Flock & ALPR Cameras in Alpena, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Alpena — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Rejected
Alpena is on the record here. Alpena County commissioners rejected a license plate reader camera proposal despite law enforcement support.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 1 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Alpena, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Alpena itself.
The rest sit in Alpena Township (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 14 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Alpena in the Alpena County picture
Alpena County has 0 reported cameras county-wide. That’s across 28,908 residents and 951 road miles.
What’s watching Alpena
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 Alpena — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Alpena (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Alpena
- Alpena County commissioners reject license plate reader camera proposal despite law enforcement support
- Alpena, MI: Contract Rejected
- Alpena County Sheriff's Office considers purchase of License Plate Reader cameras | News, Sports, Jobs
- Detroit police changing facial-recognition policy after pregnant woman says she was wrongly charged | News, Sports, Jobs
What you can do in Alpena
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 Alpena
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).