Louisville residents got a clearer — if imperfect — picture of where automated license-plate readers tied to LMPD may be located after a publicly compiled tracker surfaced online.
The tracker provides 96 camera locations throughout the metro and approximate hardware and monitoring cost estimates for each.
License plate readers have the ability to record and timestamp each passing car and provide Louisville Metro police with that information.
Although these are approximations, the tracker’s estimates of $62,400 in hardware costs (about $650 per camera) and $288,000 in annual monitoring (around $3,000 per camera annually) help put the program’s scope into perspective.
Before you click through: the map and address list were generated from public permit records by an automated process and the site explicitly warns the data may contain errors, omissions or could be outdated.
“Use this data at your own risk, it is provided ‘as is’ without warranties of any kind. This site does not provide legal, law-enforcement, or privacy advice and must not be used to harass, target, or otherwise facilitate unlawful conduct,” the site states on its “About This Data” section.
What to look for on the tracker
- Interactive map markers for each listed location (click a marker for details).
- A running log of when records were added — the page shows entries spanning late 2023 through 2025, indicating the list is actively updated.
- Owner names and permit snippets for many locations
To delve deeper, check the tracker yourself (the source is public permit data), confirm any location with the property or city permit office, and think about reaching out to local political leaders or the LMPD for policy details and oversight responses. The tracker is not the last word, but it is a good place to start.
This article appears in Oct. 1-31, 2025.