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Indiana has 3,850 mapped plate readers. 3,446 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Indianapolis has the most (581), then Carmel (109) and Fort Wayne (88). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Nov 15, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in Indiana by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Indiana each month
Plate readers of any maker added to the map each month, not only Flock-tagged ones. Lighter bars are estimates from the first-mapped dates of current points.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock-tagged readers first mapped each month
Each row counts the Flock-tagged readers first mapped that month, newest first. Months with none are left out. Each one carries the date it was first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 71 | 10 in Lafayette and 9 in Indianapolis |
| Sep 2026 | 133 | 25 in Indianapolis and 12 in Terre Haute |
| Aug 2026 | 308 | 57 in Indianapolis and 21 in Terre Haute |
| Jul 2026 | 315 | 54 in Indianapolis and 16 in Gary |
| Jun 2026 | 191 | 26 in Indianapolis and 8 in Gary |
| May 2026 | 164 | 21 in Indianapolis and 10 in Carmel |
| Apr 2026 | 113 | 10 in Indianapolis and 9 in Greenwood |
| Mar 2026 | 131 | 15 in Indianapolis and 14 in Anderson |
| Feb 2026 | 220 | 32 in Indianapolis and 9 in Noblesville |
| Jan 2026 | 195 | 37 in Indianapolis and 11 in Carmel |
| Dec 2025 | 312 | 93 in Indianapolis and 23 in Michigan City |
| Nov 2025 | 509 | 140 in Indianapolis and 29 in Fort Wayne |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Indiana
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 216 agencies in Indiana that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 40
- Adams County Sheriff's Office 15
- Auburn Police Department 6
- Fort Wayne Police Department 6
- Indiana Dept. of Corrections 6
- Wakarusa Police Department 6
- Wells County Sheriff's Office 5
- Bluffton Police Department 4
- Crown Point Indiana Police 4
- Warrick county sherriff 4
Plate reader law in Indiana
| Topic | Indiana |
|---|---|
| Status | Law, from a secondary source |
| Law | IC 32-25.5-3.8 (HEA 1150, P.L. 26-2026), homeowners' associations only; no government-use statute found |
| What it does | Bars homeowners' associations from installing, maintaining or operating plate readers; no state statute on government or police use was found. |
| Public records law | Access to Public Records Act, Ind. Code § 5-14-3 |
| Checked |
See Indiana plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Indiana: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Indiana?
3,446 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Indiana, as of November 7, 2026. The real number may be higher or lower: the map shows only the cameras mapped so far.
Which cities in Indiana have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Indianapolis (581), Carmel (109) and Fort Wayne (88). The city list on this page shows each city with a Flock-tagged reader.
Is each mapped camera still there?
Not always. A point shows where someone mapped a camera. 6 of the 3,446 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
Indiana's plate reader data
From OpenStreetMap, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. A free copy goes to anyone who asks: how it is made and how to ask.
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3,851 cameras listed or mapped in Indiana so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes: plate reader laws by state, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Open Government Guide: public records law, checked Oct 25, 2026
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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