Flock & ALPR Cameras in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Volunteers have reported 25 automated license plate readers across Rapides Parish — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 17 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Rapides Parish compares nationally
Rapides Parish ranks #1,763 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 128,470 residents and 2,348 miles of county roads — 1.0119 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Rapides 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 Rapides Parish. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Rapides
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.