Flock & ALPR Cameras in Otsego County, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers across Otsego County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 21 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 17 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 17 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 Atlanta, MI just got its first reported license plate readers. Someone went out and looked — now it's on the map. #ALPR #Surveillance #Atlanta
📷 8 new license plate readers just reported around Lewiston, MI. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Lewiston
How Otsego County compares nationally
Otsego County ranks #1,538 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 25,352 residents and 1,376 miles of county roads — 1.5778 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Otsego 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 Otsego County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Otsego
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.