Flock & ALPR Cameras in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Grosse Pointe Shores — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Grosse Pointe Shores in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:34 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Grosse Pointe Shores
The readers mapped around Grosse Pointe Shores break down as 5 Motorola Solutions, 1 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Grosse Pointe Shores Department of Public Safety, Saint Clair Shores Police Department. Every report here dates to Jul 2025.
- Lakeshore Drive — 3 readers
- Lake Shore Road — 3 readers
Grosse Pointe Shores in the Wayne County picture
Wayne County has 1,133 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #330 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 15.4% nationally. That’s across 1,773,767 residents and 4,007 road miles. By road density that is 0.28 cameras per road mile, in the top 0.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic. Operators named on the record: Grosse Pointe Shores Department of Public Safety (5), Saint Clair Shores Police Department (1).
What’s watching Grosse Pointe Shores
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 Grosse Pointe Shores — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Grosse Pointe Shores (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Grosse Pointe Shores
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.
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Cameras near Grosse Pointe Shores
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).