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License-plate readers · Saline County

Saline County

Using license-plate readers · 1 agency documented

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Salina Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
22
22 fixed readers, per KSAL, June 1, 2026; KSAL's Aug. 27, 2026 story also gives 22 cameras. Salina Post also lists two portable units under the renewal (see notes). Lowe's separately operates two Flock cameras in the city and shares data with police, per KSAL.
Contract
Flock Safety: $169,950 total · from Nov. 21, 2022 · to April 2026 · Original three-year contract for 22 fixed readers; KSAL says nearly $170,000. Salina Post adds $18,000 for two portable units. Salina Post says the contract expired in April 2026 and the system was first implemented in 2023. (Salina Post, June 1, 2026; KSAL, Nov. 21, 2022)
Contract
Flock Safety: $198,000 total · from June 1, 2026 · Three-year renewal for 22 fixed readers, $3,000 per camera per year per KSAL. (KSAL, June 1, 2026; KSAL, Aug. 27, 2026; Salina Post, June 1, 2026)
  1. Nov. 21, 2022 City commission unanimously approved a three-year Flock contract of nearly $170,000 for 22 fixed readers. (KSAL, Nov. 21, 2022)
  2. June 1, 2026 City commission voted 4-1 to renew for three years at $198,000, with Commissioner Doug Rempp voting no; nearly 20 residents spoke, almost all opposed. (KSAL, June 1, 2026; Salina Post, June 1, 2026)
  3. Aug. 27, 2026 Police said all 72 sworn officers have trained access, officers run about 900 searches a month, data is erased after one month and other agencies need department permission to access it. (KSAL, Aug. 27, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Salina Post reports the renewal raises the two portable units to $21,000; KSAL's renewal story covers only the 22 fixed readers.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

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.