Flock & ALPR Cameras in Kiowa, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Kiowa — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Kiowa in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 01:30 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Kiowa
The readers mapped around Kiowa break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- US 281 — 2 readers
- Main Street — 1 reader
- KS 2 — 1 reader
Kiowa in the Barber County picture
Barber County has 7 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #31 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 1.4% nationally. That’s across 4,153 residents and 1,289 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 58.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic.
What’s watching Kiowa
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 Kiowa — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Kiowa (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Kiowa
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 Kiowa
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).