Flock & ALPR Cameras in Baldwin City, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Baldwin City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Baldwin City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Baldwin City
The readers mapped around Baldwin City break down as 4 Leonardo, 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Feb 2026.
- US 59 — 2 readers
- Ames Street — 2 readers
- North 6th Street — 1 reader
- 6th Street — 1 reader
Baldwin City in the Douglas County picture
Douglas County has 48 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #723 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 119,547 residents and 1,272 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 16.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
What’s watching Baldwin City
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 Baldwin City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Baldwin City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Baldwin City
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 Baldwin City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).