Flock & ALPR Cameras in Monroe City, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Monroe City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Monroe City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 9, 02:38 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Monroe City
The readers mapped around Monroe City break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Chicago-Kansas City Expressway — 2 readers
- US 24 — 1 reader
Monroe City in the Monroe County picture
Monroe County has 2 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,255 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 8,672 residents and 1,321 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 84.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Monroe City
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 Monroe City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Monroe City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Monroe City
- Monroe City Council votes unanimously to terminate Flock contract
- Monroe City Council votes to remove Flock cameras
- Protesters Demand Monroe City Halt Flock Safety Surveillance Amid Privacy Concerns
- Protesters gather outside Monroe City Hall , demand city end its contract with Flock Safety
What you can do in Monroe City
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 Monroe City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).