Key Figures
| Documented ALPR cameras | 23 (23 tagged Flock Safety) |
| Statewide rank by count | #27 of 92 counties |
| Cameras per 100,000 residents | 27.1 (#64 statewide; population 84,741) |
| Cameras per 1,000 square miles | 57 (#30 statewide; 407 sq mi) |
| Share of Indiana's documented network | 0.7% of 3,145 cameras |
Camera Locations
Which Agencies Use License Plate Readers Here
The Atlas of Surveillance, a project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has documented 3 law enforcement agencies using automated license plate readers in Bartholomew County, across Columbus, Hope.
| Agency | City | Vendor |
|---|---|---|
| Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office | Columbus | Flock Safety |
| Columbus Police Department | Columbus | Flock Safety |
| Hope Police Department | Hope | Flock Safety |
How Bartholomew County Compares
| County | Cameras | Per 100k residents |
|---|---|---|
| Marion County | 528 | 53.8 |
| Lake County | 237 | 47.1 |
| Hamilton County | 218 | 57.4 |
| Allen County | 115 | 28.8 |
| Johnson County | 112 | 65.6 |
| Bartholomew County (#27) | 23 | 27.1 |
| Indiana statewide | 3,145 | — |
Counties ranked near Bartholomew: Jackson County (25) · Monroe County (25) · Floyd County (23) · Henry County (23). See all 92 counties ranked or the full statewide and 50-state figures in our live datasets.
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What Flock Cameras and ALPRs Do
Automated license plate readers — best known through the vendor Flock Safety — photograph every passing vehicle, log its plate, location, and timestamp, and store that record in a searchable database. Indiana agencies that disclose figures on their own transparency portals report roughly 690 vehicles detected per camera per day, so even a small deployment builds a detailed history of where residents of Bartholomew County drive, worship, seek medical care, and gather.
Indiana currently has no statewide law limiting how long this location data is kept, who can query it, or how searches are audited. Whatever practices Bartholomew County agencies follow today are voluntary and can change at any time.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Flock cameras are in Bartholomew County, Indiana?
23 ALPR cameras have been documented in Bartholomew County, and at least 23 of them are made by Flock Safety. This count updates automatically from OpenStreetMap, the crowdsourced dataset behind DeFlock.me, and the true number is likely higher.
Which police agencies use license plate readers in Bartholomew County?
The Atlas of Surveillance documents 3 law enforcement agencies using license plate readers in Bartholomew County: Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office, Columbus Police Department, Hope Police Department.
Is there any law regulating ALPR cameras in Bartholomew County?
No. Indiana has no statewide law governing automated license plate readers, so there are no required limits on how long Bartholomew County agencies retain your location data, who can search it, or how it is audited. Eyes Off Indiana is petitioning the Indiana General Assembly to pass statewide safeguards — see our policy goals.
How can I oppose license plate surveillance in Bartholomew County?
Sign the Eyes Off Indiana petition, then contact your state legislators. Statewide rules on retention, access, and oversight require action by the Indiana General Assembly, and legislators track how many constituents from each county reach out.
Data and Methods
Camera counts and locations are every OpenStreetMap node tagged
man_made=surveillance with surveillance:type=ALPR inside
Bartholomew County, refreshed nightly at midnight (US Eastern) via the Overpass API and assigned to
the county with US Census boundary polygons; population and land area are US Census
Vintage 2024 figures; agency records are from the Atlas of Surveillance. Full
methodology — including how documented counts relate to installed counts, known biases,
statewide growth since 2022, and rankings for all 50 states — is in our
living statistical report, where every
dataset on this page can be downloaded as CSV or JSON.
Concerned about surveillance in Bartholomew County?
Indiana has no statewide rules for license plate readers. Add your name and tell your legislators that Bartholomew County residents want limits on retention, access, and oversight.