Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Volunteers have reported 154 automated license plate readers across Lafayette Parish — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Lafayette Parish compares nationally
Lafayette Parish ranks #458 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 21.4% nationally. The count covers 245,075 residents and 1,274 miles of county roads — 5.3453 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Lafayette Parish
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Lafayette Parish. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
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What you can do in Lafayette
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.