Flock & ALPR Cameras in Covington, Kentucky
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Covington — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Covington in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:03 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Covington
The readers mapped around Covington break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- West Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard — 1 reader
- Simon Kenton Way — 1 reader
- Madison Avenue — 1 reader
Covington in the Kenton County picture
Kenton County has 33 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,399 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 169,817 residents and 840 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 16% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
Camera activity around Covington, last 30 days
4 removed in our hourly change log for Covington. Latest change logged Sep 4, 2026.
What’s watching Covington
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 Covington — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Covington (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Covington
- On the agenda: Covington 20260908 BOC Minutes — Flock Camera (Sep 8)
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Covington, KY
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Covington, KY
What you can do in Covington
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 Covington
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).