License plate readers in Meridian, ID
Volunteers have documented 90 automated license plate readers inside Meridian. No other Idaho city in this index has more, and Meridian alone accounts for 19% of every reader documented in the state. At 2.4 per square mile it is more densely covered than 65% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 35 on street lamps and 5 on poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 24, 2026.
90
readers documented
2.4
per square mile
1st
of 8 indexed Idaho cities · 167th of 2,395 nationally
19%
of Idaho’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 Safety50 · 56%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 1%
- Other vendors38 · 42%
- Unknown1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 84 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (4). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (35), pole (5)
- Coverage area
- 37.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · Idaho's ALPR statute
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