License plate readers in Lansing, MI
Volunteers have documented 37 automated license plate readers inside Lansing. That is the 15th-largest total among the 63 Michigan cities indexed here, and 1.0% of the statewide total. Its 0.9 readers per square mile spread across 39.4 square miles — thinner coverage than 77% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Meijer and Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 16 on street lamps and 10 on poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 25, 2026.
37
readers documented
0.9
per square mile
15th
of 63 indexed Michigan cities · 640th of 2,395 nationally
1.0%
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 Safety32 · 86%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 3%
- Genetec4 · 11%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 37 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lansing Police Department (24), Meijer (4), Lowe's (3). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (16), pole (10), post (7), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 39.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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