Cameras / KY
License plate readers in Kentucky
1,750 cameras have been documented in Kentucky. That is the 23rd-largest documented total of the 51 states and territories with any readers on record, and 1.3% of the 130,300 documented nationwide. Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) has the most of any city in the state, with 309 — 18% of the total. Flock Safety built 98% of the 1,114 readers counted in the state's indexed cities. 1,114 of them stand in the 32 cities listed below. 636 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Updated August 14, 2026.
1,750
cameras documented statewide
23rd
most-documented of 51 states and territories
1,114
in listed cities
636
outside city limits
ALPR law in Kentucky
Kentucky regulates automated license plate readers under 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 71 (HB 58). The statute caps retention at 90 days. Signed April 10, 2026, Kentucky's privacy act sets a 90-day retention limit with carve-outs and enumerates the permitted uses of plate data: criminal investigation, Transportation Cabinet functions, insurance-fraud and collateral-recovery work, and training with images redacted.
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety1,093
- Motorola Solutions3
- Neology2
- Other vendors7
- Unknown9
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) | 309 | 1.18 |
| Lexington-Fayette | 190 | 0.67 |
| Louisville | 127 | 2.07 |
| Elizabethtown | 55 | 1.94 |
| Jeffersontown | 34 | 3.13 |
| Paducah | 32 | 1.57 |
| St. Matthews | 24 | 5.44 |
| Henderson | 21 | 1.24 |
| Hopkinsville | 18 | 0.55 |
| Georgetown | 18 | 1.01 |
| Vine Grove | 17 | 2.48 |
| Winchester | 17 | 1.84 |
| Frankfort | 16 | 1.08 |
| Florence | 16 | 1.43 |
| Morehead | 16 | 1.65 |
| Bowling Green | 15 | 0.36 |
| Radcliff | 15 | 1.11 |
| Owensboro | 15 | 0.70 |
| Glasgow | 15 | 0.93 |
| Newport | 15 | 5.44 |
| Shively | 12 | 2.62 |
| Richmond | 12 | 0.54 |
| Leitchfield | 12 | 1.12 |
| Danville | 12 | 0.66 |
| Nicholasville | 11 | 0.71 |
| Hurstbourne | 10 | 5.55 |
| West Buechel | 10 | 15.64 |
| Mount Washington | 10 | 1.04 |
| Shepherdsville | 10 | 0.61 |
| Middletown | 10 | 1.95 |
| Russell | 10 | 2.63 |
| Independence | 10 | 0.56 |
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.