Flock & ALPR Cameras in Zeeland, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around Zeeland — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 12 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Zeeland, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 7 of them sit inside Zeeland itself.
The rest sit in Zeeland Charter Township (2), Blendon Township (1), Holland Charter Township (1), Olive Township (1).
2 of them name an operator in the record: Ottawa County Sheriff's Office (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 Zeeland in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 02:13 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Zeeland
The readers mapped around Zeeland break down as 12 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Ottawa County Sheriff's Office. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in May 2026.
- West Main Avenue — 3 readers
- Centennial Street — 3 readers
- Port Sheldon Street — 2 readers
- I 196 BL — 1 reader
- 112th Avenue — 1 reader
- Mulder Drive — 1 reader
- Riley Street — 1 reader
Zeeland MI PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Zeeland MI PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 9 other agencies.
Zeeland in the Ottawa County picture
Ottawa County has 67 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,288 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 298,614 residents and 1,380 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 12.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 12 traffic. Operators named on the record: Ottawa County Sheriff's Office (2).
Camera activity around Zeeland, last 30 days
4 removed in our hourly change log for Zeeland. Latest change logged Aug 19, 2026.
What’s watching Zeeland
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 Zeeland — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Zeeland (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Zeeland
- On the agenda: Zeeland Minutes — flock camera (Sep 8)
- 4 license plate readers reported removed near Zeeland, MI
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Zeeland, MI
What you can do in Zeeland
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 Zeeland
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).