Flock & ALPR Cameras in Buena Vista, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers in and around Buena Vista — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 13 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Buena Vista, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Buena Vista itself.
The rest sit in Buena Vista Charter Township (9), Bridgeport Charter Township (2), Saginaw (2).
6 of them name an operator in the record: Buena Vista Township Police Department (6). 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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No new reports near Buena Vista in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:11 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Buena Vista
The readers mapped around Buena Vista break down as 13 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Buena Vista Township Police Department. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- M 46 — 4 readers
- Speedway Park — 2 readers
- East Washington Road — 2 readers
- Dixie Highway — 2 readers
- Hess Avenue — 2 readers
- I 675 — 1 reader
Buena Vista in the Saginaw County picture
Saginaw County has 54 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,064 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 189,210 residents and 1,549 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 17.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 13 traffic. Operators named on the record: Buena Vista Township Police Department (6).
Camera activity around Buena Vista, last 30 days
4 newly reported in our hourly change log for Buena Vista. Latest change logged Aug 30, 2026.
What’s watching Buena Vista
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 Buena Vista — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Buena Vista (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Buena Vista
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Buena Vista, MI
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Buena Vista, MI
What you can do in Buena Vista
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 Buena Vista
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).