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Maine has 106 mapped plate readers. 46 carry the Flock Safety tag. 38 of 46 say who runs them.
Lewiston has the most (14), then South Portland (6) and Bangor (4). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Jun 28, 2025. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in Maine by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Maine each month
Plate readers of any maker added to the map each month, not only Flock-tagged ones. Lighter bars are estimates from the first-mapped dates of current points.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock-tagged readers first mapped each month
Each row counts the Flock-tagged readers first mapped that month, newest first. Months with none are left out. Each one carries the date it was first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 2 | 1 in Augusta and 1 in Portland |
| Sep 2026 | 3 | 1 in Lewiston |
| Aug 2026 | 1 | 1 in Brewer |
| Jul 2026 | 1 | 1 in Lewiston |
| Jun 2026 | 1 | 1 in Brewer |
| May 2026 | 4 | 2 in Falmouth and 1 in Lewiston |
| Apr 2026 | 4 | 3 in Bangor and 1 in Farmington |
| Mar 2026 | 2 | 1 in Bangor and 1 in South Portland |
| Feb 2026 | 3 | 2 in Lewiston and 1 in South Portland |
| Jan 2026 | 5 | 1 in Augusta and 1 in Lewiston |
| Dec 2025 | 4 | 3 in Lewiston and 1 in Portland |
| Nov 2025 | 2 | 2 in South Portland |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Maine
38 of 46 say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 4 agencies in Maine that use plate readers.
- Lewiston Police 13
- South Portland Police 6
- Bangor Police 4
- Falmouth Police 4
- York Police 4
- Maine Department of Transportation 2
- Brewer Police 1
- Farmington Police 1
- Lewiston Police Department 1
- Maine DOT 1
Plate reader law in Maine
| Topic | Maine |
|---|---|
| Status | Law |
| Law | 29-A M.R.S. § 2117-A |
| What it does | Bars any person from using plate readers except the Department of Transportation, State Police commercial-vehicle screening and law enforcement agencies for listed purposes; data are confidential and most may be kept 21 days. |
| How long it is kept | 21 days, except intelligence and investigative record information and commercial motor vehicle screening data (§ 2117-A(5)) |
| Who it can be shared with | Available for use only by a law enforcement agency in carrying out its functions, or by the collecting agency for its intended purpose and related proceedings; commercial vehicle data may go to the FMCSA (§ 2117-A(4)) |
| Public record? | Confidential under Title 1, chapter 13; aggregate summary reports may be released (§ 2117-A(4)) |
| Public records law | Maine Freedom of Access Act, 1 M.R.S. § 400 et seq. |
| Checked |
See Maine plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Maine: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Maine?
46 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Maine, as of November 7, 2026. The real number may be higher or lower: the map shows only the cameras mapped so far.
Which cities in Maine have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Lewiston (14), South Portland (6) and Bangor (4). The city list on this page shows each city with a Flock-tagged reader.
Is each mapped camera still there?
Not always. A point shows where someone mapped a camera. None of the 46 carries a date from a check on the ground yet.
Maine's plate reader data
From OpenStreetMap, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. A free copy goes to anyone who asks: how it is made and how to ask.
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106 cameras listed or mapped in Maine so far.
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, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- 29-A M.R.S. § 2117-A: plate reader law, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Open Government Guide: public records law, checked Oct 25, 2026
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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