Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ottawa, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Ottawa — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Ottawa in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 07:13 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Ottawa
The readers mapped around Ottawa break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West Wilson Street — 1 reader
- East 23rd Street — 1 reader
- KS 68 — 1 reader
- South Princeton Street — 1 reader
Ottawa KS PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Ottawa KS PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 24 other agencies.
Ottawa in the Franklin County picture
Franklin County has 5 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,413 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 25,994 residents and 1,409 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 69.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic.
Camera activity around Ottawa, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Ottawa. Latest change logged Aug 31, 2026.
What’s watching Ottawa
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 Ottawa — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Ottawa (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Ottawa
- In the minutes: Ottawa meeting, Flock camera (Oct 7)
- On the agenda: Ottawa meeting — Flock camera (Sep 23)
- In the minutes: Ottawa meeting, Flock camera (Sep 9)
What you can do in Ottawa
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 Ottawa
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).