Flock & ALPR Cameras in Wellington, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Wellington — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Wellington in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 01:10 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Wellington
The readers mapped around Wellington break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2025; the most recent in Apr 2026.
- South Hoover Road — 1 reader
- North A Street — 1 reader
- East 16th Street — 1 reader
- Lynn Burris Drive — 1 reader
Wellington KS PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Wellington KS PD runs 4 cameras of its own, has logged 13 plate-database searches, has captured 43,744 vehicle records. Its network connects to 228 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: 18th Judicial District DA's Office- LA PD, 18th Judicial District Drug Task Force - TN PD, Abilene KS PD, Accomack County VA SO, Acushnet MA PD, Acworth GA PD, Adairsville GA PD, Adamsville AL PD.
Wellington in the Sumner County picture
Sumner County has 14 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #344 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 16.1% nationally. That’s across 22,386 residents and 2,075 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 53.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic.
What’s watching Wellington
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 Wellington — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Wellington (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Wellington
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 Wellington
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).