Flock Cameras in Rhode Island: Map, Locations & Count

Rhode Island's network is moderately concentrated: Providence Police Department runs 58 of the state's mapped cameras (19%), and the remaining 81% are split across 19 other agencies and businesses. Unlike metro-area counts, this figure is counted inside the state line, so nothing from neighbouring states leaks in. 74 of the 311 cameras carry no operator at all, so the operator shares above are shares of the attributed cameras. Since 5 October 2026 the in-state count moved from 312 to 311 (-1).

Providence has a full page with operator, vendor and direction breakdowns; the other metros are covered by the live map. Providence, Cranston, Warwick show more cameras than the whole state because their boxes reach across the state line. Metro figures are read as bounding boxes around each city centre, so neighbouring metros can overlap and the boxes reach past city limits — never add them up. The state total above is counted inside the state boundary instead, which is why it is the number to quote.

There is a clear leader — Providence Police Department, 58 cameras — and then a long, flat tail of 19 other operators. Retail and private operators show up in the top twelve (The Home Depot), which is worth knowing: those cameras are not run by any police agency.

193 of Rhode Island's 311 mapped cameras have their operator inferred from location rather than recorded outright. The table is a best reading of public data, not an official register.

Vendor tags exist for 294 of Rhode Island's cameras, and Flock Safety takes 96% of those — but Motorola Solutions runs 10, which is why the map reads 'ALPR', not just 'Flock'.

The map knows which way 88% of Rhode Island's cameras face (274 of 311). Mounts, where recorded: pole (76), post (1), street lamp (1).

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.