License plate readers in Shawnee, KS
Volunteers have documented 71 automated license plate readers inside Shawnee. That is the 7th-largest total among the 26 Kansas cities indexed here, and 3.4% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.7 per square mile places Shawnee near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Genetec holds the largest share here at 72%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot and Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 32 on poles and 6 on traffic signals.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 24, 2026.
71
readers documented
1.7
per square mile
7th
of 26 indexed Kansas cities · 260th of 2,395 nationally
3.4%
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 Safety13 · 18%
- Motorola Solutions2 · 3%
- Genetec51 · 72%
- Leonardo/ELSAG4 · 6%
- Neology1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 67 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (1), Lowe's (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (32), traffic signal (6), street lamp (2)
- Coverage area
- 42 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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