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New Jersey has 2,472 mapped plate readers. 1,233 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Sayreville has the most (40), then Perth Amboy (32) and Glassboro (25). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Nov 18, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in New Jersey by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in New Jersey 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 | 44 | 4 in Browns Mills and 3 in Heathcote |
| Sep 2026 | 77 | 4 in East Franklin and 4 in Golden Triangle |
| Aug 2026 | 120 | 6 in Perth Amboy and 5 in Browns Mills |
| Jul 2026 | 154 | 8 in Barrington and 6 in Newark |
| Jun 2026 | 83 | 6 in Fort Lee and 6 in Sayreville |
| May 2026 | 79 | 6 in Harrison and 3 in Sayreville |
| Apr 2026 | 70 | 12 in Sayreville and 4 in Point Pleasant |
| Mar 2026 | 67 | 16 in Sayreville and 4 in Paterson |
| Feb 2026 | 57 | 4 in Blackwells Mills and 4 in Succasunna |
| Jan 2026 | 80 | 16 in Westfield and 8 in Westmont |
| Dec 2025 | 121 | 14 in Perth Amboy and 10 in Glassboro |
| Nov 2025 | 138 | 11 in Watchung and 7 in South Plainfield |
Who runs the Flock cameras in New Jersey
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 451 agencies in New Jersey that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 37
- Town of Westfield Police Department 24
- Readington Township Police Department 5
- Clark Township Police Department 2
- Fort Lee Police Department 2
- Warren Township 1
Plate reader law in New Jersey
| Topic | New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Status | Law |
| Law | P.L.2026, c.4 (A4070 1R, Privacy Protection Act), § 5 (C.52:4CC-5) |
| What it does | Bars government entities from selling, sharing or transferring plate-reader information except as listed, including to other jurisdictions' police only with a certification against civil immigration use, and requires notice to the person within 90 days of a compelled disclosure. |
| Who it can be shared with | Only to another government entity when permitted by law; under a valid judicial order or warrant; with the person's written consent; or to another jurisdiction's law enforcement for a criminal investigation if it certifies no civil immigration use, no onward sharing and the same New Jersey limits (§ 5b.(1)) |
| Public record? | Not stated for the data itself; sharing agreements under § 5b.(1)(d) are government records under OPRA (§ 5b.(2)(a)) |
| Public records law | Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. |
| Checked |
See New Jersey plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in New Jersey: questions
How many Flock cameras are in New Jersey?
1,233 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in New Jersey, 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 New Jersey have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Sayreville (40), Perth Amboy (32) and Glassboro (25). 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. 60 of the 1,233 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
New Jersey'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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2,472 cameras listed or mapped in New Jersey 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
- P.L.2026, c.4 (A4070 1R, Privacy Protection Act), § 5 (C.52:4CC-5): 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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