Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chanute, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Chanute — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Chanute in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 13:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Chanute
The readers mapped around Chanute break down as 13 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- US 169 — 4 readers
- South Santa Fe Avenue — 2 readers
- 110th Road — 2 readers
- 215th Road — 1 reader
- KS 39 — 1 reader
- 190th Road — 1 reader
- North Santa Fe Avenue — 1 reader
- West 21st Street — 1 reader
Chanute KS PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Chanute KS PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 131 other agencies.
Chanute in the Neosho County picture
Neosho County has 16 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #98 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 4.5% nationally. That’s across 15,715 residents and 1,019 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 34.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 13 traffic.
What’s watching Chanute
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 Chanute — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Chanute (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Chanute
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 Chanute
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).