Kansas lawsuit challenges Wichita law enforcement’s reliance on license plate reader cameras

City of Wichita is defendant in lawsuit challenging warrantless surveillance of vehicles with 190 cameras and storage of images for use by law enforcement.

By: Tim Carpenter

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: July 31, 2026

Words: 685

Last Updated: 3 days ago

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TOPEKA — Machinist Mason Grimmett criticized the Wichita Police Department’s reliance on high-speed equipment that reads, logs and converts into searchable files the license plate of everyone driving in range of nearly 200 specialized cameras in the city.

Last month, Grimmett used his five-minute public comment slot at a June meeting of the Wichita City Council to express apprehension about local law enforcement’s deployment of cameras capable of capturing images of plates on moving vehicles …

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