Flock & ALPR Cameras in Gardner, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 14 automated license plate readers in and around Gardner — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Gardner is on the record here. Gardner City Council on August 17, 2026 agreed to turn off the city’s Flock cameras immediately and not renew the contract. KMBC reported August 18 that some cameras were covered by Tuesday, and that Gardner Police confirmed it discontinued all city Flock cameras and notified the vendor the contract was canceled. Council member Kelly Johnson said the vote covers only city-controlled cameras, not Johnson County or state units nearby. Resident Bradley Steinmetz of No Flock in Gardner said more than 1,200 vendors had access through the Flock system.
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No new reports near Gardner in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:23 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Gardner
The readers mapped around Gardner break down as 12 Genetec, 1 Motorola Solutions, 1 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: unknown. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Sep 2025.
- West 191st Street — 3 readers
- West 188th Street — 2 readers
- Gardner Road — 2 readers
- South Moonlight Road — 2 readers
- Waverly Road — 1 reader
- South Center Street — 1 reader
- East Main Street — 1 reader
- North Center Street — 1 reader
- West Main Street — 1 reader
Gardner KS PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Gardner KS PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 23 other agencies.
Gardner in the Johnson County picture
Johnson County has 455 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #224 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 10.4% nationally. That’s across 614,764 residents and 2,568 road miles. By road density that is 0.18 cameras per road mile, in the top 1.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 13 traffic. Operators named on the record: unknown (1).
Camera activity around Gardner, last 30 days
1 newly reported, 3 removed in our hourly change log for Gardner. Latest change logged Aug 22, 2026.
What’s watching Gardner
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 Gardner — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Gardner (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Gardner
What you can do in Gardner
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 Gardner
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).