License plate readers in Billings, MT
Volunteers have documented 27 automated license plate readers inside Billings. Billings is the only Montana city where volunteers have documented ten or more readers. Its 0.6 readers per square mile spread across 46.3 square miles — thinner coverage than 90% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot and Lowe's.
Updated August 14, 2026.
27
readers documented
0.6
per square mile
1st
of 1 indexed Montana city
46%
of Montana’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 Safety24 · 89%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 4%
- Genetec1 · 4%
- Other vendors1 · 4%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 25 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (4), Lowe's (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- Coverage area
- 46.3 square miles of land inside city limits.
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · Montana ALPR law
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