Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chesterton, Indiana
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers in and around Chesterton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Chesterton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 07:13 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Chesterton
The readers mapped around Chesterton break down as 13 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- SR 49 — 8 readers
- East Porter Avenue — 2 readers
- Indian Boundary Road — 2 readers
- Gateway Boulevard — 1 reader
Chesterton IN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Chesterton IN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 106 other agencies.
Chesterton in the Porter County picture
Porter County has 98 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #421 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 19.7% nationally. That’s across 174,150 residents and 1,353 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 7.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
What’s watching Chesterton
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 Chesterton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Chesterton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Chesterton
- Chesterton Town Council votes unanimously to discontinue Town of Chesterton contract with Flock Safety license plate readers
- Chesterton votes to discontinue Flock contract
- Chesterton discontinues the use of Flock technology
- Chesterton to disconnect Flock license plate reader system
What you can do in Chesterton
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 Chesterton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).