Flock & ALPR cameras in Maine
Public map data records 71 ALPR cameras inside Maine's borders as of 3 September 2026, run by 16 different operators. Lewiston leads the state's metros with 21. See every camera, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone — free, no account.
Maine is thinly mapped so far: 71 ALPR cameras inside the state line, 19 of them with no operator recorded at all; Lewiston Police Department is the largest named operator with 12 cameras. Treat every figure here as a floor: cameras appear on the map as people map them, and sparsely populated states are mapped last. The count is still measured inside the state boundary, so it is directly comparable with every other state on this site.
Open the live camera mapWhich Maine cities have Flock cameras?
Mapped ALPR cameras around Maine's largest cities, as of 3 September 2026.
Lewiston
21 cameras
Portland
14 cameras
Bangor
14 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 Maine
Eight operators account for 62% of Maine's mapped cameras.
Lewiston Police Department
12 cameras
York County Sheriff's Office
6 cameras
South Portland Police Department
6 cameras
Auburn Police Department
6 cameras
Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
5 cameras
Bangor Police Department
5 cameras
Augusta Police Department
2 cameras
Brewer Police Department
2 cameras
There is a clear leader — Lewiston Police Department, 12 cameras — and then a long, flat tail of 15 other operators. Sheriff's offices are prominent: York County Sheriff's Office, Cumberland County Sheriff's Office both sit in the top eight.
Attribution is inferred from jurisdiction for 50 cameras and recorded directly for the rest. Counts are a floor: cameras appear on the map as people map them.
It isn't all Flock in Maine
Which companies built the readers, and how many can be avoided by direction.
Flock Safety
54 cameras
Leonardo
10 cameras
Motorola Solutions
3 cameras
Of the 67 cameras in Maine with a recorded manufacturer, 54 are tagged Flock Safety (81%); Leonardo is the largest alternative at 10. 4 cameras carry no manufacturer tag at all.
66 of 71 cameras (93%) carry a facing direction; the rest are shown as omnidirectional. Recorded mounts run pole (5), street lamp (1).
Documented ALPR programs in Maine
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance documents 4 agencies in Maine with automated license plate readers, from public records and news reports. The map records 16 operators — the gap between the two is the difference between a records project and a mapping project, not a contradiction.
York Police Department — York County
The York Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Lewiston Police Department — Androscoggin County
The Lewiston Police Department began using Flock Safety automated license plate readers in Fall 2025. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Falmouth Police Department — Cumberland County
The Falmouth Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Auburn Police Department — Androscoggin County
The Auburn Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
Maine ALPR questions
How many Flock cameras are there in Maine?
Public map data records 71 ALPR cameras inside Maine as of 3 September 2026, counted against the state boundary rather than by metro box. 54 of the vendor-tagged ones are Flock Safety. Treat it as a floor: cameras appear as people map them, and rural areas are thinly covered.
Which cities in Maine have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Lewiston (21), Portland (14), Bangor (14). Smaller ME towns appear on the live map too — these are simply the biggest metro areas.
Who operates ALPR cameras in Maine?
The lead operator is Lewiston Police Department at 12 cameras, but it holds only 17% of the state; the rest is split among 15 other agencies and businesses.
Are all the plate readers in Maine made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 54 of 67 vendor-recorded cameras (81%); Leonardo accounts for 10, and 4 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 Maine?
BanditKin's navigation offers opt-in, field-of-view-aware camera avoidance with a strength slider, using the 66 Maine cameras that have a recorded facing direction. If no camera-free route exists it says so and falls back to the normal route. Preferring not to be logged by a commercial surveillance network is a privacy preference — the app uses public camera-location data.