Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Volunteers have reported 39 automated license plate readers in and around Lake Charles — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Lake Charles in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:34 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Lake Charles
The readers mapped around Lake Charles break down as 25 Flock Safety, 7 Neology, Inc., 4 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Derek Drive — 5 readers
- East McNeese Street — 3 readers
- Corbina Road — 3 readers
- 12th Street — 3 readers
- Common Street — 2 readers
- Moeling Street — 2 readers
- Barbe Street — 2 readers
- 5th Avenue — 2 readers
- Gerstner Memorial Boulevard — 2 readers
- Bord du Lac Drive — 2 readers
- Ryan Street — 1 reader
- Henrietta Lane — 1 reader
+ 11 more streets and roads mapped around Lake Charles — all on the live map above.
Lake Charles in the Calcasieu Parish picture
Calcasieu Parish has 71 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #910 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 208,668 residents and 1,983 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 17.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 29 traffic.
Camera activity around Lake Charles, last 30 days
9 newly reported, 2 removed in our hourly change log for Lake Charles. Latest change logged Sep 1, 2026.
What’s watching Lake Charles
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 Lake Charles — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Lake Charles (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Lake Charles
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Lake Charles, LA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Lake Charles, LA
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Lake Charles, LA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Lake Charles, LA
What you can do in Lake Charles
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 Lake Charles
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).