Charlton
Flock Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are present in Charlton.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING – Vote to be taken on ALPR Surveillance in Charlton
Monday, October 19, 2026, 7:00 PM, at Charlton Middle School, 2 Oxford Road.
Charlton residents have an opportunity to make their voices heard at Special Town Meeting. Please attend, learn about the issues, and participate in the decisions affecting our town. Privacy is not a partisan issue. It is a fundamental right worth protecting.
Warrant for Special Town Meeting – see Article 15
ARTICLE 15. CITIZENS’ PETITION – AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SURVEILLANCE
To see if the Town will vote to adopt a nonbinding resolution expressing the sense of Town Meeting that the Select Board should:
(1) suspend and deactivate the Town’s use of Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras and any substantially similar networked automated license plate reader system;
(2) terminate or decline to renew associated contracts to the extent legally permissible;
(3) authorize no expansion or additional acquisition of such systems and approve no further expenditures for their operation, maintenance, renewal, expansion, or replacement, except for costs legally required to wind down existing obligations;
(4) require, after satisfaction of applicable legal preservation requirements, the deletion of Charlton data retained by the vendor; and
(5) conduct a publicly noticed review before considering any future use of automated license plate reader technology; or take any other action relative thereto.
 Two of the Flock cameras in Charlton. From left to right: on Main Street in front of the Charlton Library and on Stafford Street in Charlton City near Route 20. |
In the News
Worcester Telegram & Gazette:
The Citizen Chronicle:
Four Flock ALPRs in Charlton
There are four Flock ALPRs in Charlton: on Southbridge Road (route 169), on Stafford Street in Charlton City, on Stafford Street in Northside, and on Main St. in front of the Charlton Library.
The DeFlock.org map below shows crowdsourced locations of known ALPRs in Charlton.
Documents from Public Record Requests
2023 Flock contract for 4 cameras
2026 Flock contract for 4 existing cameras
2026 Flock contract for 4 additional cameras
Charlton PD Flock Use Policy (no date listed, policy 4.31)
Requesting public records
Make a public records request and email it to us when you receive a response. This can be done anonymously.
Items to request:
- Contracts, memoranda of understanding, and agreements with Flock
- Invoices, purchase orders, and financial records related to camera acquisition, installation, and maintenance
- Documents identifying the locations and number of Flock ALPR and surveillance cameras installed
- Policies, guidelines, or standard operating procedures regarding the use of Flock cameras and data
- Records of data retention, access logs, and sharing agreements with other agencies
- Usage statistics, reports, or audits related to Flock cameras
Request in electronic format when possible. If any portion is withheld, request that they cite the specific statutory exemption.
If they indicate that items don’t exist, appeal the request as this is a common tactic to obstruct public records request.
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Infrequently Answered Questions
Footage from Flock ALPRs
Take Action
Join us to promote legislation to ban these unconstitutional platforms. And from a harm reduction standpoint, implement legislation to minimize the scope, amount, and duration during which data is stored.
Spread the word
Meet and discuss with your neighbors to increase awareness.
Adapt your talking points. Don’t start off from a political angle. Identify a reason you think it may concern them – be it concerns of sharing with ICE, constitutional rights violation, the ever expanding power of tech companies over the lives of private citizens, or police spying on their exes.
Contact your local elected officials
Contact the Charlton Select Board
The Select Board acts as Charlton’s chief executive officers. Email, call, or write them to express your desire to remove Automated License Plate Readers and surveillance technology from Charlton. Be polite, and share personal reasons as to why you think this is important. Push for policies that ban or restrict ALPRs and surveillance technologies. Remember, they are your elected officials and they work for you.
Charlton Select Board information
Select Board members as of September 2026:
Stephen Koronis (Chairman),
David Singer (Vice Chairman).
Karen Spiewak,
Barbara Zurawski,
Michael Kavorkian (Clerk)
Map missing ALPRs
Find an ALPR not on DeFlock.org’s map? Add it!
Follow instructions here. Not tech savvy? Contact us below. Please take a picture and take note of where the camera was located and we will help you submit.
Speak to your MA House Rep about Bill H.3755
Massachusetts House Bill 3755 is by no means a panacea, but at least some legislators are interested in reigning in the data retention and privacy aspects. Find your House Representative here and contact them about the bill but indicate you are seeking a total ban.
The ACLU also has a tool to automatically email your representatives in support of this bill.
Contact us
charlton at eyesoffma dot com