Flock & ALPR Cameras in Newport, Rhode Island
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Newport — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Newport in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:18 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Newport
The readers mapped around Newport break down as 7 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- RI 138 — 2 readers
- Farewell Street — 2 readers
- Broadway — 2 readers
- Memorial Boulevard — 1 reader
Newport RI PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Newport RI PD runs 8 cameras of its own, has logged 174 plate-database searches, has captured 197,561 vehicle records. Its network connects to 443 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Abington MA PD, Abington Township PA PD, Accomack County VA SO, Acushnet MA PD, Ahoskie NC PD, Albany City NY PD, Albany County NY SO, Alexandria VA PD.
Newport in the Newport County picture
Newport County has 8 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,793 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 85,095 residents and 644 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 39% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic.
Camera activity around Newport, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Newport. Latest change logged Sep 3, 2026.
What’s watching Newport
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 Newport — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Newport (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Newport
What you can do in Newport
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 Newport
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).