Flock & ALPR Cameras in Paducah, Kentucky
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around Paducah — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Paducah in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Paducah
The readers mapped around Paducah break down as 11 Flock Safety, 1 Flock. Named operators in the reports: PaducahPD. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Apr 2026.
- Park Avenue — 4 readers
- Trimble Street — 1 reader
- South 9th Street — 1 reader
- H C Mathis Drive — 1 reader
- Estelle Street — 1 reader
- North 4th Street — 1 reader
- Ohio Street — 1 reader
- North 32nd Street — 1 reader
- Kentucky Avenue — 1 reader
Paducah KY PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Paducah KY PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 76 other agencies.
Paducah in the McCracken County picture
McCracken County has 40 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #385 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 18% nationally. That’s across 67,584 residents and 732 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 11.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic. Operators named on the record: PaducahPD (3).
What’s watching Paducah
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 Paducah — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Paducah (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Paducah
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 Paducah
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).