Flock & ALPR Cameras in Kirkwood, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Kirkwood — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Kirkwood in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:10 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Kirkwood
The readers mapped around Kirkwood break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Feb 2026.
- Big Bend Road — 2 readers
- South Kirkwood Road — 1 reader
- Colony Woods Drive — 1 reader
Kirkwood MO PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Kirkwood MO PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 12 other agencies.
Kirkwood in the St. Louis County picture
St. Louis County has 481 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #558 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 996,618 residents and 4,173 road miles. By road density that is 0.12 cameras per road mile, in the top 3.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching Kirkwood
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 Kirkwood — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Kirkwood (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Kirkwood
What you can do in Kirkwood
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.
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Cameras near Kirkwood
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).