Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hays, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Hays — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Hays in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:57 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hays
The readers mapped around Hays break down as 2 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Feb 2026.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway — 2 readers
Hays in the Ellis County picture
Ellis County has 2 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,894 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 28,870 residents and 1,736 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 87.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching Hays
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 Hays — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hays (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hays
- Haysville city council debates future of Flock cameras
- Privacy concerns raised over Flock cameras in Haysville
What you can do in Hays
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 Hays
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).