Flock & ALPR Cameras in Pittsburg, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 33 automated license plate readers in and around Pittsburg — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 8, 2026 On the agenda: Pittsburg Download : 9-8-2026 City Commission Meeting Agenda — FLOCK CAMERA (Sep 8)
- Aug 25, 2026 On the agenda: Pittsburg Download : 8-25-2026 City Commission Meeting Agenda — license plate recognition (Aug 25)
- Jul 14, 2026 On the agenda: Pittsburg Download : 07-14-2026 City Commission Meeting Agenda — License Plate Recognition (Jul 14)
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- Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Pittsburg
The readers mapped around Pittsburg break down as 34 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- South 220th Street — 3 readers
- US 400 — 3 readers
- East 23rd Street — 3 readers
- West Quincy Street — 3 readers
- North Joplin Street — 3 readers
- West 4th Street — 2 readers
- South Rouse Avenue — 2 readers
- South Broadway Street — 2 readers
- KS 171 — 1 reader
- West Centennial Drive — 1 reader
- Pittsburg High School Trail — 1 reader
- US 69;US 160 — 1 reader
+ 9 more streets and roads mapped around Pittsburg — all on the live map above.
Pittsburg KS PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Pittsburg KS PD runs 32 cameras of its own, has captured 123,461 vehicle records. Its network connects to 69 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Pittsburg in the Crawford County picture
Crawford County has 46 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #75 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 3.5% nationally. That’s across 38,963 residents and 1,301 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 17.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 18 traffic.
Camera activity around Pittsburg, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Pittsburg. Latest change logged Aug 20, 2026.
What’s watching Pittsburg
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 Pittsburg — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Pittsburg (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Pittsburg
- On the agenda: Pittsburg Download : 9-8-2026 City Commission Meeting Agenda — FLOCK CAMERA (Sep 8)
- On the agenda: Pittsburg Download : 8-25-2026 City Commission Meeting Agenda — license plate recognition (Aug 25)
- On the agenda: Pittsburg Download : 07-14-2026 City Commission Meeting Agenda — License Plate Recognition (Jul 14)
What you can do in Pittsburg
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 Pittsburg
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).