Flock & ALPR Cameras in Newport County, Rhode Island
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers across Newport County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 25 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 25 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 25 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 25 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Newport County compares nationally
Newport County ranks #1,793 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 85,095 residents and 644 miles of county roads — 0.9401 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Newport County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Newport County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
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What you can do in Newport
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.