Flock & ALPR Cameras in Porter County, Indiana
Volunteers have reported 127 automated license plate readers across Porter County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Oct 2 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Porter County compares nationally
Porter County ranks #421 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 19.7% nationally. The count covers 174,150 residents and 1,353 miles of county roads — 5.6273 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Porter 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 Porter County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Porter
- Top Porter County lawmen afoul of public trust in Northwest Indiana Flock camera case
- Local man’s website zeroes in on Flock camera privacy concerns - The Daily Reporter
- License plate cameras coming to McCordsville
- License plate cameras coming to McCordsville - The Daily Reporter
What you can do in Porter
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.