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Louisiana has 2,340 mapped plate readers. 1,807 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Baton Rouge has the most (167), then Lafayette (126) and Metairie (104). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Nov 20, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
See who runs them · Cameras in Louisiana · What is a Flock camera? · Flock cameras in the US · Plate reader maps compared
Flock cameras in Louisiana by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Louisiana 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 | 64 | 14 in Metairie and 9 in Shreveport |
| Sep 2026 | 91 | 11 in Shreveport and 7 in New Orleans |
| Aug 2026 | 199 | 30 in Shreveport and 10 in Lake Charles |
| Jul 2026 | 159 | 10 in Baton Rouge and 7 in DeRidder |
| Jun 2026 | 85 | 9 in St. George and 8 in New Orleans |
| May 2026 | 54 | 6 in Baton Rouge and 3 in Kenner |
| Apr 2026 | 82 | 9 in Baton Rouge and 5 in Lafayette |
| Mar 2026 | 61 | 7 in Lafayette and 6 in New Orleans |
| Feb 2026 | 77 | 8 in Baton Rouge and 7 in Metairie |
| Jan 2026 | 254 | 50 in Baton Rouge and 33 in Kenner |
| Dec 2025 | 137 | 15 in Baton Rouge and 10 in St. George |
| Nov 2025 | 150 | 27 in Bossier City and 17 in Shreveport |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Louisiana
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 27 agencies in Louisiana that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 12
- Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office 4
- LA PD / UL PD 3
- Louisiana Tech University 1
Plate reader law in Louisiana
| Topic | Louisiana |
|---|---|
| Status | No state law found |
| Public records law | Louisiana Public Records Law, La. R.S. 44:1 et seq. |
| Checked |
See Louisiana plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Louisiana: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Louisiana?
1,807 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Louisiana, 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 Louisiana have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Baton Rouge (167), Lafayette (126) and Metairie (104). 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. 19 of the 1,807 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
Louisiana'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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2,463 cameras listed or mapped in Louisiana 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
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes: plate reader laws by state, 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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