Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lyons, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Lyons — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 20 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Lyons
The readers mapped around Lyons break down as 2 Flock Safety, 1 Rekor. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in May 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Tobias Drive — 2 readers
- KS 14 — 1 reader
Lyons in the Rice County picture
Rice County has 1 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,735 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 9,389 residents and 1,125 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 91.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (1).
What’s watching Lyons
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 Lyons — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Lyons (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Lyons
What you can do in Lyons
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 Lyons
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).