Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Ponchatoula — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Ponchatoula in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:58 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Ponchatoula
The readers mapped around Ponchatoula break down as 5 Flock Safety, 2 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Old US Highway 51 — 1 reader
- South Range Road — 1 reader
- US 51 Business — 1 reader
- North 1st Street — 1 reader
- LA 22 — 1 reader
- US 51 Business;LA 22 — 1 reader
- Parish Road 51 — 1 reader
Ponchatoula LA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Ponchatoula LA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 1 other agencies.
Ponchatoula 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 7 traffic.
Camera activity around Ponchatoula, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Ponchatoula. Latest change logged Aug 16, 2026.
What’s watching Ponchatoula
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 Ponchatoula — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Ponchatoula (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Ponchatoula
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 Ponchatoula
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).