Flock & ALPR Cameras in Niles, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 11 automated license plate readers in and around Niles — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 14 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Niles, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Niles itself.
The rest sit in Bertrand Township (12), Howard Township (1), Niles Charter Township (1).
2 of them name an operator in the record: Lowe's (2). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Niles in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Niles
The readers mapped around Niles break down as 14 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- South 11th Street — 4 readers
- Chestnut — 4 readers
- South 3rd Street — 2 readers
- Barron Lake Road — 1 reader
- Pulaski Highway — 1 reader
- State Line Road — 1 reader
- Keeneland Drive — 1 reader
Niles in the Berrien County picture
Berrien County has 43 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,083 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 153,411 residents and 1,491 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 22.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 14 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (2).
Camera activity around Niles, last 30 days
3 newly reported in our hourly change log for Niles. Latest change logged Aug 24, 2026.
What’s watching Niles
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 Niles — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Niles (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Niles
What you can do in Niles
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.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Niles
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).