Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 53 automated license plate readers across Cape Girardeau County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Cape Girardeau County compares nationally
Cape Girardeau County ranks #392 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 18.3% nationally. The count covers 82,180 residents and 1,497 miles of county roads — 5.8408 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Cape Girardeau
- Flock cameras helped find robbery suspect, Cape Girardeau police say
- Cape Girardeau police defend use of Flock cameras
- Cape Girardeau community weighs in as debate over Flock Safety cameras continues
- Cape Girardeau Police Dept. pushing for real-time crime center
What you can do in Cape Girardeau
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.