Cameras / Massachusetts / Quincy
License plate readers in Quincy, MA
Volunteers have documented 51 automated license plate readers inside Quincy. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 28 Massachusetts cities indexed here, and 4.4% of the statewide total. At 3.1 per square mile it is more densely covered than 75% of the 2,430 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 13 on poles and 4 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 10, 2026.
51
readers documented
3.1
per square mile
2nd
of 28 indexed Massachusetts cities · 436th of 2,430 nationally
4.4%
of Massachusetts’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 46 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Quincy Police Department (39), The Home Depot (4), Quincy Police Deparment (2). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (13), street lamp (4), utiliy pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 16.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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