Flock Cameras in New Orleans, LA: Locations, Map & Count
As of 13 October 2026, 400 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped within 10 miles of downtown New Orleans (290 tagged Flock Safety), and 553 across the wider New Orleans metro, a box roughly 50 miles across, run by 12 operators. See each one on the live map below, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone. Free, no account. BanditKin is the private app that routes around them.
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What makes New Orleans different
A suburb out-cameras the core city, private operators show up in the top twenty, and 94% of the readers have a recorded facing — the New Orleans picture in brief.
The largest fleet on the map is not the city's own. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office runs 157 mapped cameras against New Orleans Police Department's 106 — a pattern we have seen in Denver, where Aurora outranks Denver PD, and in Cincinnati, where the county sheriff outranks the city force.
Not every reader here belongs to a public body. Lowe's (1) appears among the largest operators, and 1 of the cameras carrying an operator type is recorded as private.
94% of the mapped cameras around New Orleans (520 of 553) carry a facing direction — 75th of the 251 tracked metros. Bearings are what make camera-aware routing possible, so the higher that share, the more the avoidance layer can do here.
The paper trail is thin. The EFF Atlas of Surveillance documents 2 agencies using plate readers across this area, while the map records 12 distinct operators. That is a records gap rather than an absence of cameras, and it is why this page leans on mapped counts rather than agency filings.
Sheriff's offices are prominent: Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office and St. Charles County Sheriff's Office sit in the top twelve, alongside municipal forces such as New Orleans Police Department, Kenner Police Department, Slidell Police Department.
New Orleans Flock and ALPR cameras by the numbers
Four numbers that describe the New Orleans network, taken from the map above on the same day.
400
Flock & ALPR cameras within 10 miles of downtown New Orleans
553
Across the wider New Orleans metro (50-mile box)
12
Separate operating agencies on the map
520
Cameras with a recorded facing direction
Read from the live map on 13 October 2026. Since 5 October 2026 the 10-mile count moved from 370 to 400 (+30) and the metro-box count moved from 521 to 553 (+32). The underlying records are OpenStreetMap entries plus community submissions — nobody who operates a camera is obliged to declare it, so these are the documented minimum rather than the full picture. The metro is a box roughly 50 miles across centred on New Orleans.
How New Orleans compares
Mid-table on size among the 251 metro areas tracked, all counted the same way on the same day.
New Orleans ranks 92nd of the 251 metro areas BanditKin tracks by mapped cameras, between Norman, OK and Waterbury, CT, and 173rd by operator count.
On composition it ranks 91st on how much of the metro its largest operator holds (28%) and 75th on the share of cameras with a recorded bearing (94%) — a concentrated network.
Mapped ALPR cameras
553 — 92nd of 251
Separate operators on the map
12 — 173rd of 251
Cameras per operator
46.1 — 12th of 251
Largest operator's share
28% — 91st of 251
Share with a recorded bearing
94% — 75th of 251
Ranked against the 251 metro areas BanditKin tracks, every one read from the live map on 13 October 2026. Metro areas are drawn as a box around the city centre, so neighbouring metros can share cameras and these counts must never be added together.
Which departments run the cameras around New Orleans
Who runs New Orleans' plate readers — all 12 operators, by mapped cameras.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
157 cameras
New Orleans Police Department
106 cameras
Kenner Police Department
65 cameras
St. Charles County Sheriff's Office
21 cameras
St. Tammany County Sheriff's Office
18 cameras
Slidell Police Department
14 cameras
St. Bernard County Sheriff's Office
11 cameras
Westwego Police Department
6 cameras
Gretna Police Department
5 cameras
Plaquemines County Sheriff's Office
4 cameras
St. John the Baptist County Sheriff's Office
2 cameras
Lowe's
1 camera
These are all 12 operators. Where OpenStreetMap names an operator we use that name; otherwise the camera is attributed to whichever jurisdiction it stands in (409 cameras here), which is a sound inference rather than a confirmed fact. 143 cameras record no operator of any kind.
It isn't all Flock
'Flock' has become shorthand for any plate reader. Around New Orleans it is mostly accurate — 81% of the vendor-tagged cameras — but Neology accounts for 76.
Flock Safety
426 cameras
Neology
76 cameras
Axon Enterprise
16 cameras
Axis Communications
3 cameras
Genetec
3 cameras
Motorola Solutions
2 cameras
Verkada
1 camera
Manufacturer is a free-text field, so spellings and legal names have been consolidated here. 26 of 553 mapped cameras name no manufacturer at all, which makes the actual distribution broader than shown. These count cameras on the map, not purchase orders.
Where they sit, and which way they face
520 of the 553 mapped cameras around New Orleans record which way they point, which is what makes routing around them possible.
Most readers sit on a dedicated pole a few metres up, angled at one lane of traffic, with a solar panel above. Where the mount is recorded around New Orleans:
On a dedicated pole
191 cameras
On a street lamp
2 cameras
On a post
1 camera
One camera covers one approach, so its heading is what decides which journeys end up recorded. Around New Orleans the mapped bearings distribute like this:
Facing east
98 cameras
Facing west
93 cameras
Facing north
69 cameras
Facing south
66 cameras
Facing northwest
55 cameras
Facing southeast
53 cameras
Facing southwest
44 cameras
Facing northeast
42 cameras
Bearings come from public map data and describe an approximate capture zone, never an exact field of view. 33 mapped cameras have no recorded bearing.
Documented ALPR programs around New Orleans
The EFF Atlas of Surveillance documents 2 agencies around New Orleans with automated license plate readers; the map records 12 operators. Both are floors.
New Orleans Police Department
The New Orleans Police Department owned 46 automated license plate readers as of 2017.
Algiers Development District
The Algiers Development District approved the installation of 10 Flock Safety cameras in 2018. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
Seeing the cameras is free. Avoiding them is the app.
The map shows where the readers are and which way they face. BanditKin's navigation turns that into a routing preference: opt-in, field-of-view-aware, with a slider for how hard to try — and an honest fallback when no clean route exists.
This page is part of the Louisiana camera hub, which counts every camera inside the state line rather than by metro box. New to this? Read what ALPR cameras capture, how long it is kept, and who can search it. Not in New Orleans? Search the full map by any city.
ALPR camera maps for nearby and related cities: Baton Rouge, LA · Birmingham, AL · Houston, TX · Little Rock, AR · Memphis, TN · Atlanta, GA.
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How many Flock cameras are in New Orleans?
As of 13 October 2026, 400 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped within 10 miles of downtown New Orleans, 290 of them tagged Flock Safety. Across the wider metro, a box roughly 50 miles across, the map records 553 cameras run by 12 separate operators. That is a documented floor, not a full inventory: cameras appear as people map them, and 26 carry no manufacturer tag at all.
Where are Flock cameras in New Orleans?
Open the map at the top of this page: every mapped camera around New Orleans is plotted with its capture cone where a bearing is recorded. They cluster at junctions, on arterial roads and at the entrances to shopping centres. Missing one? Report it on the map.
Who operates the ALPR cameras around New Orleans?
12 operators in total, led by Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (157) and New Orleans Police Department (106). Of the cameras with a recorded operator type, 196 are police, 213 are sheriff's offices and 1 is privately run.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in New Orleans?
Yes, within limits. BanditKin routes around the 520 New Orleans cameras whose facing direction is known (94% of the total), with a slider for how hard to try, and it tells you honestly when no camera-free route exists. It is off by default and never sends your identity or location.
Is this map free? Do I need an account?
Yes, the map is free, and no account is needed. It is built on public data — OpenStreetMap and the EFF Atlas of Surveillance — plus community reports. The BanditKin app adds the private navigation that routes around the cameras.