Cameras / Massachusetts / Quincy
License plate readers in Quincy, MA
Volunteers have documented 55 automated license plate readers inside Quincy. No other Massachusetts city in this index has more, and Quincy alone accounts for 4.6% of every reader documented in the state. At 3.3 per square mile it is more densely covered than 78% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 91% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot and BJs Wholesale Club.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 8, 2026.
55
readers documented
3.3
per square mile
1st
of 29 indexed Massachusetts cities · 375th of 2,395 nationally
4.6%
of Massachusetts’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 Safety50 · 91%
- Motorola Solutions2 · 4%
- Unknown3 · 5%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 43 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Quincy Police (5), The Home Depot (2), BJs Wholesale Club (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (11), street lamp (4)
- Coverage area
- 16.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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