Flock & ALPR Cameras in Waterford, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 15 automated license plate readers in and around Waterford — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 15 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Waterford, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Waterford itself.
The rest sit in Waterford Township (9), White Lake Charter Township (5), Independence Charter Township (1).
15 of them name an operator in the record: Waterford Police Department (9), White Lake Township Police Department (4), Lowe's (1), Oakland County Sheriff's Office (1). 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 Waterford in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Waterford
The readers mapped around Waterford break down as 18 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Waterford Police Department, White Lake Township Police Department, Lowe's, Oakland County Sheriff's Office. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Highland Road — 9 readers
- Dixie Highway — 3 readers
- White Lake Road — 2 readers
- Riverbend Drive — 1 reader
- Clippert Court — 1 reader
- North Williams Lake Road — 1 reader
- Crescent Lake Road — 1 reader
Waterford in the Oakland County picture
Oakland County has 510 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #724 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,272,294 residents and 4,771 road miles. By road density that is 0.11 cameras per road mile, in the top 4.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 18 traffic. Operators named on the record: Waterford Police Department (11), White Lake Township Police Department (4), Lowe's (1).
What’s watching Waterford
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 Waterford — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Waterford (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Waterford
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Waterford, MI
- Man charged with license plate reader camera vandalism in Waterford
- Waterford Twp. votes to expand use of license plate readers despite opposition
What you can do in Waterford
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 Waterford
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).