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Michigan has 3,675 mapped plate readers. 3,016 carry the Flock Safety tag. 2,027 of 3,016 say who runs them.
Detroit has the most (303), then Dearborn (86) and Flint (59). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Nov 11, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in Michigan by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Michigan 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 | 49 | 4 in Ann Arbor and 4 in Muskegon Heights |
| Sep 2026 | 73 | 5 in Detroit and 5 in Flint |
| Aug 2026 | 185 | 13 in Detroit and 9 in Livonia |
| Jul 2026 | 138 | 10 in Livonia and 8 in Detroit |
| Jun 2026 | 89 | 7 in Livonia and 4 in Grand Rapids |
| May 2026 | 56 | 4 in Detroit and 2 in Flint |
| Apr 2026 | 72 | 5 in Monroe and 5 in Pontiac |
| Mar 2026 | 48 | 6 in Livonia and 2 in Dundee |
| Feb 2026 | 49 | 10 in Oak Park and 4 in Wayne |
| Jan 2026 | 49 | 5 in Kalamazoo and 5 in Zeeland |
| Dec 2025 | 88 | 9 in Norton Shores and 7 in Muskegon |
| Nov 2025 | 97 | 12 in Jackson and 10 in Kalamazoo |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Michigan
2,027 of 3,016 say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 122 agencies in Michigan that use plate readers.
- Detroit Police Department 229
- Private operators, not named 192
- Oakland County Sheriff's Office 84
- Dearborn Police Department 70
- Taylor Police Department 48
- Shelby Township Police Department 46
- Farmington Hills Police Department 40
- Van Buren Township Police Department 36
- Flint Police Department 33
- Macomb County Sheriff's Office 29
Plate reader law in Michigan
| Topic | Michigan |
|---|---|
| Status | No state law found |
| Public records law | Michigan Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231 et seq. |
| Checked |
See Michigan plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Michigan: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Michigan?
3,016 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Michigan, 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 Michigan have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Detroit (303), Dearborn (86) and Flint (59). 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. 75 of the 3,016 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
Michigan'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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3,675 cameras listed or mapped in Michigan 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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