Flock & ALPR Cameras in Albion, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 21 automated license plate readers in and around Albion — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 21 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Albion, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 16 of them sit inside Albion itself.
The rest sit in Sheridan Township (3), Albion Township (1), Springport Township (1).
17 of them name an operator in the record: Albion Department of Public Safety (17). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 9, 2026 On the agenda: Albion City Council Regular Session - Sep 09, 2026 — Flock Camera (Sep 9)
- Sep 19, 2023 On the agenda: Albion September 18, 2023 - Sep 18, 2023 — Flock Safety (Sep 19)
- Sep 6, 2023 On the agenda: Albion September 5, 2023 Study Session - Sep 05, 2023 — Flock Safety (Sep 6)
- Jul 18, 2023 On the agenda: Albion June 19, 2023 Study Session - Jun 19, 2023 — Surveillance Camera (Jul 18)
Every record for this area on the Docket → · nothing is ever deleted.
No new reports near Albion in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:23 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Albion
The readers mapped around Albion break down as 21 Flock Safety, 1 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: Albion Department of Public Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- East Erie Street — 2 readers
- Haven Road — 2 readers
- Irwin Avenue — 2 readers
- West Erie Street — 2 readers
- B Drive North — 2 readers
- Austin Avenue — 2 readers
- 29 Mile Road — 2 readers
- North Clark Street — 1 reader
- East Michigan Avenue — 1 reader
- North Eaton Street — 1 reader
- South Superior Street — 1 reader
- 28 Mile Road — 1 reader
+ 3 more streets and roads mapped around Albion — all on the live map above.
Albion in the Calhoun County picture
Calhoun County has 48 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #860 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 133,846 residents and 1,392 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 18.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 22 traffic. Operators named on the record: Albion Department of Public Safety (17).
What’s watching Albion
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 Albion — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Albion (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Albion
- On the agenda: Albion City Council Regular Session - Sep 09, 2026 — Flock Camera (Sep 9)
- On the agenda: Albion September 18, 2023 - Sep 18, 2023 — Flock Safety (Sep 19)
- On the agenda: Albion September 5, 2023 Study Session - Sep 05, 2023 — Flock Safety (Sep 6)
What you can do in Albion
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 Albion
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).