Flock & ALPR Cameras in Springfield, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 64 automated license plate readers in and around Springfield — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Springfield in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:10 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Springfield
The readers mapped around Springfield break down as 53 Flock Safety, 10 Motorola Solutions, 1 Neology, Inc.. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West Chestnut Expressway — 4 readers
- West Grand Street — 4 readers
- East Kearney Street — 4 readers
- West Kearney Street — 4 readers
- Schoolcraft Freeway — 4 readers
- North Kansas Expressway — 4 readers
- North Glenstone Avenue — 3 readers
- West Mount Vernon Street — 2 readers
- West Walnut Street — 2 readers
- East Primrose Street — 2 readers
- Springfield — 2 readers
- East Chestnut Expressway — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Springfield — all on the live map above.
Springfield MO PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Springfield MO PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 150 other agencies.
Springfield in the Greene County picture
Greene County has 92 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,007 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 301,121 residents and 2,930 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 20.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 38 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (1).
Camera activity around Springfield, last 30 days
4 newly reported, 7 removed in our hourly change log for Springfield. Latest change logged Aug 25, 2026.
What’s watching Springfield
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 Springfield — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Springfield (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Springfield
- Two People Were Arrested at a Springfield, Missouri, Council Meeting After Leaders Blocked Public Comment on a Proposed Review of 41 Flock License Plate Cameras
- On the agenda: Springfield City Council Meeting — ALPR (Sep 21)
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Springfield, MO
- 7 license plate readers reported removed near Springfield, MO
What you can do in Springfield
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 Springfield
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).