License plate readers in Portage, MI
Volunteers have documented 30 automated license plate readers inside Portage. That is the 21st-largest total among the 58 Michigan cities indexed here, and 0.8% of the statewide total. Its 0.9 readers per square mile spread across 32.2 square miles — thinner coverage than 75% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 16 on traffic signals and 7 on posts.
Updated August 14, 2026.
30
readers documented
0.9
per square mile
21st
of 58 indexed Michigan cities
0.8%
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 Safety30 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 29 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Portage Department of Public Safety Poli (23), Lowe's (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- traffic signal (16), post (7), street lamp (2), pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 32.2 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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