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Cameras in Baton Rouge, LA
197 mapped plate readers, 50 traffic cameras and a red light camera program in Baton Rouge.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Baton Rouge, by camera type.
Baton Rouge: 197 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Lafayette 127, Kenner 84, New Orleans 138 and Ruston 34.
Speed cameras in Baton Rouge
None listed in Baton Rouge. Nearest city program in Louisiana: Opelousas, about 50 mi from the city line (approved, as of May 2023), not yet on this map.
7 speed or red light cameras are on the map, counted apart from official lists.
Red light cameras in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge runs a red light camera program (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council ↗ · current status not dated
The law, in short:
State law and local ordinance; Act 107 of 2025 (SB 99) limits speed cameras to school zones from August 1, 2025, Opelousas carve-out.
License plate readers in Baton Rouge
197 plate readers are on the map in Baton Rouge, and 167 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
23 more plate readers are on agency lists (East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office), counted apart.
First-mapped dates here run from Dec 23, 2024 to Nov 6, 2026. 152 of the 197 were first mapped in 2026, with 57 in January alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office and Southern University Police Department as agencies that use plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Baton Rouge
The Baton Rouge Police Department’s transparency portal does not list who can search its plate reads (Oct 13, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
Baton Rouge Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 13
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 39
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 13, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Baton Rouge
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Baton Rouge
From City of Baton Rouge / Parish of East Baton Rouge, Department of Information Services.
Camera tickets in Baton Rouge
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- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
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156,883 cameras listed or mapped 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.
- Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council: red light camera program, running, checked Oct 23, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, speed and red light cameras, 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
- East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, Louisiana: Camera locations: East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office. Read November 7, 2026.
- City of Baton Rouge / Parish of East Baton Rouge, Department of Information Services: Camera locations: Louisiana DOTD, via the City of Baton Rouge / Parish of East Baton Rouge. Read November 7, 2026.
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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