Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cozad, Nebraska
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Cozad — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Cozad in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 20:47 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Cozad
The readers mapped around Cozad break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Jan 2026.
- West Highway 30 — 2 readers
- Highway 30 — 1 reader
- F Street — 1 reader
- South Meridian Avenue — 1 reader
NE - Cozad PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, NE - Cozad PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 35 other agencies.
Cozad in the Dawson County picture
Dawson County has 31 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #61 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 2.8% nationally. That’s across 24,020 residents and 1,705 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 30.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Cozad
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 Cozad — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Cozad (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Cozad
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 Cozad
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).