Flock & ALPR Cameras in Rolla, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Rolla — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 22 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 19 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Rolla
The readers mapped around Rolla break down as 6 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- North Bishop Avenue — 2 readers
- MO 72 — 2 readers
- US 63 — 1 reader
- East 10th Street — 1 reader
Rolla in the Phelps County picture
Phelps County has 10 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,298 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 44,948 residents and 2,438 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 65.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (2).
What’s watching Rolla
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 Rolla — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Rolla (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Rolla
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 Rolla
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).