Flock & ALPR Cameras in McPherson, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers in and around McPherson — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in McPherson
The readers mapped around McPherson break down as 9 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- East Kansas Avenue — 3 readers
- I 135;US 81 — 2 readers
- East 1st Street — 1 reader
- County Road 1961 — 1 reader
- West Kansas Avenue — 1 reader
- Centennial Drive — 1 reader
McPherson KS PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, McPherson KS PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 10 other agencies.
McPherson in the McPherson County picture
McPherson County has 22 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #233 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 10.9% nationally. That’s across 30,130 residents and 1,569 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 36.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic.
Camera activity around McPherson, last 30 days
1 removed in our hourly change log for McPherson. Latest change logged Aug 18, 2026.
What’s watching McPherson
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 McPherson — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to McPherson (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in McPherson
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 McPherson
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).