Flock & ALPR cameras in Connecticut
Public map data records 994 ALPR cameras inside Connecticut's borders as of 3 September 2026, run by 91 different operators. Around Stamford the map records 1,100, the most of any CT metro. See every camera, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone — free, no account.
Two things stand out in Connecticut. First, the operator list is long — 91 separate bodies — so the lead agency, New Haven Police Department, holds only 11% of the total. Second, the count here is a true in-state figure: every camera was tested against the state polygon, not just a box drawn around a city. 155 of the 994 cameras carry no operator at all, so the operator shares above are shares of the attributed cameras.
Open the live camera mapWhich Connecticut cities have Flock cameras?
How the 994 in-state cameras cluster: counts around each major CT city as of 3 September 2026.
1,100 cameras
Bridgeport
528 cameras
Waterbury
519 cameras
446 cameras
428 cameras
Stamford, New Haven and Hartford have full pages with operator, vendor and direction breakdowns; the other metros are covered by the live map. Stamford shows more cameras than the whole state because its box reaches across the state line into a neighbouring state's cameras. These are bounding-box reads around each city, useful for comparing metros but not for adding together — boxes overlap and spill across state lines. The headline figure is counted inside the border and is the honest state total.
The largest ALPR operators in Connecticut
Who runs Connecticut's plate readers — the top eight of 91 operators.
New Haven Police Department
111 cameras
Capitol County Sheriff's Office
79 cameras
Western Connecticut County Sheriff's Office
31 cameras
Lowe's
31 cameras
Milford Police Department
27 cameras
Norwich Police Department
27 cameras
Southington Police Department
25 cameras
New Britain Police Department
25 cameras
91 separate bodies operate mapped readers in Connecticut. New Haven Police Department leads with 111; Capitol County Sheriff's Office runs 79. Of the cameras carrying a recorded operator type, 63 are municipal police, 181 are sheriff's offices and 10 are private.
Names are drawn from OpenStreetMap tags, falling back to the jurisdiction the camera sits in (244 of 994 here). A camera's operator is not always the body that paid for it.
It isn't all Flock in Connecticut
Manufacturers recorded on the map, and how many cameras carry a facing direction.
Flock Safety
653 cameras
Rekor
136 cameras
Axis Communications
83 cameras
Motorola Solutions
14 cameras
Genetec
9 cameras
Vendor tags exist for 919 of Connecticut's cameras, and Flock Safety takes 71% of those — but Rekor runs 136, which is why the map reads 'ALPR', not just 'Flock'.
The map knows which way 78% of Connecticut's cameras face (779 of 994). Mounts, where recorded: pole (404), street lamp (125), sign (5), building (5).
Documented ALPR programs in Connecticut
28 Connecticut agencies appear in the EFF Atlas of Surveillance as ALPR users. That is a records count; the 91 operators on the map are a physical count. Both are floors.
New London Police Department — New London County
The New London City Council, in January 2022, approved $366,000 contract to install more that three dozen surveillance cameras around the city, including 6 license plate readers. Vendor: Cross Camera Controls.
Monroe Police Department — Fairfield County
The Monroe Police Department scanned 2,328 license plates in 2019 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Greenwich Police Department — Fairfield County
The Greenwich Police Department has used automated license plate readers since 2008.
East Haven Police Department — New Haven County
The East Haven police Department uses automated license plate readers.
New Haven Police Department — New Haven County
The New Haven Police Department used automated license plate readers, according to a 2014 report.
Connecticut State Police — Middlesex County
The Connecticut State Police have used automated license plate readers since at least 2013.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
Connecticut ALPR questions
How many Flock cameras are there in Connecticut?
994 mapped cameras inside the state line as of 3 September 2026. That is a true in-state count, not a sum of overlapping city areas — and still a floor, because unmapped cameras don't appear.
Which cities in Connecticut have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Stamford (1,100), Bridgeport (528), Waterbury (519), New Haven (446), Hartford (428). Smaller CT towns appear on the live map too — these are simply the biggest metro areas.
Who operates ALPR cameras in Connecticut?
91 operators in total. The largest is New Haven Police Department with 111 mapped cameras, then Capitol County Sheriff's Office with 79. Of cameras with a recorded operator type, 63 are police, 181 are sheriff's offices and 10 are privately run.
Are all the plate readers in Connecticut made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 653 of 919 vendor-recorded cameras (71%); Rekor accounts for 136, and 68 cameras have no vendor recorded at all. 'Flock camera' is the common name, but the map covers every ALPR it can find.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in Connecticut?
BanditKin's opt-in avoidance uses each camera's approximate capture zone, so it works best where bearings are recorded (78% of Connecticut's cameras). When a clean route isn't possible it falls back to the normal one rather than pretending. It is a privacy preference built on public data, not a way to evade law enforcement.