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St. Joseph has 45 mapped plate readers. 45 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Nov 16, 2025 and Sep 25, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long, within state law.
Flock cameras in St. Joseph: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 64503 has the most (24), then 64506 (11) and 64501 (10).
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 64501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jun 24, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 24, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 24, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north and east-southeast (as mapped) | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64501 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Direction not mapped | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Dec 20, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Dec 20, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Dec 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Dec 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Dec 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 3, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 11, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jan 11, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jun 13, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jun 24, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Aug 4, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64503 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64506 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Nov 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64506 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Nov 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64506 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64506 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64506 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64506 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Dec 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64506 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Dec 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 64506 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jan 18, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64506 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jan 18, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64506 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north and north-northwest (as mapped) | Jan 18, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 64506 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Feb 5, 2026 |
Near you: Flock cameras near me.
Who runs the Flock cameras in St. Joseph
None of these say who runs them yet.
What the Flock cameras in St. Joseph keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- Not listed yet.
- Kept for
- Not published on the map. Each operator sets its own. Flock Safety’s FAQ: “Flock recommends a 7-day default.”
- Who sees it
- Whoever runs it, and those it shares with.
- How to ask
- Read the operator's policy. Or ask the city for its records.
Who can search plate reads in St. Joseph
214 agencies can search reads from the St. Joseph Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
St. Joseph Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 214
- Other organizations on its list
- 2
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 23
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 85
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in St. Joseph
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in St. Joseph were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from November 16, 2025 to September 25, 2026. 31 of the 45 were first mapped in 2026, with 13 in June alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras near St. Joseph
Flock cameras in St. Joseph, MO: questions
How many Flock cameras are in St. Joseph?
45 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in St. Joseph, MO, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in St. Joseph?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 64503 has the most (24).
Who runs the plate readers in St. Joseph?
None of these plate readers say who runs them yet. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within Missouri law.
Which agencies around St. Joseph use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists St. Joseph Police Department and Buchanan County Sheriff's Office as agencies that use plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
44 of the 45 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each of those as a cone.
Know when cameras in St. Joseph change.
Free email alerts for new plate readers mapped near your places. One summary email a month.
- When a plate reader is first mapped near you
- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
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.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers in St. Joseph, MO, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Flock Safety FAQ: the default retention quoted in What they keep, read Oct 24, 2026
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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