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Lansing has 37 mapped plate readers. 32 carry the Flock Safety tag. 27 of 32 say who runs them.
They were first mapped between May 13, 2025 and Sep 24, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long, within state law.
Flock cameras in Lansing: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 48911 has the most (13), then 48933 (8) and 48912 (6). Mounted on, where known: 15 on street lights, 14 on poles and 1 on a traffic signal.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | May 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | May 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | May 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | May 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | May 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces northeast (as mapped) | May 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces southeast (as mapped) | May 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | May 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | May 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48911 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48912 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | May 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48912 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | May 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48912 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | May 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48912 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48912 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48912 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Nov 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48915 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48915 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48915 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48915 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48915 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 22, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48933 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | May 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48933 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | May 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48933 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48933 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Oct 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48933 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Oct 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48933 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Oct 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48933 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Lansing Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Oct 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48933 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Sep 24, 2026 |
Near you: Flock cameras near me.
Who runs the Flock cameras in Lansing
27 of 32 say who runs them.
- Lansing Police Department 24
- Private operators, not named 3
What the Flock cameras in Lansing keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- Tagged ones include Lansing Police Department (24) and private operators (3).
- 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 Lansing
EyesOnFlock lists no transparency portal for the Lansing 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 132 agencies name it, so it can search their reads.
Lansing Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 132
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
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Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in Lansing were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from May 13, 2025 to September 24, 2026. 25 of the 32 were first mapped in 2025, with 19 in May alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras in Lansing, MI: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Lansing?
32 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Lansing, MI, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in Lansing?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 48911 has the most (13).
Who runs the plate readers in Lansing?
27 of 32 say who runs them, and Lansing Police Department is tagged on 24. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within Michigan law.
Which agencies around Lansing use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Lansing Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 32 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Know when cameras in Lansing 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 Lansing, 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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