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New Britain has 29 mapped license plate readers, listed here by maker tag. The most common maker tag is Flock Safety (11). 16 of 29 say who runs them.
A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
Each point shows where a camera stands and which way it faces.
License plate readers in New Britain: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 06051 has the most (17), then 06053 (11) and 06052 (1). Mounted on, where known: 16 on traffic signals and 4 on poles. 21 of the 29 were first mapped in 2025, with 11 in September alone.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces west and north-northwest (as mapped) | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces south and west-southwest (as mapped) | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces north-northeast and east (as mapped) | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Unv Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces north, south-southwest and west (as mapped) | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Unv Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces east and south (as mapped) | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Unv Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces east-southeast and south (as mapped) | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Unv Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces west and north-northwest (as mapped) | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Unv Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces northeast and north-northwest (as mapped) | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces south and southwest (as mapped) | Nov 8, 2025 ✓ |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces north-northeast and south-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 8, 2025 ✓ |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces south and west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 8, 2025 ✓ |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces north and east-northeast (as mapped) | Nov 8, 2025 ✓ |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces north-northwest and west (as mapped) | Nov 8, 2025 ✓ |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: New Britain Police Department | Faces east-southeast and south (as mapped) | Nov 8, 2025 ✓ |
| Near ZIP 06051 Show on map | Axis Communications Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 06052 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast and north (as mapped) | Oct 21, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 06053 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Sep 20, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06053 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Nov 20, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06053 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06053 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06053 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 06053 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | May 26, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 06053 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 06053 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 06053 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 06053 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 06053 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north and southwest (as mapped) | Oct 21, 2026 |
Plate readers in New Britain by maker
CamsAhead.comWhat the plate readers in New Britain keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- 16 of 29 say who runs them, most often New Britain Police Department (16).
- Kept for
- Not published on the map. Each operator sets its own. Flock Safety’s FAQ: “Flock recommends a 7-day default.”
- Who sees it
- Whoever runs it, and those it shares with.
- How to ask
- Read the operator's policy. Or ask the city for its records.
Who can search plate reads in New Britain
EyesOnFlock lists no transparency portal for the New Britain Police Department (Oct 14, 2026). It posts no sharing list, so who can search reads from its cameras is not stated. The sharing lists of 1 agency name it, so it can search their reads.
New Britain Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 1
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in New Britain
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Plate readers near New Britain
License plate readers in New Britain, CT: questions
How many license plate readers are in New Britain?
29 plate readers are on the map in New Britain, CT, as of November 7, 2026.
Who runs the plate readers in New Britain?
16 of 29 say who runs them. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within Connecticut law.
Which agencies around New Britain use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists New Britain Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 29 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Has anyone checked these cameras on the ground?
6 carry a ground-check date, marked ✓ in its row.
Know when cameras in New Britain change.
Free email alerts for new plate readers mapped near your places. One summary email a month.
- When a plate reader is first mapped near you
- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
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Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers in New Britain, CT, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Flock Safety FAQ: the default retention quoted in What they keep, read Oct 24, 2026
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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