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Henderson

Using license-plate readers · 2 agencies documented

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Henderson Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
15
15 Flock cameras installed and 7 on order, mostly in pairs facing opposite directions, per Spectrum News (Oct. 7 and Oct. 14, 2026). 14 News (Aug. 25, 2026) reported 22 cameras at 11 locations, which likely includes the 7 on order.
Sources
14 News (WFIE), Aug. 25, 2026; Spectrum News 1, Oct. 7, 2026; Spectrum News 1, Oct. 14, 2026
  1. Aug. 25, 2026 The police chief briefed the Henderson City Commission on the Flock program. He reported 806 uses in the prior month, a case number required for every search, and 30-day deletion. No vote was taken. (14 News (WFIE), Aug. 25, 2026; Spectrum News 1, Oct. 7, 2026)
  2. Oct. 13, 2026 The commission held a special work session with public comment on the cameras. No vote was taken and no commissioner asked for one. The mayor said any future vote would be about removing the existing cameras, not expanding them. Police said a major runs monthly audits and the city's policy bars sharing with federal agencies. (Spectrum News 1, Oct. 14, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • An online city feedback form had drawn 55 responses to keep the cameras and 28 to remove them as of mid-October 2026. It was to stay open until about mid-November. It is not a scientific sample.
  • Police said the network is shared with 3,567 agencies, 1,304 of them in Kentucky.
  • A commissioner said residents' support for camera expansion in the 2023 Inner City Improvement Plan swayed him. Spectrum says the expansion went to the commission in 2024. The exact date of that commission vote is not confirmed.
  • The sources give no contract amount or term.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Henderson County Sheriff's Office

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
Count not documented
No count. Spectrum News says the sheriff's office also runs cameras and adds them to the city's count when estimating camera density for the county.
Sources
Spectrum News 1, Oct. 14, 2026
  1. Oct. 2026 Spectrum News reported that the sheriff's office runs its own plate-reader cameras alongside the city's. The vendor was not named. (Spectrum News 1, Oct. 14, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • This rests on one passing mention. A records request or fiscal court search would confirm the count and contract.

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)