Flock & ALPR Cameras in North Smithfield, Rhode Island
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around North Smithfield — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near North Smithfield 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 North Smithfield
The readers mapped around North Smithfield break down as 2 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Jul 2026.
- North Smithfield Expressway — 2 readers
North Smithfield in the Providence County picture
Providence County has 188 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,065 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 658,977 residents and 2,117 road miles. By road density that is 0.09 cameras per road mile, in the top 5.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching North Smithfield
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 Smithfield — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to North Smithfield (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around North Smithfield
- Anthony Soly: By what legal process did North Smithfield approve the installation of Flock cameras?
- North Smithfield Flock Camera Approval Questioned
- Gibbs says no to North Smithfield Flock cameras
- North Smithfield Official Approved Plate-Reader Cameras
What you can do in North Smithfield
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 North Smithfield
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).