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Massachusetts has 1,217 mapped plate readers. 972 carry the Flock Safety tag. 553 of 972 say who runs them.
Springfield has the most (53), then Quincy (52) and Lowell (43). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Jan 28, 2025. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in Massachusetts by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Massachusetts 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 | 32 | 4 in Braintree and 4 in Chelsea |
| Sep 2026 | 40 | 6 in Springfield and 2 in Athol |
| Aug 2026 | 85 | 6 in Methuen and 5 in Revere |
| Jul 2026 | 128 | 13 in Quincy and 8 in Boston |
| Jun 2026 | 87 | 24 in Springfield and 6 in Chicopee |
| May 2026 | 57 | 5 in Fall River and 4 in Quincy |
| Apr 2026 | 42 | 6 in Saugus and 4 in Dedham |
| Mar 2026 | 33 | 2 in Agawam and 2 in Boston |
| Feb 2026 | 42 | 5 in Norwood and 3 in Fall River |
| Jan 2026 | 83 | 6 in Smith Mills and 6 in Worcester |
| Dec 2025 | 83 | 10 in Quincy and 7 in Taunton |
| Nov 2025 | 44 | 7 in Milford and 3 in Bellingham |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Massachusetts
553 of 972 say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 54 agencies in Massachusetts that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 91
- Quincy Police Department 40
- Lowell Police 39
- Springfield Police 38
- Lawrence Police 20
- Fall River Police 19
- Tewksbury Police 18
- Haverhill Police 16
- Boston Police 15
- Lynn Police 15
Plate reader law in Massachusetts
| Topic | Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Status | No state law found |
| Public records law | Massachusetts Public Records Law, G.L. c. 66, § 10; c. 4, § 7(26) |
| Checked |
See Massachusetts plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Massachusetts: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Massachusetts?
972 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Springfield (53), Quincy (52) and Lowell (43). 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. 4 of the 972 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
Massachusetts'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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1,217 cameras listed or mapped in Massachusetts 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
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes: plate reader laws by state, 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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