Flock & ALPR Cameras in Bloomington, Indiana
Volunteers have reported 14 automated license plate readers in and around Bloomington — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Bloomington is on the record here. Bloominton, IN terminated its $50,000 contract with Flock Safety after 400+ residents protested the surveillance system.
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No new reports near Bloomington in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:32 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Bloomington
The readers mapped around Bloomington break down as 14 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- East Discovery Parkway — 5 readers
- West Rangeview Circle — 2 readers
- SR 46 — 1 reader
- West Susan Drive — 1 reader
- Alexander Drive — 1 reader
- North Jacob Drive — 1 reader
- East 10th Street — 1 reader
- East 17th Street — 1 reader
- East 3rd Street — 1 reader
- South Basswood Drive — 1 reader
Bloomington IN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Bloomington IN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 6 other agencies.
Bloomington in the Monroe County picture
Monroe County has 27 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,407 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 139,822 residents and 984 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 22.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 14 traffic.
Camera activity around Bloomington, last 30 days
3 removed in our hourly change log for Bloomington. Latest change logged Sep 9, 2026.
What’s watching Bloomington
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 Bloomington — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Bloomington (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Bloomington
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Bloomington, IN
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Bloomington, IN
- Bloomington’s Flock contract may have ended, but other cameras still active
- City of Bloomington ends Flock contract , data sharing with Indiana law enforcement
What you can do in Bloomington
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.
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Cameras near Bloomington
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).