Flock & ALPR Cameras in Colby, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Colby — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Colby in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Colby
The readers mapped around Colby break down as 6 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- US 24 — 2 readers
- US 83 — 1 reader
- South Range Avenue — 1 reader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway — 1 reader
- County Road 20 — 1 reader
Colby KS PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Colby KS PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 26 other agencies.
Colby in the Thomas County picture
Thomas County has 5 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #337 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 15.7% nationally. That’s across 7,913 residents and 1,614 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 71.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
What’s watching Colby
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 Colby — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Colby (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Colby
What you can do in Colby
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.
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Cameras near Colby
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).