Flock & ALPR Cameras in Eaton County, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 31 automated license plate readers across Eaton County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 1 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Genetec camera newly reported
- Sep 28 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Eaton County compares nationally
Eaton County ranks #1,124 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 109,000 residents and 1,018 miles of county roads — 2.6606 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Eaton County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Eaton County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
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What you can do in Eaton
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.