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Missoula MT

License-plate cameras reported in and around Missoula, MT, local decisions with a source for every item, and what you can do. We haven't independently verified these reports. Something wrong or missing? Tell us.

Snapshot · 2026-10-12

10

reported cameras within 4 mi of the city center

Active ALPR nodes on OpenStreetMap, from our daily snapshot. Radius sized to the city's land area.

Population

78,204

U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 estimate.

Per 10,000 residents

1.3

A rough ratio: the camera radius doesn't match city limits, and cameras near the center can sit in neighboring towns.

Trend: our daily history for Missoula, MT starts 2026-10-12. A chart appears after the second daily snapshot.

Live map & nearest cameras

Counting reported cameras within 4 miles of Missoula, MT…

Documented actions

No local decisions for Missoula, MT in the sources we track (cancellations tracker, cited news). That doesn't mean nothing has happened. If you know of a vote, contract or policy change, send it with a source.

Contract, renewal & spending

Vendor contract on file
Unknown
Renewal date
Unknown
Spending
Unknown

We haven't reviewed a primary source (contract, invoice, or council record) for these. A records request is the way to get them, and we'll add what you send us.

Montana ALPR law

§ 46-5-117 to -119

Prohibits the use of ALPRs by an agency or employee of the state or any subdivision of the state on any public highway. Provides exceptions for specific agencies or purposes, including state or local law enforcement and the department of transportation, if specified requirements are met. Authorized use for planning, parking, ports of entry operations, and specified law enforcement uses including identifying vehicles that are stolen, associated with wanted, missing or endangered persons, registered to a person with a warrant, in violation of commercial trucking requirements, involved in case-specific surveillance, involved in a homicide or other major incident or in the vicinity and may be connected to a crime. State or local law enforcement agencies that use an ALPR system shall adopt and publish a written policy governing use before a system becomes operational. The policy must address database comparison, retention of data, sharing of data, training, supervisory oversight, access to and security of data, access to data obtained by ALPR systems operated by the law enforcement agency and any other subjects related to law enforcement use. Law enforcement agencies must maintain records of users indefinitely and keep system maintenance and calibration on file. At least once every year, law enforcement agencies must audit the ALPR system’s use and effectiveness. Except as provided, license plate data captured by law enforcement may not be preserved for more than 90 days after the date that the data is captured. One year from the date of the initial preservation request, if one was made, the captured license plate data must be destroyed unless the custodian receives another preservation request. The one-year retention period is resets based on the date of the second request. Data may be maintained only for the minimum time necessary but no more than 18 months. Data is confidential and exempted from public records.

Summary quoted from NCSL, Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes, updated September 28, 2026. Not legal advice; read the statute.

What you can do in Missoula

  1. Request the records from your local police department or sheriff: contracts, policies, sharing lists, audit logs. (Prefilled for Montana.)
  2. Check upcoming council or commission agendas for ALPR or Flock items, then prepare a public comment (prefilled for Missoula).
  3. Track a drive from Missoula to see how many reported cameras your commute passes.
  4. Fix the map: report missing cameras, or use "Report a fix" on a wrong pin.

Look it up elsewhere

Other independent projects hold records we don't. We link to them rather than copy their data.

Nearby city files