Flock & ALPR Cameras in Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 35 automated license plate readers across Grand Traverse County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 13 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Grand Traverse County compares nationally
Grand Traverse County ranks #950 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 95,757 residents and 1,547 miles of county roads — 3.2374 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Grand Traverse
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.