Flock & ALPR Cameras in Olathe, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 66 automated license plate readers in and around Olathe — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Olathe in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 07:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Olathe
The readers mapped around Olathe break down as 44 Genetec, 11 Motorola Solutions, 7 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: JCPRD. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- East Santa Fe Street — 13 readers
- West 119th Street — 7 readers
- West Old 56 Highway — 5 readers
- K-7 — 4 readers
- South Harrison Street — 4 readers
- Olathe — 4 readers
- South Black Bob Road — 4 readers
- West 135th Street — 4 readers
- US 169;K-7 — 3 readers
- West 151st Street — 3 readers
- West Santa Fe Street — 3 readers
- West Harold Street — 2 readers
+ 8 more streets and roads mapped around Olathe — all on the live map above.
Olathe in the Johnson County picture
Johnson County has 455 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #224 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 10.4% nationally. That’s across 614,764 residents and 2,568 road miles. By road density that is 0.18 cameras per road mile, in the top 1.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 66 traffic. Operators named on the record: JCPRD (2).
Camera activity around Olathe, last 30 days
2 newly reported, 2 removed in our hourly change log for Olathe. Latest change logged Aug 26, 2026.
What’s watching Olathe
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 Olathe — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Olathe (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Olathe
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Olathe, KS
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Olathe, KS
What you can do in Olathe
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.
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Cameras near Olathe
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).