Flock & ALPR Cameras in Johnson County, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 491 automated license plate readers across Johnson County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 unknown camera newly reported
- Oct 6 unknown camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Genetec camera newly reported
- Oct 6 unknown 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 Johnson County compares nationally
Johnson County ranks #224 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 10.4% nationally. The count covers 614,764 residents and 2,568 miles of county roads — 7.4012 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Johnson 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 Johnson County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Johnson
- No state laws govern license plate readers in Kansas, so JoCo departments are left to police themselves
- Prairie Village to put license plate readers and traffic cameras at 25+ intersections
- Merriam to install license plate cameras at two busy intersections to aid criminal investigations
- On the agenda: Johnson County Park And Rec meeting — surveillance camera (Jun 19)
What you can do in Johnson
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.