Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ottawa County, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 82 automated license plate readers across Ottawa County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 2 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Ottawa County compares nationally
Ottawa County ranks #1,288 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 298,614 residents and 1,380 miles of county roads — 2.2437 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Ottawa 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 Ottawa County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Ottawa
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.