Cameras / Kentucky / Louisville/Jefferson County
License plate readers in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY
Volunteers have documented 309 automated license plate readers inside Louisville/Jefferson County. No other Kentucky city in this index has more, and Louisville/Jefferson County alone accounts for 18% of every reader documented in the state. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 262.8 square miles — thinner coverage than 65% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot and Lowe's.
Updated August 14, 2026.
309
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
1st
of 32 indexed Kentucky cities
18%
of Kentucky’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 Safety301 · 97%
- Motorola Solutions2 · 1%
- Other vendors2 · 1%
- Unknown4 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 283 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Louisville Metro Police Department (27), The Home Depot (4), Lowe's (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (118), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 262.8 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · Kentucky ALPR law
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