Flock & ALPR Cameras in Elkhart, Indiana
Volunteers have reported 38 automated license plate readers in and around Elkhart — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Elkhart in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:33 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Elkhart
The readers mapped around Elkhart break down as 35 Flock Safety, 2 of unrecorded make, 1 Genetec. Named operators in the reports: Elkhart Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Prairie Street — 4 readers
- East Jackson Boulevard — 3 readers
- West Franklin Street — 3 readers
- East Bristol Street — 2 readers
- South Nappanee Street — 2 readers
- West Lexington Avenue — 2 readers
- East Indiana Avenue — 2 readers
- Oakland Avenue — 2 readers
- Sundance Drive — 2 readers
- Memorial Drive — 2 readers
- Middlebury Street — 2 readers
- Parke Place — 2 readers
+ 10 more streets and roads mapped around Elkhart — all on the live map above.
Elkhart PD IN and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Elkhart PD IN appears in the sharing network with connections to 20 other agencies.
Elkhart in the Elkhart County picture
Elkhart County has 101 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #540 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 206,868 residents and 1,373 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 7.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 34 traffic. Operators named on the record: Elkhart Police Department (2).
Camera activity around Elkhart, last 30 days
6 newly reported in our hourly change log for Elkhart. Latest change logged Sep 6, 2026.
What’s watching Elkhart
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 Elkhart — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Elkhart (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Elkhart
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Elkhart, IN
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Elkhart, IN
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Elkhart, IN
What you can do in Elkhart
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 Elkhart
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).