Cameras / Rhode Island / East Providence
License plate readers in East Providence, RI
Volunteers have documented 21 automated license plate readers inside East Providence. That is the 4th-largest total among the 6 Rhode Island cities indexed here, and 6.4% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.6 per square mile places East Providence near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 90% — are Flock Safety units. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed August 11, 2026.
21
readers documented
1.6
per square mile
4th
of 6 indexed Rhode Island cities · 1,171st of 2,395 nationally
6.4%
of Rhode Island’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
- 18 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- East Providence Police Department (2), Flock Safety (1), Pawtucket Police Department (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (8)
- Coverage area
- 13.3 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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