Flock & ALPR Cameras in Monroe County, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 57 automated license plate readers across Monroe 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
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Monroe County compares nationally
Monroe County ranks #959 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 155,001 residents and 1,043 miles of county roads — 3.2258 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Monroe 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 Monroe County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Monroe
- In the minutes: Monroe County Board of Commissioners Meeting, flock camera (Oct 6)
- Flock Safety data retention changes spark debate among law enforcement, community advocates in NW Ohio, SE Michigan
- Monroe County Sheriff's Office adds license plate reader cameras
What you can do in Monroe
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.