Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ellsworth County, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 11 automated license plate readers across Ellsworth County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 20 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Ellsworth County compares nationally
Ellsworth County ranks #121 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 5.6% nationally. The count covers 6,366 residents and 1,212 miles of county roads — 9.4251 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Ellsworth
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.