Flock & ALPR Cameras in Union, Missouri
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Union — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Union in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 12:30 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Union
The readers mapped around Union break down as 4 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Union PD, Union Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- US 50 — 2 readers
- MO 47 — 1 reader
- Union — 1 reader
Union MO PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Union MO PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 16 other agencies.
Union in the Franklin County picture
Franklin County has 19 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,453 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 105,316 residents and 2,675 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 52.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic. Operators named on the record: Union PD (2), Union Police Department (1).
What’s watching Union
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 Union — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Union (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Union
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 Union
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).