Flock & ALPR Cameras in Washington Parish, Louisiana
Volunteers have reported 25 automated license plate readers across Washington Parish — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 29 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 14 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 10 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Washington Parish compares nationally
Washington Parish ranks #873 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 45,238 residents and 1,963 miles of county roads — 3.5368 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Washington 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 Washington Parish. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Washington
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- Va. police can keep license plate data indefinitely, state Supreme Court rules
What you can do in Washington
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.