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Rhode Island · Local Surveillance Report

Flock & ALPR Cameras in South Kingstown, Rhode Island

No cameras reported in and around South Kingstown — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.

On the record · Cameras Removed

South Kingstown is on the record here. ACLU lauded the removal of Flock license plate reader cameras in South Kingstown.

Full record · Source document

Free Data Access

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Zero reported ≠ zero cameras

Help put South Kingstown on the map

The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed South Kingstown yet. ALPRs look like small gray cameras on poles, often solar-powered, near intersections and shopping centers. Spot one? Reporting takes about a minute.

Live camera map The map around South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →
Camera Watch Recently reported near South Kingstown

No new reports near South Kingstown in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 21:33 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

South Kingstown RI PD and the sharing network

Per Flock’s own transparency portal, South Kingstown RI PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 25 other agencies.

South 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.

Why this page exists

Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 313 across Rhode Island. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like South Kingstown: a council consent-agenda item, then poles by the grocery store. Learn what they look like, check the roads you drive daily, and this page will update as reports come in.

The latest around South Kingstown

What you can do in South 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.

Cameras near South Kingstown

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