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Arkansas has 1,111 mapped plate readers. 988 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Little Rock has the most (113), then Jonesboro (58) and Fort Smith (43). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Nov 24, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in Arkansas by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Arkansas each month
Plate readers of any maker added to the map each month, not only Flock-tagged ones. Lighter bars are estimates from the first-mapped dates of current points.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock-tagged readers first mapped each month
Each row counts the Flock-tagged readers first mapped that month, newest first. Months with none are left out. Each one carries the date it was first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 32 | 8 in Hot Springs and 4 in Little Rock |
| Sep 2026 | 41 | 6 in Fort Smith and 6 in Van Buren |
| Aug 2026 | 113 | 10 in Hot Springs and 10 in Little Rock |
| Jul 2026 | 121 | 16 in Little Rock and 9 in Pine Bluff |
| Jun 2026 | 104 | 11 in Fort Smith and 9 in Hot Springs |
| May 2026 | 91 | 24 in Jonesboro and 21 in Conway |
| Apr 2026 | 82 | 9 in Siloam Springs and 5 in Russellville |
| Mar 2026 | 54 | 6 in Marion and 5 in Clarksville |
| Feb 2026 | 40 | 4 in Arkadelphia and 4 in Conway |
| Jan 2026 | 42 | 6 in Little Rock and 4 in Farmington |
| Dec 2025 | 63 | 9 in Springdale and 7 in Jonesboro |
| Nov 2025 | 73 | 15 in Little Rock and 9 in Fort Smith |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Arkansas
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 35 agencies in Arkansas that use plate readers.
- Little Rock Police Department 40
- Private operators, not named 36
- Jonesboro Police Department 11
- Springdale Police 7
- Trumann Police Department 6
- XNA 4
- Rogers Police 2
- [Springdale Police] 1
- Greers Ferry 1
- Little Flock Police Department 1
Plate reader law in Arkansas
| Topic | Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Status | Law |
| Law | Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-12-1801 to -1808 (Automatic License Plate Reader System Act; Act 1491 of 2013, amended by Act 668 of 2025) |
| What it does | Makes plate-reader use unlawful except for listed uses: police checks against listed databases, parking enforcement, secured-area access, private property owners for safety, and highway police checks of commercial trucks. |
| How long it is kept | 150 days for most users; 60 days for a private landowner, leaseholder or commercial business (§ 12-12-1804(a), Act 668 of 2025) |
| Who it can be shared with | Not used or shared for any other purpose; a governmental entity may not sell, trade or exchange the data; police may share data that indicates evidence of an offense with other law enforcement agencies (§ 12-12-1804(a), (d)) |
| Public record? | Not called a public record: the data 'may be disclosed only' to the registered owner, with the owner's written consent, or as the federal Driver Privacy Protection Act permits; compiled practice and usage statistics are public records under the FOIA (§ 12-12-1808, Act 1491 of 2013) |
| Owner access | Yes: may be disclosed 'To the person to whom the vehicle is registered' (§ 12-12-1808(a)(1)(A)); not if a valid protection order against a joint registrant is presented (§ 12-12-1808(b)) |
| Public records law | Arkansas Freedom of Information Act of 1967, Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq. |
| Checked |
See Arkansas plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Arkansas: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Arkansas?
988 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Arkansas, as of November 7, 2026. The real number may be higher or lower: the map shows only the cameras mapped so far.
Which cities in Arkansas have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Little Rock (113), Jonesboro (58) and Fort Smith (43). The city list on this page shows each city with a Flock-tagged reader.
Is each mapped camera still there?
Not always. A point shows where someone mapped a camera. 1 of the 988 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
Arkansas's plate reader data
From OpenStreetMap, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. A free copy goes to anyone who asks: how it is made and how to ask.
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1,111 cameras listed or mapped in Arkansas so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-12-1801 to -1808 (Automatic License Plate Reader System Act; Act 1491 of 2013, amended by Act 668 of 2025): plate reader law, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Open Government Guide: public records law, checked Oct 25, 2026
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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