Flock & ALPR Cameras in Elkhart County, Indiana
Volunteers have reported 114 automated license plate readers across Elkhart County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 29 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 18 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 17 new license plate readers just reported around South Bend, IN. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #SouthBend
How Elkhart County compares nationally
Elkhart County ranks #540 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 206,868 residents and 1,373 miles of county roads — 4.8823 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Elkhart County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Elkhart County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Elkhart
What you can do in Elkhart
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.