Flock & ALPR Cameras in Atchison, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Atchison — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 2 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Atchison, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 1 of them sits inside Atchison itself.
The rest sit in Shannon Township (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Atchison in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:23 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Atchison
The readers mapped around Atchison break down as 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2026; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- Amelia Earhart Bridge — 1 reader
- K-7 Highway — 1 reader
Atchison in the Atchison County picture
Atchison County has 4 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,192 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 16,211 residents and 913 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 63.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
Camera activity around Atchison, last 30 days
1 removed in our hourly change log for Atchison. Latest change logged Aug 29, 2026.
What’s watching Atchison
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Atchison — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Atchison (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Atchison
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Atchison
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).