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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Narragansett, Rhode Island

Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Narragansett — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

On the record · Contract Canceled

Narragansett is on the record here. Narragansett, RI terminated its Flock Safety contract covering 4 cameras. Cited reasons: Public backlash; Early-exit accepted; Low local crime cited.

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Jurisdiction · by recorded street address

The 4 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Narragansett, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Narragansett itself.

The rest sit in South Kingstown (4).

Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.

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Reported cameras nearby
#16
of 36 Rhode Island cities tracked
1.3%
of Rhode Island’s reported cameras
Live camera map 4 reported cameras around Narragansett, Rhode Island
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Camera Watch Recently reported near Narragansett

No new reports near Narragansett in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Narragansett

The readers mapped around Narragansett break down as 6 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.

  • Tower Hill Road — 4 readers
  • Boston Neck Road — 1 reader
  • Mooresfield Road — 1 reader

Narragansett RI PD and the sharing network

Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Narragansett RI PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 11 other agencies.

Narragansett in the Washington County picture

Washington County has 21 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,519 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 130,073 residents and 1,396 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 34.8% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.

What’s watching Narragansett

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 Narragansett — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Narragansett (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

The latest around Narragansett

What you can do in Narragansett

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.

Cameras near Narragansett

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).