Flock & ALPR Cameras in Douglas County, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 95 automated license plate readers across Douglas County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 24 Genetec camera newly reported
- Sep 24 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 8 new license plate readers just reported around Lawrence, KS. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Lawrence
📷 97 new license plate readers just reported around Lawrence, KS. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Lawrence
📷 10 new license plate readers just reported around Lawrence, KS. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Lawrence
How Douglas County compares nationally
Douglas County ranks #723 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 119,547 residents and 1,272 miles of county roads — 4.0152 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Douglas County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Douglas County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Douglas
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.