Flock & ALPR Cameras in Independence, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 30 automated license plate readers in and around Independence — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 1 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 7 Genetec camera newly reported
- Sep 7 Genetec camera newly reported
- Sep 7 Genetec camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Independence
The readers mapped around Independence break down as 14 Genetec, 10 Flock Safety, 5 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2026; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- East 23rd Street South — 5 readers
- North Noland Road — 5 readers
- East 39th Street South — 4 readers
- South Noland Road — 3 readers
- East 35th Street South — 3 readers
- Clifton J. Scott Memorial Highway — 2 readers
- North Lee's Summit Road — 2 readers
- West Walnut Street — 2 readers
- West Lexington Avenue — 2 readers
- East Truman Road — 1 reader
Independence MO PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Independence MO PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 26 other agencies.
Independence in the Jackson County picture
Jackson County has 580 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #184 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 8.6% nationally. That’s across 717,021 residents and 3,599 road miles. By road density that is 0.16 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 23 traffic.
Camera activity around Independence, last 30 days
12 newly reported, 4 removed in our hourly change log for Independence. Latest change logged Sep 7, 2026.
What’s watching Independence
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Independence — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Independence (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Independence
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Independence, MO
- 4 license plate readers reported removed near Independence, MO
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Independence, MO
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Independence, MO
What you can do in Independence
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Independence
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).