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Portage has 31 mapped plate readers. 31 carry the Flock Safety tag. 24 of 31 say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Jan 4, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long, within state law.
Flock cameras in Portage: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 49024 has the most (19), then 49002 (5). Mounted on, where known: 15 on traffic signals, 9 on poles and 2 on street lights.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces south-southeast and east-northeast (as mapped) | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 3, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 49002 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jan 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49002 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49002 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49002 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49002 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces east (as mapped) | Jan 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jan 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jan 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Sep 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Sep 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces north (as mapped) | Sep 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Sep 12, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Sep 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division | Faces east (as mapped) | Sep 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Apr 7, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest and west-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 49024 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north, east-northeast, southeast, south-southwest and west (as mapped) | Aug 20, 2026 |
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Who runs the Flock cameras in Portage
24 of 31 say who runs them.
- Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division 22
- Private operators, not named 2
What the Flock cameras in Portage keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- 24 of 31 say who runs them, most often Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division (22).
- 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 Portage
2,429 agencies can search reads from the Portage Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
Portage Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 2,429
- Other organizations on its list
- 44
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 31
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 119
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Portage
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in Portage were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from January 4, 2025 to September 1, 2026. 25 of the 31 were first mapped in 2025, with 12 in January alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras near Portage
Flock cameras in Portage, MI: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Portage?
31 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Portage, MI, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in Portage?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 49024 has the most (19).
Who runs the plate readers in Portage?
24 of 31 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 Portage use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Portage Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 31 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Know when cameras in Portage 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 Portage, 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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