — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Bristol in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:01 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Bristol
The readers mapped around Bristol break down as 1 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Bristol Police Dept. Every report here dates to Jun 2026.
- Mount Hope Bridge — 1 reader
Bristol RI PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Bristol RI PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 3 other agencies.
Bristol in the Bristol County picture
Bristol County has 1 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,120 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 50,568 residents and 242 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 65.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic. Operators named on the record: Bristol Police Dept (1).
What’s watching Bristol
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 Bristol — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Bristol (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Bristol
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 Bristol
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).