Cameras / Louisiana / Lafayette
License plate readers in Lafayette, LA
Volunteers have documented 128 automated license plate readers inside Lafayette. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 26 Louisiana cities indexed here, and 6.0% of the statewide total. At 2.3 per square mile it is more densely covered than 63% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 99% — are Flock Safety units.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 15, 2026.
128
readers documented
2.3
per square mile
2nd
of 26 indexed Louisiana cities · 103rd of 2,395 nationally
6.0%
of Louisiana’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 116 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (11), LA PD / UL PD (3). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (85), electrical pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 56.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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