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Campbell

Using license-plate readers · 10 agencies documented

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Newport Police Department

Status
Ended or removed
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
Count not documented
Pilot camera count not reported. Police had considered a two-year contract for six cameras (WVXU).
Sources
LINK nky (via WCPO 9 partnership), July 14, 2026; WVXU, Aug. 28, 2026; LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026
  1. July 8, 2026 Residents raised privacy concerns about the Flock pilot at a police town hall. (LINK nky (via WCPO 9 partnership), July 14, 2026)
  2. July 14, 2026 The city ended its Flock pilot and decided not to buy the cameras. It stopped using them immediately and expected them to be removed within about a week. (LINK nky (via WCPO 9 partnership), July 14, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • LINK nky's August 2026 records review listed Newport as having no ALPR contract.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Fort Thomas Police Department

Status
Ended or removed
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
4
Four Flock devices with four more budgeted, per LINK nky's records-based count (Aug. 2026).
Contract
Flock Safety: $29,000 total (LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026)
Sources
LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026; WKRC Local 12, Aug. 17, 2026; WCPO 9, Aug. 28, 2026; LINK nky, Aug. 28, 2026
  1. Aug. 2026 The city was looking to double its number of Flock cameras. (WKRC Local 12, Aug. 17, 2026)
  2. Aug. 28, 2026 Mayor Andy Ellison said in a letter that the city would stop using Flock cameras, effective immediately. (WCPO 9, Aug. 28, 2026; LINK nky, Aug. 28, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • The $29,000 figure leaves out a separate $12,000 budget allocation.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Bellevue Police Department

Status
Use suspended
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
6
Six Flock devices, per LINK nky's records-based count (Aug. 2026).
Contract
Flock Safety: $43,200 total · Two-year term, more than a year left as of Sept. 2026. (LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026; LINK nky, Sept. 10, 2026)
Sources
LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026; LINK nky, Sept. 10, 2026
  1. Sept. 9, 2026 The city council voted unanimously to stop using the Flock cameras and disable them until the two-year contract runs out, and asked staff to look into removal costs. (LINK nky, Sept. 10, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • LINK nky reported the contract as about $43,000 (Sept. 2026) and $43,200 (Aug. 2026).

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Dayton Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
2
Two Flock devices, per LINK nky's records-based count (Aug. 2026).
Contract
Flock Safety: $12,800 total (LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026)
Sources
LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026
Conflicts and open questions
  • Listed as active based on a current contract in August 2026.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Highland Heights Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
2
Two Flock devices, per LINK nky's records-based count (Aug. 2026).
Contract
Flock Safety: $11,500 total (LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026)
Sources
LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026
Conflicts and open questions
  • Listed as active based on a current contract in August 2026.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Southgate Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
5
Five Flock devices, per LINK nky's records-based count (Aug. 2026).
Contract
Flock Safety: $28,750 total (LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026)
Sources
LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026
Conflicts and open questions
  • Listed as active based on a current contract in August 2026.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Campbell County Police Department

Status
Checked: no program found
Vendors
Cameras
Count not documented
No ALPR contract as of August 2026, per LINK nky's records requests.
Sources
LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Campbell County Sheriff's Office

Status
Checked: no program found
Vendors
Cameras
Count not documented
No ALPR contract as of August 2026, per LINK nky's records requests.
Sources
LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Alexandria Police Department

Status
Checked: no program found
Vendors
Cameras
Count not documented
No ALPR contract as of August 2026, per LINK nky's records requests.
Sources
LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Northern Kentucky University Police Department

Status
Checked: no program found
Vendors
Cameras
Count not documented
No ALPR contract as of August 2026, per LINK nky's records requests.
Sources
LINK nky, Aug. 4, 2026

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Statewide

  1. April 5, 2022 Flock Safety told Spectrum News it had 34 Kentucky customers, 14 of them law enforcement agencies, but declined to name them. At that time Kentucky had no law limiting how long plate-reader data could be kept. (Spectrum News 1, April 5, 2022)
  2. Feb. 28, 2024 Senate Bill 380 (Sen. Adrienne Southworth) was filed. It would have defined who may use plate readers, set privacy safeguards, and let Kentucky State Police run an annual review of ALPR users. It was sent to the Senate Transportation Committee on March 1, 2024, and went no further. (Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, March 1, 2024)
  3. Jan. 7, 2026 Rep. John Hodgson (R-Fisherville) filed House Bill 58 to regulate automated license plate readers. Spectrum News reported that a similar Hodgson bill had passed the House 90-1 in the 2025 session, but the Senate did not take it up. (Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, April 10, 2026; Spectrum News 1, Jan. 12, 2026)
  4. Jan. 14, 2026 Rep. T.J. Roberts (R-Burlington) filed House Bill 375. It would ban the use of plate readers, make a violation a Class D felony with a $10,000 fine, and allow civil suits. The bill was sent to the House Transportation Committee on Jan. 22, 2026, and saw no further action. (Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, Jan. 22, 2026)
  5. Feb. 11, 2026 The House Judiciary Committee approved a revised HB 58 without opposition. As approved by the committee, the bill capped retention at 90 days unless the data is needed as evidence, limited sharing to other law enforcement agencies and the National Insurance Crime Bureau, and required officers to visually confirm a plate match before a stop. (Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, April 10, 2026; Louisville Public Media / Kentucky Public Radio (via WKMS), Feb. 11, 2026)
  6. Feb. 18, 2026 The House passed HB 58 on an 89-9 vote. (Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, April 10, 2026)
  7. March 24, 2026 The Senate passed an amended HB 58 on a 34-3 vote. (Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, April 10, 2026)
  8. March 31, 2026 The House voted 70-19 to accept the Senate changes to HB 58 and sent the bill to the governor. (Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, April 10, 2026)
  9. April 10, 2026 Gov. Andy Beshear signed HB 58 (Acts Chapter 71). It adds a new section to KRS Chapter 189 that limits ALPR use and the use and sale of ALPR data, sets a 90-day retention cap with exceptions for investigations and evidence-preservation notices, and requires law enforcement agencies to adopt and publish an ALPR policy. It also sets up a Transportation Cabinet permit process for readers on highway rights-of-way, lets the Cabinet, its contractors, insurers and lenders collect ALPR data for specified purposes, and adds a penalty in KRS 189.990. (Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, April 10, 2026)
  10. July 15, 2026 HB 58 took effect statewide, according to LEX 18. Hodgson told the station the bill took four years to pass. (LEX 18, July 16, 2026)
  11. July 2026 U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said in a social media post that he planned a federal bill to cut funding to cities and police departments that use Flock cameras. No bill number or text was reported. (WBKO (story originated at WAVE), July 29, 2026)
  12. Sept. 3, 2026 The legislature's Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary heard testimony on plate readers from Flock Safety, the Kentucky Retail Federation, Elizabethtown Police Chief Jeremy Thompson, the ACLU and ACLU of Kentucky, and the Cato Institute. Written statements came from Axon, Motorola Solutions, the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. The ACLU of Kentucky asked governments to pause Flock contracts and order independent audits. (Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, Sept. 3, 2026; WUKY, Sept. 3, 2026; WKYT, Sept. 3, 2026; Kentucky State Fraternal Order of Police (via Kentucky LRC), Sept. 3, 2026)