Cameras / Michigan / East Lansing
License plate readers in East Lansing, MI
Volunteers have documented 53 automated license plate readers inside East Lansing. That is the 9th-largest total among the 58 Michigan cities indexed here, and 1.5% of the statewide total. At 4.0 per square mile it is more densely covered than 85% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Genetec holds the largest share here at 87%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 30 on street lamps and 16 on walls.
Updated August 14, 2026.
53
readers documented
4.0
per square mile
9th
of 58 indexed Michigan cities
1.5%
of Michigan’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety7 · 13%
- Genetec46 · 87%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 53 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Michigan State University Department of (30), Michigan State University Parking Servic (16). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (30), wall (16), lot cop (1), pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 13.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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