Flock & ALPR Cameras in Porter, Indiana
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Porter — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Porter in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 14:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Porter
The readers mapped around Porter break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- SR 49 — 2 readers
- US 20 — 2 readers
- Dunes Kankakee Trail — 1 reader
Porter IN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Porter IN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 72 other agencies.
Porter 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 4 traffic.
Camera activity around Porter, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Porter. Latest change logged Aug 16, 2026.
What’s watching Porter
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 Porter — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Porter (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. 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
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 Porter
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).