Flock & ALPR Cameras in Westerly, Rhode Island
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Westerly — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Westerly in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:20 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Westerly
The readers mapped around Westerly break down as 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Franklin Plaza — 1 reader
- Post Road — 1 reader
Westerly 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 2 traffic.
What’s watching Westerly
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 Westerly — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Westerly (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Westerly
- Westerly Residents Push Back on License-Plate Cameras
- Westerly police notify R.I. Fusion Center after pro-white flyers found near beaches
- MPs to examine privacy implications of facial-recognition technology used by RCMP – Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News
What you can do in Westerly
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 Westerly
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).