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Saginaw has 41 mapped license plate readers, listed here by maker tag. The most common maker tag is Flock Safety (15). 33 of 41 say who runs them.
A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
The top tagged operator is Saginaw Police Department (32).
License plate readers in Saginaw: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 48602 has the most (28), then 48607 (13). Mounted on, where known: 35 on poles and 2 on street lights. 32 of the 41 were first mapped in 2025, with 30 in June alone.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Avigilon Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48602 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest and southeast (as mapped) | Sep 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | May 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces east (as mapped) | May 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Direction not mapped | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Saginaw Police Department | Direction not mapped | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Aug 9, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 48607 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 31, 2026 |
Plate readers in Saginaw by maker
What the plate readers in Saginaw 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 Saginaw Police Department (32) and private operators (1).
- 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 Saginaw
The Saginaw Police Department’s transparency portal does not list who can search its plate reads (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
Saginaw Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 133
Its transparency portal, as of 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.
Plate readers near Saginaw
License plate readers in Saginaw, MI: questions
How many license plate readers are in Saginaw?
41 plate readers are on the map in Saginaw, MI, as of November 7, 2026.
Who runs the plate readers in Saginaw?
33 of 41 say who runs them, and Saginaw Police Department is tagged on 32. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within Michigan law.
Which agencies around Saginaw use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Saginaw Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
39 of the 41 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each of those as a cone.
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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 Saginaw, 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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