Flock & ALPR Cameras in Buchanan County, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 54 automated license plate readers across Buchanan County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 9 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Buchanan County compares nationally
Buchanan County ranks #511 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 23.9% nationally. The count covers 83,855 residents and 2,165 miles of county roads — 5.0086 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Buchanan County
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 Buchanan County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Buchanan
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.