Flock & ALPR cameras in Kentucky
Public map data records 1,937 ALPR cameras inside Kentucky's borders as of 3 September 2026, run by 176 different operators. Around Covington the map records 1,228, the most of any KY metro. See every camera, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone — free, no account.
Kentucky's network is moderately concentrated: Louisville Metro Police Department runs 398 of the state's mapped cameras (21%), and the remaining 79% are split across 175 other agencies and businesses. Unlike metro-area counts, this figure is counted inside the state line, so nothing from neighbouring states leaks in. 400 of the 1,937 cameras carry no operator at all, so the operator shares above are shares of the attributed cameras.
Open the live camera mapWhich Kentucky cities have Flock cameras?
What the public map records around each Kentucky metro on 3 September 2026.
Covington
1,228 cameras
852 cameras
342 cameras
Owensboro
86 cameras
Bowling Green
40 cameras
Louisville and Lexington have full pages with operator, vendor and direction breakdowns; the other metros are covered by the live map. Bounding-box counts around each city centre — good for ranking metros, wrong for summing. The only clean state total is the polygon-counted figure in the headline.
The largest ALPR operators in Kentucky
Kentucky's largest ALPR operators, counted inside the state line.
Louisville Metro Police Department
398 cameras
Lexington Police Department
170 cameras
Elizabethtown Police Department
51 cameras
Jeffersonville Police Department
32 cameras
Lowe's
29 cameras
Paducah Police Department
23 cameras
Jeffersontown Police Department
22 cameras
Owensboro Police Department
19 cameras
There is a clear leader — Louisville Metro Police Department, 398 cameras — and then a long, flat tail of 175 other operators. Retail and private operators show up in the top twelve (Lowe's), which is worth knowing: those cameras are not run by any police agency.
Operator attribution comes from OpenStreetMap tagging where recorded and otherwise from the jurisdiction a camera sits in — a strong signal, not a confirmed record. 1,320 of the 1,937 cameras here carry an inferred operator.
It isn't all Flock in Kentucky
The vendor mix behind the state's plate readers.
Flock Safety
1,689 cameras
Motorola Solutions
8 cameras
Axis Communications
6 cameras
Rekor
2 cameras
Neology
2 cameras
1,689 of 1,709 vendor-recorded cameras in Kentucky are Flock Safety. Motorola Solutions is the main non-Flock vendor with 8. Unrecorded vendor: 228.
Mounts recorded for Kentucky: pole (549), street lamp (22), gantry (1), post (1). Bearing coverage is 92% — 1,786 cameras have a facing direction on the map, and those are the ones the avoidance layer can actually work with.
Documented ALPR programs in Kentucky
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance documents 59 agencies in Kentucky with automated license plate readers, from public records and news reports. The map records 176 operators — the gap between the two is the difference between a records project and a mapping project, not a contradiction.
Lexington Police Department — Fayette County
Lexington Police Department uses automated license plate readers. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Kentucky State Police — Franklin County
The Kentucky State Police uses automated license plate readers.
Louisville Metro Police Department — Jefferson County
The Louisville Metro Police Department has used automated license plate readers since at least 2007.
Boone County Sheriff's Office — Boone County
The Boone County Sheriff's Office has used automated license plate readers since 2012.
Paducah Police Department — McCracken County
The Paducah Police Department has used automated license plate readers since 2018.
Versailles Police Department — Woodford County
The Versailles Police Department installed 18 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in early 2023. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
Kentucky ALPR questions
How many Flock cameras are there in Kentucky?
Public map data records 1,937 ALPR cameras inside Kentucky as of 3 September 2026, counted against the state boundary rather than by metro box. 1,689 of the vendor-tagged ones are Flock Safety. Treat it as a floor: cameras appear as people map them, and rural areas are thinly covered.
Which cities in Kentucky have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Covington (1,228), Louisville (852), Lexington (342), Owensboro (86), Bowling Green (40). Smaller KY towns appear on the live map too — these are simply the biggest metro areas.
Who operates ALPR cameras in Kentucky?
The lead operator is Louisville Metro Police Department at 398 cameras, but it holds only 21% of the state; the rest is split among 175 other agencies and businesses.
Are all the plate readers in Kentucky made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 1,689 of 1,709 vendor-recorded cameras (99%); Motorola Solutions accounts for 8, and 228 cameras have no vendor recorded at all. 'Flock camera' is the common name, but the map covers every ALPR it can find.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in Kentucky?
BanditKin's navigation offers opt-in, field-of-view-aware camera avoidance with a strength slider, using the 1,786 Kentucky cameras that have a recorded facing direction. If no camera-free route exists it says so and falls back to the normal route. Preferring not to be logged by a commercial surveillance network is a privacy preference — the app uses public camera-location data.