Flock & ALPR Cameras in Auburn, Indiana
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around Auburn — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Auburn in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Auburn
The readers mapped around Auburn break down as 12 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Auburn Police Department, The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Smaltz Way — 3 readers
- East Ensley Avenue — 2 readers
- Main Street — 1 reader
- Wayne Street — 1 reader
- Auburn Drive — 1 reader
- 15th Street — 1 reader
- East 7th Street — 1 reader
- Shook Drive — 1 reader
- County Road 27 — 1 reader
Auburn IN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Auburn IN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 62 other agencies.
Auburn in the DeKalb County picture
DeKalb County has 14 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #964 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 43,584 residents and 642 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 27.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic. Operators named on the record: Auburn Police Department (6), The Home Depot (2).
What’s watching Auburn
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Auburn — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Auburn (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Auburn
What you can do in Auburn
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Auburn
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).