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Hardin

Using license-plate readers · 3 agencies documented

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Elizabethtown Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
20
20 Flock cameras installed in February 2023 (News-Enterprise, Nov. 2023). Spectrum News reported in Jan. 2024 that 20 more were coming, for a total of about 40. No newer count found.
Sources
The News-Enterprise, Nov. 17, 2023; Spectrum News 1, Jan. 23, 2024; Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, Sept. 3, 2026; WKYT, Sept. 3, 2026; Flock Safety, Nov. 28, 2023
  1. Feb. 2023 Elizabethtown police put 20 Flock plate-reader cameras into service. (The News-Enterprise, Nov. 17, 2023; Spectrum News 1, Jan. 23, 2024)
  2. Nov. 2023 Chief Jeremy Thompson asked the City Council for six more cameras, at about $2,500 each (reported). (The News-Enterprise, Nov. 17, 2023)
  3. Jan. 2024 Spectrum News reported that 20 more Flock cameras would be added in Elizabethtown, including at busy intersections and school campuses, for about 40 in total. (Spectrum News 1, Jan. 23, 2024)
  4. Sept. 3, 2026 Chief Thompson testified to the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary about how the department uses plate readers and its internal rules against misuse, including data deletion and access controls. (Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, Sept. 3, 2026; WKYT, Sept. 3, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Flock Safety's marketing blog also features Elizabethtown PD as a customer.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Radcliff Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
17
The News-Enterprise reported 17 installed plate-reader cameras inside city limits (Aug. 18, 2026).
Sources
The News-Enterprise, Aug. 18, 2026; Spectrum News 1, Jan. 23, 2024
  1. Aug. 2026 ALPR and facial-recognition policies for the police department were on the Radcliff City Council agenda (reported Aug. 18, 2026; the outcome was not found). (The News-Enterprise, Aug. 18, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • In Jan. 2024, Spectrum News quoted Radcliff Chief Jeffrey Cross on the Hardin County Flock expansion. The News-Enterprise's Aug. 2026 article also describes Radcliff's cameras as Flock cameras.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Vine Grove Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
12
12 Flock plate readers: 2 from an earlier pilot plus 10 under a new agreement. The same agreement adds 5 live-streaming intersection cameras and 2 pan-tilt-zoom cameras, which are not counted here (Spectrum News, Feb. 2026).
Contract
Flock Safety: $360,000 total · from Nov. 2025 · to Nov. 2035 · approved by City of Vine Grove (signed Nov. 2025, per records cited by Spectrum News; the approving body was not named) (Spectrum News 1, Feb. 6, 2026)
Sources
Spectrum News 1, Feb. 6, 2026
  1. Nov. 2025 Vine Grove signed a 10-year Flock Safe Cities subscription worth $360,000. Payments start at $13,500 in year one and rise to a maximum of $43,500. (Spectrum News 1, Feb. 6, 2026)
  2. Feb. 2026 Spectrum News reported that 15 of the 17 new cameras had been installed by early February 2026. (Spectrum News 1, Feb. 6, 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)