Flock & ALPR Cameras in Oakland County, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 527 automated license plate readers across Oakland County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 4 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 4 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 9 new license plate readers just reported around Pontiac, MI. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Pontiac
How Oakland County compares nationally
Oakland County ranks #724 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 1,272,294 residents and 4,771 miles of county roads — 4.0085 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Oakland 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 Oakland County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Oakland
- Amid 'mass proliferation,' Flock cameras emerge as key issue in Michigan election – The Oakland Press
- Royal Oak police seek OK to install license plate reading cameras
- After Year of Trial License Plate Recognition Cameras, Auburn Hills Extends Flock Contract
What you can do in Oakland
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.