Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hesston, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Hesston — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Hesston in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 18, 13:10 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hesston
The readers mapped around Hesston break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Mar 2026.
- I 135;US 81 — 1 reader
- East Lincoln Boulevard — 1 reader
- North Ridge Road — 1 reader
- Dutch Avenue — 1 reader
Hesston KS PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Hesston KS PD runs 3 cameras of its own, has logged 10 plate-database searches, has captured 35,907 vehicle records. Its network connects to 100 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Abilene KS PD, Allen County KS SO, Andover KS PD, Atchison County KS SO, Augusta KS DPS, Barber County KS SO, Barton County KS SO, Bel Aire KS PD.
Hesston in the Harvey County picture
Harvey County has 7 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,355 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 33,823 residents and 1,239 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 57.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic.
What’s watching Hesston
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 Hesston — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hesston (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Hesston
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 Hesston
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).