Flock & ALPR Cameras in Allendale, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around Allendale — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 12 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Allendale, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Allendale itself.
The rest sit in Allendale Charter Township (9), Georgetown Charter Township (2), Robinson Township (1).
3 of them name an operator in the record: Ottawa County Sheriff's Office (3). 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 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Allendale
The readers mapped around Allendale break down as 12 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Ottawa County Sheriff's Office. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Lake Michigan Drive — 5 readers
- West Campus Drive — 3 readers
- Fillmore Street — 1 reader
- 48th Avenue — 1 reader
- 52nd Avenue — 1 reader
- Pierce Street — 1 reader
Allendale in the Ottawa County picture
Ottawa County has 67 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,288 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 298,614 residents and 1,380 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 12.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic. Operators named on the record: Ottawa County Sheriff's Office (3).
Camera activity around Allendale, last 30 days
5 newly reported in our hourly change log for Allendale. Latest change logged Sep 9, 2026.
What’s watching Allendale
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 Allendale — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Allendale (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Allendale
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 Allendale
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).