Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lapel, Indiana
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Lapel — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Lapel in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:53 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Lapel
The readers mapped around Lapel break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- SR 13 — 2 readers
- State Road 32 — 1 reader
- Strawtown Avenue — 1 reader
Lapel IN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Lapel IN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 38 other agencies.
Lapel in the Madison County picture
Madison County has 74 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #417 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 19.5% nationally. That’s across 130,949 residents and 1,375 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 11.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic.
What’s watching Lapel
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 Lapel — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Lapel (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Lapel
What you can do in Lapel
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 Lapel
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).