The License-Plate Reader File · KansasIn reporting · updated Nov. 8, 2026

Who is reading your plate?
County by county.

Kansas lets agencies withhold records of plate data and reader locations under K.S.A. 45-221(a)(55), and legislative researchers wrote in 2022 that no state law specifically addressed reader data or policies. Wichita, Salina and Riley County use Flock cameras, most Johnson County departments use Genetec or other vendors, and Gardner's council voted in August 2026 to end its Flock program.

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A county’s color reflects any documented agency in it: the sheriff’s office or a city police department. “Not yet checked” is not the same as “none”.

Using license-plate readers
In use; some cameras may have been switched off or removed.
Removing or limiting cameras
Removing cameras beyond state roads, or limiting use, while some remain.
Use suspended
Cameras switched off or use paused; no contract termination reported.
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Records or reports show the agency bought or used plate readers, but no source found confirms whether they are still in use.
Ended or removed
Contract terminated, program discontinued, or all cameras removed.

Statewide

  1. March 25, 2021 SB 305 would have required written reader policies and exempted the data from the Open Records Act; the ACLU of Kansas testified against it. A 2024 legislative memo says it died in committee. (ACLU of Kansas, March 25, 2021; Kansas Legislative Research Department, Feb. 1, 2024)
  2. 2022 SB 434 proposed routing requests for reader records to the owning agency and adding them to records agencies need not disclose. (Kansas Legislative Research Department, 2022)
  3. Feb. 25, 2022 A Kansas Legislative Research memo said state law at that time had no provision aimed specifically at plate-reader data or policies. (Kansas Legislative Research Department, Feb. 25, 2022)
  4. Feb. 1, 2024 Legislative researchers reported K.S.A. 45-221(a)(55) lets public agencies withhold records containing captured plate data or concerning a reader's location. The 2021 text of 45-221 does not contain this language, so it was added after 2021. (Kansas Legislative Research Department, Feb. 1, 2024; Justia, 2021)
  5. July 2026 The Kansas Justice Institute sued Wichita in Sedgwick County District Court on behalf of a resident, alleging the city's Flock program violates the Kansas Constitution. These are allegations; no ruling has been reported. (Kansas Reflector, July 2026)
  6. Sept. 30, 2026 KCUR reported the Institute for Justice database lists five Kansas reader-abuse cases, and that Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a federal bill limiting sale and retention of reader data. (KCUR, Sept. 30, 2026)
  7. Oct. 1, 2026 The Johnson County Post reported that without comprehensive state or federal law, departments set their own reader rules. (Johnson County Post, Oct. 1, 2026)

State agencies

Kansas Highway Patrol

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
Count not documented
No count found.
  1. Feb. 25, 2022 A legislative research memo, relaying a patrol officer's 2021 testimony, said readings go to secure servers at the Houston HIDTA office, are held six months and then purged, and that logging in requires vetting and a valid law-enforcement purpose. (Kansas Legislative Research Department, Feb. 25, 2022)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Evidence older than 12 months.

From agency records.

Every county

All 105 counties
AllenProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Flock Safety—
AndersonChecked: no program found———
AtchisonChecked: no program found———
BarberChecked: no program found———
BartonProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Flock Safety20
BourbonChecked: no program found———
BrownChecked: no program found———
ButlerProgram documented, current use unconfirmed4Flock Safety25
ChaseChecked: no program found———
ChautauquaChecked: no program found———
CherokeeChecked: no program found———
CheyenneChecked: no program found———
ClarkChecked: no program found———
ClayChecked: no program found———
CloudChecked: no program found———
CoffeyChecked: no program found———
ComancheChecked: no program found———
CowleyProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Flock Safety6
CrawfordUsing license-plate readers2Flock Safety32
DecaturChecked: no program found———
DickinsonProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Flock Safety2
DoniphanChecked: no program found———
DouglasProgram documented, current use unconfirmed2——
EdwardsChecked: no program found———
ElkChecked: no program found———
EllisProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1—3
EllsworthChecked: no program found———
FinneyChecked: no program found———
FordUsing license-plate readers1Flock Safety—
FranklinUsing license-plate readers2Flock Safety2
GearyProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Flock Safety24
GoveChecked: no program found———
GrahamChecked: no program found———
GrantChecked: no program found———
GrayChecked: no program found———
GreeleyChecked: no program found———
GreenwoodChecked: no program found———
HamiltonChecked: no program found———
HarperChecked: no program found———
HarveyUsing license-plate readers1Flock Safety11
HaskellChecked: no program found———
HodgemanChecked: no program found———
JacksonChecked: no program found———
JeffersonChecked: no program found———
JewellChecked: no program found———
JohnsonUsing license-plate readers14Axis Communications, Axon, Flock Safety, Genetec, Leonardo (ELSAG)425
KearnyChecked: no program found———
KingmanChecked: no program found———
KiowaChecked: no program found———
LabetteProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Flock Safety5
LaneChecked: no program found———
LeavenworthProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Flock Safety19
LincolnChecked: no program found———
LinnChecked: no program found———
LoganChecked: no program found———
LyonChecked: no program found———
MarionChecked: no program found———
MarshallChecked: no program found———
McPhersonUsing license-plate readers2Flock Safety10
MeadeChecked: no program found———
MiamiChecked: no program found———
MitchellChecked: no program found———
MontgomeryProgram documented, current use unconfirmed3Flock Safety5
MorrisChecked: no program found———
MortonChecked: no program found———
NemahaChecked: no program found———
NeoshoProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Flock Safety—
NessProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Flock Safety2
NortonChecked: no program found———
OsageChecked: no program found———
OsborneChecked: no program found———
OttawaChecked: no program found———
PawneeUsing license-plate readers1Flock Safety4
PhillipsChecked: no program found———
PottawatomieChecked: no program found———
PrattChecked: no program found———
RawlinsChecked: no program found———
RenoChecked: no program found———
RepublicChecked: no program found———
RiceChecked: no program found———
RileyUsing license-plate readers1Flock Safety11
RooksChecked: no program found———
RushChecked: no program found———
RussellChecked: no program found———
SalineUsing license-plate readers1Flock Safety22
ScottChecked: no program found———
SedgwickUsing license-plate readers7Axon, Flock Safety250
SewardChecked: no program found———
ShawneeUsing license-plate readers2Leonardo (ELSAG), Rekor Systems26
SheridanChecked: no program found———
ShermanChecked: no program found———
SmithChecked: no program found———
StaffordChecked: no program found———
StantonChecked: no program found———
StevensChecked: no program found———
SumnerChecked: no program found———
ThomasChecked: no program found———
TregoChecked: no program found———
WabaunseeChecked: no program found———
WallaceChecked: no program found———
WashingtonChecked: no program found———
WichitaChecked: no program found———
WilsonChecked: no program found———
WoodsonChecked: no program found———
WyandotteUsing license-plate readers2Flock Safety—

How this map is built

We start with each county’s sheriff’s office and its largest city police departments, then work outward. Each agency’s entry says whether it comes from agency records or from news reports, and links every source. Companies are tracked separately, so the map can show one company’s customers or all license-plate readers together.

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