License plate readers in Lakeland, FL
Volunteers have documented 86 automated license plate readers inside Lakeland. That is the 14th-largest total among the 172 Florida cities indexed here, and 0.9% of the statewide total. Its 1.3 readers per square mile spread across 66.6 square miles — thinner coverage than 64% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Home Depot and Lowes. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 30 on poles and 2 on traffic signals.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 21, 2026.
86
readers documented
1.3
per square mile
14th
of 172 indexed Florida cities · 186th of 2,395 nationally
0.9%
of Florida’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety83 · 97%
- Motorola Solutions2 · 2%
- Other vendors1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 81 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Polk County Sheriff (5), Home Depot (3), Lowes (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (30), traffic signal (2), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 66.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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