Flock & ALPR Cameras in Missoula, Montana
No cameras reported in and around Missoula — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.
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Help put Missoula on the map
The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed Missoula yet. ALPRs look like small gray cameras on poles, often solar-powered, near intersections and shopping centers. Spot one? Reporting takes about a minute.
No new reports near Missoula in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 20:14 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Missoula in the Missoula County picture
Missoula County has 9 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,868 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 119,639 residents and 4,545 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 79.6% of counties nationally.
Camera activity around Missoula, last 30 days
1 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Missoula. Latest change logged Aug 26, 2026.
Why this page exists
Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 87 across Montana. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like Missoula: a council consent-agenda item, then poles by the grocery store. Learn what they look like, check the roads you drive daily, and this page will update as reports come in.
The latest around Missoula
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- Use of license plate reader cameras in Missoula raises privacy concerns
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What you can do in Missoula
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 Missoula
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).