License plate readers in Olathe, KS
Volunteers have documented 75 automated license plate readers inside Olathe. That is the 5th-largest total among the 26 Kansas cities indexed here, and 3.6% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 64.7 square miles — thinner coverage than 69% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Genetec holds the largest share here at 68%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 1, 2026.
75
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
5th
of 26 indexed Kansas cities · 238th of 2,395 nationally
3.6%
of Kansas’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 Safety11 · 15%
- Motorola Solutions11 · 15%
- Genetec51 · 68%
- Leonardo/ELSAG1 · 1%
- Other vendors1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 75 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (47)
- Coverage area
- 64.7 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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