Flock & ALPR Cameras in North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around North Kingstown — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Aug 17, 2026 On the agenda: North Kingstown Town Council - Aug 17, 2026 — Flock Camera (Aug 17)
- Oct 30, 2023 On the agenda: North Kingstown Town Council - Oct 30, 2023 — License Plate Recognition (Oct 30)
- Oct 16, 2023 On the agenda: North Kingstown Town Council - Oct 16, 2023 — License Plate Recognition (Oct 16)
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No new reports near North Kingstown in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:53 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in North Kingstown
The readers mapped around North Kingstown break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- Boston Neck Road — 1 reader
- Tower Hill Road — 1 reader
- Col Rodman Highway — 1 reader
North Kingstown RI PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, North Kingstown RI PD runs 6 cameras of its own, has logged 152 plate-database searches, has captured 176,141 vehicle records. Its network connects to 19 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
North Kingstown 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 3 traffic.
What’s watching North Kingstown
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 North Kingstown — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to North Kingstown (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around North Kingstown
- On the agenda: North Kingstown Town Council - Aug 17, 2026 — Flock Camera (Aug 17)
- On the agenda: North Kingstown Town Council - Oct 30, 2023 — License Plate Recognition (Oct 30)
- On the agenda: North Kingstown Town Council - Oct 16, 2023 — License Plate Recognition (Oct 16)
What you can do in North Kingstown
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 North Kingstown
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).