Cameras / Michigan / Kalamazoo
License plate readers in Kalamazoo, MI
Volunteers have documented 55 automated license plate readers inside Kalamazoo. That is the 7th-largest total among the 63 Michigan cities indexed here, and 1.5% of the statewide total. At 2.2 per square mile it is more densely covered than 62% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Flock Safety accounts for 87% of them. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 24 on poles and 6 on posts.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed August 9, 2026.
55
readers documented
2.2
per square mile
7th
of 63 indexed Michigan cities · 375th of 2,395 nationally
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 Safety48 · 87%
- Other vendors1 · 2%
- Unknown6 · 11%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 44 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (19), Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (24), post (6), traffic signal (2)
- Coverage area
- 24.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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