Flock & ALPR Cameras in Independence, Louisiana
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Independence — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 19 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Independence
The readers mapped around Independence break down as 2 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Dec 2025.
- LA 40 — 2 readers
Independence in the Tangipahoa Parish picture
Tangipahoa Parish has 52 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #771 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 135,218 residents and 1,977 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 23.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching Independence
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 Independence — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Independence (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Independence
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 Independence
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).