License plate readers in Portage, MI
Volunteers have documented 31 automated license plate readers inside Portage. That is the 20th-largest total among the 63 Michigan cities indexed here, and 0.8% of the statewide total. Its 1.0 readers per square mile spread across 32.2 square miles — thinner coverage than 77% of the 2,395 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 15 on traffic signals and 8 on posts.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 1, 2026.
31
readers documented
1.0
per square mile
20th
of 63 indexed Michigan cities · 782nd of 2,395 nationally
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.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 30 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division (22), Lowe's (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- traffic signal (15), post (8), street lamp (2), pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 32.2 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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