Cameras / Connecticut / Hartford
License plate readers in Hartford, CT
Volunteers have documented 18 automated license plate readers inside Hartford. That is the 8th-largest total among the 14 Connecticut cities indexed here, and 1.9% of the statewide total. Its 1.0 readers per square mile spread across 17.4 square miles — thinner coverage than 72% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Where a mount was recorded, most are fixed to existing street lamps rather than dedicated poles.
Updated August 14, 2026.
18
readers documented
1.0
per square mile
8th
of 14 indexed Connecticut cities
1.9%
of Connecticut’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety8 · 44%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 6%
- Other vendors9 · 50%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 16 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Hartford Police Department (7). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (6), pole (2), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 17.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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