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Garden City has 25 mapped plate readers. 25 carry the Flock Safety tag. 24 of 25 say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Jan 7, 2025 and Jul 25, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long, within state law.
Flock cameras in Garden City: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 48135 has the most (25). Mounted on, where known: 20 on poles and 4 on street lights.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 11, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Garden City Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48135 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jul 25, 2026 |
Near you: nearest mapped Flock cameras.
Who runs the Flock cameras in Garden City
24 of 25 say who runs them.
- Garden City Police Department 24
What the Flock cameras in Garden City keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- 24 of 25 say who runs them, most often Garden City Police Department (24).
- Kept for
- Not published on the map. Each operator sets its own. Flock Safety’s FAQ: “Flock recommends a 7-day default.”
- Who sees it
- Whoever runs it, and those it shares with.
- How to ask
- Read the operator's policy. Or ask the city for its records.
Who can search plate reads in Garden City
EyesOnFlock lists no transparency portal for the Garden City Police Department (Oct 14, 2026). It posts no sharing list, so who can search reads from its cameras is not stated. The sharing lists of 195 agencies name it, so it can search their reads.
Garden City Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 195
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Garden City
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in Garden City were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from January 7, 2025 to July 25, 2026. 24 of the 25 were first mapped in 2025, with 18 in April alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras in Garden City, MI: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Garden City?
25 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Garden City, MI, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in Garden City?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 48135 has the most (25).
Who runs the plate readers in Garden City?
24 of 25 say who runs them. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within Michigan law.
Which agencies around Garden City use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Garden City Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 25 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Know when cameras in Garden City change.
Free email alerts for new plate readers mapped near your places. One summary email a month.
- When a plate reader is first mapped near you
- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
156,883 cameras listed or mapped 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 in Garden City, MI, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Flock Safety FAQ: the default retention quoted in What they keep, read Oct 24, 2026
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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