Flock & ALPR Cameras in Parsons, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Parsons — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Parsons in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:22 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Parsons
The readers mapped around Parsons break down as 6 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Dec 2024.
- US 400 — 3 readers
- US 59 — 1 reader
- Osborne Road — 1 reader
- Pratt Road — 1 reader
Parsons KS PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Parsons KS PD runs 5 cameras of its own, has logged 18 plate-database searches, has captured 64,100 vehicle records. Its network connects to 1,227 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: 18th Judicial District Drug Task Force - TN PD, 47th District Attorney's Office TX, Abilene KS PD, Abilene TX PD, Acworth GA PD, Ada County ID SO, Ada OK PD, Adairville KY PD.
Parsons in the Labette County picture
Labette County has 5 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,184 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 19,949 residents and 1,401 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 68.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
What’s watching Parsons
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 Parsons — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Parsons (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Parsons
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 Parsons
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).