Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cooper County, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers across Cooper County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Cooper County compares nationally
Cooper County ranks #1,027 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 16,835 residents and 1,059 miles of county roads — 2.97 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Cooper 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 Cooper County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Cooper
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.