License plate readers in Louisiana

Name: Reported ALPR camera locations in Louisiana
Creator: OpenStreetMap contributors
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

2,190 cameras have been documented in Louisiana. That is the 20th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 1.5% of the 144,275 documented nationwide. Baton Rouge has the most of any city in the state, with 161 — 7.4% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 1,153 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 79%. 1,153 of them stand in the 27 cities listed below. 1,037 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.

Checked against OpenStreetMap October 9, 2026 · figures last changed October 8, 2026.

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2,190
cameras documented statewide
20th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
1,153
in listed cities
1,037
outside city limits

Who makes them

Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.

Flock Safety908
Motorola Solutions38
Genetec16
Leonardo/ELSAG6
Neology93
Other vendors41
Unknown51

By city

City	Cameras	Per square mile
Baton Rouge	161	1.86
New Orleans	132	0.78
Lafayette	128	2.27
Metairie	113	4.88
Shreveport	84	0.78
St. George	80	1.34
Kenner	77	5.17
Bossier City	70	1.58
Lake Charles	41	0.86
Ruston	34	1.60
Marrero	22	3.06
Slidell	21	1.38
Harvey	19	2.93
Laplace	17	0.81
Central	16	0.26
Monroe	14	0.47
Thibodaux	13	1.91
Gretna	13	3.22
Gonzales	13	1.42
Jefferson	12	4.43
Zachary	12	0.45
Alexandria	11	0.39
Luling	10	0.43
Terrytown	10	2.73
Elmwood	10	2.65
Sulphur	10	0.89
Bayou Cane	10	1.31

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.

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Louisiana ranks 20th of 52 by documented cameras. New Jersey (2,351) ranks just above, and South Carolina (2,152) just below.