Cameras / Wisconsin / West Allis
License plate readers in West Allis, WI
Volunteers have documented 37 automated license plate readers inside West Allis. That is the 6th-largest total among the 45 Wisconsin cities indexed here, and 1.7% of the statewide total. At 3.3 per square mile it is more densely covered than 77% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 95% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 21 on poles and 2 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed August 28, 2026.
37
readers documented
3.3
per square mile
6th
of 45 indexed Wisconsin cities · 640th of 2,395 nationally
1.7%
of Wisconsin’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 Safety35 · 95%
- Leonardo/ELSAG1 · 3%
- Unknown1 · 3%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 37 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- West Allis (16), City of West Allis (2), The Home Depot (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (21), street lamp (2), traffic signal (1), street lampa (1)
- Coverage area
- 11.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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