County Surveillance Report · Updated August 10, 2026 · Refreshes nightly
Flock Safety & ALPR Cameras in Lake County, Indiana
license plate reader cameras documented here — including 130 made by Flock Safety
Documented cameras
130 tagged Flock Safety
Statewide rank
of Indiana's 92 counties
Per 10k residents
pop. 502,955
Per 100 sq mi
499 sq mi
Live camera map
Where the Cameras Are
Every documented ALPR camera location in Lake County (251 points), refreshed nightly. Click any marker to suggest a correction.
Faded, dashed markers are cameras within about 5 miles of the county line but outside it. They're shown for context only and are not included in Lake County's count of 251.
Camera locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (the dataset behind DeFlock.me); county boundary from US Census cartographic files. See every Indiana camera on the statewide map, or download coordinates for every point from our datasets.
See a camera that isn't on this map?
This map is crowdsourced — volunteers document each camera, and the data gets better with more volunteers. Drop a pin, tell us which way it faces, and a volunteer will verify it and publish it to OpenStreetMap.
Who operates them
Agencies Using License Plate Readers Here
The Atlas of Surveillance, a project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has documented 12 law enforcement agencies using automated license plate readers in Lake County, across Cedar Lake, Crown Point, Gary, Griffith, Hammond, Highland, Hobart, Lake Station, Munster, Whiting.
| Agency | City | Vendor |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Lake Police Department | Cedar Lake | Flock Safety |
| Crown Point Police Department | Crown Point | Flock Safety |
| Gary Police Department | Gary | Fusus |
| Griffith Police Department | Griffith | Vigilant Solutions |
| Hammond Police Department | Hammond | Vigilant Solutions |
| Highland Police Department | Highland | Not listed |
| Hobart Police Department | Hobart | Flock Safety |
| Lake County Sheriff's Department | Crown Point | Not listed |
| Lake Station Police Department | Lake Station | Flock Safety |
| Munster Police Department | Munster | Vigilant Solutions |
| New Chicago Police Department | Hobart | Flock Safety |
| Whiting Police Department | Whiting | Not listed |
Drill down
Cities & Towns in Lake County
Each incorporated city and town has its own surveillance report with a camera map, local rankings, and the agencies involved. Cameras outside incorporated limits are counted in this countywide report only.
| City / Town | Cameras | Per 1,000 residents | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland | 24 | 1.0 | 23,497 |
| Gary | 17 | 0.3 | 67,555 |
| Merrillville | 11 | 0.3 | 36,989 |
| Griffith | 10 | 0.6 | 16,192 |
| Hammond | 10 | 0.1 | 76,030 |
| Crown Point | 8 | 0.2 | 35,097 |
| Lake Station | 7 | 0.5 | 13,033 |
| Dyer | 5 | 0.3 | 16,341 |
| Schererville | 5 | 0.2 | 29,780 |
| St. John | 4 | 0.2 | 24,250 |
| Winfield | 4 | 0.5 | 8,557 |
| Cedar Lake | 3 | 0.2 | 16,404 |
| Hobart | 2 | 0.1 | 29,418 |
| East Chicago | 1 | 0.0 | 25,768 |
| New Chicago | 1 | 0.5 | 1,976 |
| Lowell | 0 | 0.0 | 11,449 |
| Munster | 0 | 0.0 | 23,634 |
| Schneider | 0 | 0.0 | 262 |
| Whiting | 0 | 0.0 | 4,491 |
Statewide context
How Lake County Compares
| County | Cameras | Per 10k residents | Per 100 sq mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion County | 593 | 6.0 | 150 |
| Lake County (#2) | 251 | 5.0 | 50 |
| Hamilton County | 236 | 6.2 | 60 |
| St. Joseph County | 132 | 4.8 | 29 |
| Allen County | 122 | 3.1 | 19 |
| Indiana statewide | 3,467 | — | — |
Counties ranked near Lake: Marion County (593) · Hamilton County (236) · St. Joseph County (132). See all 92 counties ranked or the full statewide and 50-state figures in our live datasets.
The technology
What Flock Cameras and ALPRs Do
Automated license plate readers — best known through the vendor Flock Safety — scan every passing vehicle and feed the results into a searchable database, regardless of whether the driver is suspected of anything.
Photographs Every Vehicle
Every plate that passes a camera is logged — license number, location, and timestamp — building a record of movement with no suspicion required.
Builds a Permanent Location History
Indiana agencies report roughly 690 vehicles detected per camera per day. Even a small deployment maps where residents of Lake County drive, worship, seek care, and gather.
Shared With No Statewide Limits
Indiana places no limit on how long this data is kept or who can access it — including out-of-state agencies, federal databases, and private vendors.
Indiana has zero statewide regulation on law enforcement's use of ALPRs
Three gaps in state law leave officers, agencies, and the public without ground rules.
Indefinite Data Retention
Indiana places no limit on how long police can keep ALPR data. Without mandatory deletion rules, agencies can store years of location records from routine scans, allowing long-term monitoring of citizens' movements with no oversight or expiration.
Unrestricted Sharing and Sale of Data
With no rules on who can access ALPR records, officers and agencies can share — or even sell — Hoosiers' location data with whomever they like, including out-of-state agencies, federal databases, and private vendors.
Lack of Transparency and Oversight
Indiana has no statewide standards requiring transparency or oversight for ALPR use. Without clear requirements for audit logs, reporting, or review, it is difficult to verify that ALPR systems are used consistently and according to policy.
Concerned about surveillance in Lake County?
Indiana has no statewide rules for license plate readers. Add your name and tell your legislators that Lake County residents want limits on retention, access, and oversight.
Community
Get Involved in Lake County
Local organizing, news coverage, and public records — all submitted by residents like you and reviewed before publishing.
Local Groups
No local groups in Lake County are listed yet. If you're organizing around surveillance and privacy here, yours could be the first.
In the News
No news coverage is listed for Lake County yet. Seen a local story about license plate readers here? Share it so neighbors can follow the story.
Public Records
No public records are listed for Lake County yet. Have a Flock contract, FOIA response, or policy document? Upload it for residents and journalists to find.
Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Data and Methods
Camera counts and locations are every OpenStreetMap node tagged
man_made=surveillance with surveillance:type=ALPR inside
Lake 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.