Flock & ALPR Cameras in Helena, Montana
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Helena — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Helena in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:56 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Helena
The readers mapped around Helena break down as 2 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Nov 2025.
- North Sanders Street — 2 readers
Helena in the Lewis and Clark County picture
Lewis and Clark County has 2 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,098 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 72,580 residents and 2,919 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 94.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching Helena
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 Helena — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Helena (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Helena
- Montana agencies: Don't 'handcuff' investigations with facial recognition regulations
- To protect Montanans' privacy, we must address facial recognition technology | Columnists
What you can do in Helena
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 Helena
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).