Flock & ALPR Cameras in Odessa, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Odessa — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Odessa in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 21:32 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Odessa
The readers mapped around Odessa break down as 8 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West Old U.S. 40 — 2 readers
- MO FF — 2 readers
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway — 1 reader
- MO 131 — 1 reader
- MO OO — 1 reader
- MO O — 1 reader
Odessa MO PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Odessa MO PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 42 other agencies.
Odessa in the Lafayette County picture
Lafayette County has 15 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #613 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 32,974 residents and 1,428 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 42.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic.
Camera activity around Odessa, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Odessa. Latest change logged Aug 18, 2026.
What’s watching Odessa
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 Odessa — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Odessa (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Odessa
What you can do in Odessa
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 Odessa
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).