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Kansas has 2,089 mapped plate readers. 1,323 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Wichita has the most (368), then Kansas City (84) and Pittsburg (33). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Nov 23, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in Kansas by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Kansas 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 | 10 | 4 in Wichita and 1 in Clearwater |
| Sep 2026 | 27 | 6 in Kansas City and 4 in Marysville |
| Aug 2026 | 91 | 13 in Wichita and 12 in Kansas City |
| Jul 2026 | 119 | 21 in Wichita and 7 in Great Bend |
| Jun 2026 | 80 | 11 in Wichita and 4 in Overland Park |
| May 2026 | 44 | 4 in Kansas City and 3 in Hutchinson |
| Apr 2026 | 62 | 13 in Wichita and 3 in Lenexa |
| Mar 2026 | 138 | 60 in Wichita and 5 in Colwich |
| Feb 2026 | 147 | 81 in Wichita and 18 in Kansas City |
| Jan 2026 | 113 | 21 in Wichita and 13 in Leavenworth |
| Dec 2025 | 71 | 19 in Wichita and 5 in Kansas City |
| Nov 2025 | 171 | 56 in Wichita and 13 in Derby |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Kansas
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 52 agencies in Kansas that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 16
- Wichita Police Department 6
- Salina Police 5
- Abilene Police 3
- Cherokee County SO 1
- Quapaw Nation 1
- Riley County Sheriff 1
Plate reader law in Kansas
| Topic | Kansas |
|---|---|
| Status | Law |
| Law | K.S.A. 45-221(a)(55) (Kansas Open Records Act exemption) |
| What it does | A public-records exemption only: agencies need not disclose captured plate data or records about where a reader is; it does not regulate use. |
| Public record? | Not required to be disclosed: 'Records of a public agency that contain captured license plate data or that pertain to the location of an automated license plate recognition system' (K.S.A. 45-221(a)(55)) |
| Public records law | Kansas Open Records Act, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq. |
| Checked |
See Kansas plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Kansas: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Kansas?
1,323 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Kansas, 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 Kansas have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Wichita (368), Kansas City (84) and Pittsburg (33). 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. 4 of the 1,323 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
Kansas'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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2,162 cameras listed or mapped in Kansas 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
- K.S.A. 45-221(a)(55) (Kansas Open Records Act exemption): 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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