Flock & ALPR Cameras in Platte County, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 50 automated license plate readers across Platte County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 License plate reader newly reported
- Oct 4 Leonardo camera newly reported
- Oct 4 Leonardo camera newly reported
- Sep 12 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 7 new license plate readers just reported around Raytown, MO. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Raytown
📷 15 new license plate readers just reported around Kansas City, MO. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #KansasCity
How Platte County compares nationally
Platte County ranks #623 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 108,751 residents and 1,342 miles of county roads — 4.5057 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Platte 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 Platte County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Platte
- Platte City Board of Aldermen keep Flock cameras, approve safety guidelines
- Platte City residents remain divided as the city adds new limits to its flock cameras
- New rules for Flock cameras in Platte City
- Platte City residents remain divided as city adds new limits to Flock cameras
What you can do in Platte
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.