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The License-Plate Reader File · MississippiIn reporting · updated Nov. 7, 2026

Who is reading your plate?
County by county.

Mississippi has no statute written specifically for license-plate readers, and a 2025 House bill that would have set rules for police use died in committee. Cities including Tupelo, Oxford, Vicksburg, Horn Lake and Greenville use Flock cameras, while Columbus, Starkville and the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office use Motorola readers.

License-plate readers in other states →

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. 2009 Mississippi's 2009 traffic-camera law, signed by Gov. Haley Barbour, bars counties and cities from installing cameras that automatically detect traffic violations; it passed the Senate 42-9 and the House 111-9. It does not expressly say whether cameras held by officers are covered. A 2025 bill, SB 2201, would have amended that law at Miss. Code Ann. § 17-25-19. (Magnolia Tribune (republished by Clarke County Tribune), Jan. 23, 2025)
  2. Feb. 22, 2017 WDAM reported that, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Mississippi was not among the 12 states with plate-reader-specific laws. NCSL's current state-statutes page lists Mississippi as "No statute identified." (WDAM 7, Feb. 22, 2017; National Conference of State Legislatures, date not shown)
  3. Oct. 18, 2023 The Mississippi Department of Homeland Security awarded Starkville police a $30,000 grant to buy three more license plate readers, adding to two already in use, WCBI reported. (WCBI, Oct. 18, 2023)
  4. May 21, 2024 In an opinion to Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, the Attorney General's office said state law does not expressly bar municipalities from using automatic license plate readers to verify motor vehicle insurance, that Department of Public Safety insurance-verification data may go to private entities if DPS authorizes it, and declined to opine on fee splits. The opinion does not address retention of reader data. (Mississippi Attorney General's Office, May 21, 2024)
  5. 2025 SB 2430 (Sen. Seymour, 2025) would bar counties and cities from using automated recording equipment that photographs rear plates to enforce motor vehicle liability insurance and require removal of such systems by Oct. 1, 2025; it has no retention or sharing provisions. Final status was not confirmed from an opened page. (Mississippi Legislature, Jan. 2025)
  6. 2025 HB 1709 (Rep. Holloway, 2025) proposed a $430,000 appropriation to the City of Carthage for its police department, including $325,000 for crime-prevention programs such as buying, installing and running license plate readers and live cameras. Whether it passed was not confirmed. (Mississippi Legislature, 2025)
  7. Jan. 2025 Two 2025 bills addressed officer-operated traffic cameras: SB 2201 (Sen. Joey Fillingane) would extend § 17-25-19 to manually operated recording equipment, and HB 1090 (Rep. Charles Blackwell) would require officers using such equipment to verify who was driving. The report followed Moss Point and Hattiesburg agreeing in fall 2024 to let officers use handheld radar cameras. (Magnolia Tribune (republished by Clarke County Tribune), Jan. 23, 2025)
  8. Jan. 10, 2025 HB 528 (Rep. Massengill) would have amended § 17-25-19 to bar camera or plate-recognition traffic enforcement by cities and counties, allowed police-owned mobile plate readers under conditions (a published written policy covering retention and sharing, annual audits, no stop on a reader hit alone, use limited to law-enforcement purposes), and required indefinite logs of who accessed data. It was referred to Judiciary B on Jan. 10, 2025, and died in committee Feb. 4, 2025. (Mississippi Legislature, Jan. 2025; Plural Policy (Open States legislative data), date not shown)
  9. 2026 A resident-started online petition seeks a statewide ban on license plate readers and Flock cameras in Mississippi and had more than 200 signatures, RHCJC News reported. (Mississippi Free Press (republishing RHCJC News, CC BY 4.0), Oct. 1, 2026)

State agencies

Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Office of Homeland Security

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
19
19 fixed plate readers statewide, per WDAM's Feb. 22, 2017 report; no newer count found.
  1. Feb. 22, 2017 WDAM reported the office operated 19 fixed plate readers around the state and purged data after 180 days. It also reported that a Hattiesburg police reader trailer bought with a $40,000 state grant would send data to the office. (WDAM 7, Feb. 22, 2017)
  2. Oct. 2023 WCBI reported Starkville police had received a $30,000 state homeland security grant to buy plate readers and planned to add three to the two it already ran. (WCBI, Oct. 18, 2023)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Status unconfirmed: no source within the last 12 months shows the fixed readers still in use.
  • WDAM named Vigilant Solutions only in connection with Lamar County, not this office, so vendor is unspecified.
  • Grant-making to local agencies is recorded as context; local recipients are leads for regional researchers.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Mississippi Highway Patrol

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
3
Three mobile plate readers, per WDAM's Feb. 22, 2017 report; no newer count found.
  1. Feb. 22, 2017 WDAM reported the Highway Patrol had three mobile plate readers and followed Department of Public Safety retention policy. (WDAM 7, Feb. 22, 2017)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Nothing found from the last 12 months on MHP reader use, contracts or I-55/I-20 cameras.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Every county

All 82 counties
AdamsChecked: no program found———
AlcornChecked: no program found———
AmiteChecked: no program found———
AttalaChecked: no program found———
BentonNot yet checked———
BolivarChecked: no program found———
CalhounChecked: no program found———
CarrollChecked: no program found———
ChickasawChecked: no program found———
ChoctawChecked: no program found———
ClaiborneNot yet checked———
ClarkeChecked: no program found———
ClayChecked: no program found———
CoahomaChecked: no program found———
CopiahChecked: no program found———
CovingtonChecked: no program found———
DeSotoUsing license-plate readers3Flock Safety, Utility Inc.34
ForrestUsing license-plate readers2Project NOLA (community camera network with license plate recognition)—
FranklinChecked: no program found———
GeorgeChecked: no program found———
GreeneChecked: no program found———
GrenadaChecked: no program found———
HancockProgram documented, current use unconfirmed2Flock Safety—
HarrisonUsing license-plate readers2Genetec, Motorola Solutions25
HindsProgram documented, current use unconfirmed2Flock Safety, Genetec16
HolmesChecked: no program found———
HumphreysNot yet checked———
IssaquenaNot yet checked———
ItawambaChecked: no program found———
JacksonUsing license-plate readers2Flock Safety8
JasperChecked: no program found———
JeffersonNot yet checked———
Jefferson DavisChecked: no program found———
JonesChecked: no program found———
KemperChecked: no program found———
LafayetteUsing license-plate readers2Flock Safety46
LamarChecked: no program found———
LauderdaleProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1—2
LawrenceChecked: no program found———
LeakeChecked: no program found———
LeeUsing license-plate readers1Flock Safety24
LefloreChecked: no program found———
LincolnProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1TCS Ware (seller; manufacturer not named)1
LowndesUsing license-plate readers2Motorola Solutions27
MadisonProgram documented, current use unconfirmed3Flock Safety, Genetec58
MarionChecked: no program found———
MarshallChecked: no program found———
MonroeChecked: no program found———
MontgomeryChecked: no program found———
NeshobaProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Flock Safety2
NewtonChecked: no program found———
NoxubeeChecked: no program found———
OktibbehaUsing license-plate readers2Motorola Solutions4
PanolaProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Securix (uninsured-vehicle plate camera program)—
Pearl RiverUsing license-plate readers1Flock Safety4
PerryChecked: no program found———
PikeChecked: no program found———
PontotocProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Flock Safety8
PrentissUsing license-plate readers1Axon35
QuitmanChecked: no program found———
RankinProgram documented, current use unconfirmed2Flock Safety, Genetec, Securix (uninsured-vehicle plate camera program)16
ScottChecked: no program found———
SharkeyNot yet checked———
SimpsonChecked: no program found———
SmithChecked: no program found———
StoneUsing license-plate readers1——
SunflowerChecked: no program found———
TallahatchieChecked: no program found———
TateProgram documented, current use unconfirmed1Securix (uninsured-vehicle plate camera program)6
TippahChecked: no program found———
TishomingoChecked: no program found———
TunicaChecked: no program found———
UnionChecked: no program found———
WalthallChecked: no program found———
WarrenUsing license-plate readers1Flock Safety10
WashingtonUsing license-plate readers1Flock Safety, SkyCop (Systems Technology Inc.)—
WayneChecked: no program found———
WebsterChecked: no program found———
WilkinsonChecked: no program found———
WinstonChecked: no program found———
YalobushaChecked: no program found———
YazooUsing license-plate readers1Flock Safety8

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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