Cameras / ID
License plate readers in Idaho
485 cameras have been documented in Idaho. That is the 39th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.3% of the 146,048 documented nationwide. Meridian has the most of any city in the state, with 90 — 19% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 341 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 69%. 341 of them stand in the 9 cities listed below. 144 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed November 5, 2026.
485
cameras documented statewide
39th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
341
in listed cities
144
outside city limits
ALPR law in Idaho
Idaho regulates automated license plate readers under Idaho Code § 49-1432. Senate Bill 1180, in force since July 1, 2025, confines police use of plate readers to investigating felonies, misdemeanors, and traffic accidents and searching for missing or endangered persons, and bars using them to enforce traffic infractions unrelated to an accident. It sets no retention limit, but every query must be logged with the user's identity and purpose, users must be trained, and agencies must audit the logs twice a year.
ALPR laws in all 21 states with a statute →
Statute last verified September 26, 2026.
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety235
- Motorola Solutions59
- Genetec1
- Neology2
- Other vendors39
- Unknown5
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Meridian | 90 | 2.39 |
| Nampa | 68 | 1.89 |
| Caldwell | 47 | 1.85 |
| Twin Falls | 44 | 2.21 |
| Pocatello | 38 | 1.09 |
| Idaho Falls | 20 | 0.74 |
| Ammon | 12 | 1.47 |
| Boise City | 11 | 0.13 |
| Coeur d'Alene | 11 | 0.65 |
Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.
Explore this data further
- Who operates Idaho’s cameras — police, HOAs, and retailers →
- Every ALPR manufacturer compared nationally →
- Download this data as CSV or GeoJSON →
- How the national count is measured →
- What a Flock camera is and how it works →
- What the cameras look like, and how to spot one →
- What residents can and cannot opt out of →
Idaho ranks 39th of 52 by documented cameras. Delaware (527) ranks just above, and Rhode Island (325) just below.