Flock & ALPR Cameras in Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 145 automated license plate readers across Kalamazoo County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 12 new license plate readers just reported around Westwood, MI. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Westwood
How Kalamazoo County compares nationally
Kalamazoo County ranks #587 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 261,437 residents and 1,510 miles of county roads — 4.7048 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Kalamazoo
- Pause to Flock camera contract weighed by Kalamazoo County sheriff during Oshtemo meeting
- City of Kalamazoo tightens oversight of Flock camera and surveillance purchases
- Next Flock contract renewal to be up to Kalamazoo city commission vote
- Kalamazoo Flock cameras face new approval process — but not until next year’s contract
What you can do in Kalamazoo
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.