County Surveillance Report · Updated August 10, 2026 · Refreshes nightly
Flock Safety & ALPR Cameras in Marion County, Indiana
license plate reader cameras documented here — including 568 made by Flock Safety
Documented cameras
568 tagged Flock Safety
Statewide rank
of Indiana's 92 counties
Per 10k residents
pop. 981,628
Per 100 sq mi
396 sq mi
Live camera map
Where the Cameras Are
Every documented ALPR camera location in Marion County (593 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 Marion County's count of 593.
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 11 law enforcement agencies using automated license plate readers in Marion County, across Beach Grove, Cumberland, Indianapolis, Speedway.
| Agency | City | Vendor |
|---|---|---|
| Beech Grove Police Department | Beach Grove | Flock Safety |
| Cumberland Police Department | Cumberland | Flock Safety |
| Homecroft Police Department | Indianapolis | Flock Safety |
| Indiana Department of Correction | Indianapolis | Flock Safety |
| Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center | Indianapolis | Vigilant Solutions |
| Indiana State Police | Indianapolis | Vigilant Solutions |
| Indianapolis Airport Authority Police Department | Indianapolis | Flock Safety |
| Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | Indianapolis | Flock Safety |
| Lawrence Police Department | Indianapolis | Flock Safety |
| Marion County Sheriff's Office | Indianapolis | Flock Safety |
| Speedway Police Department | Speedway | Flock Safety |
Drill down
Cities & Towns in Marion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis | 447 | 0.5 | 891,484 |
| Lawrence | 12 | 0.2 | 49,817 |
| Beech Grove | 9 | 0.6 | 14,566 |
| Speedway | 9 | 0.6 | 14,268 |
| Southport | 1 | 0.5 | 2,081 |
| Clermont | 0 | 0.0 | 1,385 |
| Crows Nest | 0 | 0.0 | 69 |
| Homecroft | 0 | 0.0 | 750 |
| Meridian Hills | 0 | 0.0 | 1,779 |
| North Crows Nest | 0 | 0.0 | 44 |
| Rocky Ripple | 0 | 0.0 | 651 |
| Spring Hill | 0 | 0.0 | 95 |
| Warren Park | 0 | 0.0 | 1,492 |
| Williams Creek | 0 | 0.0 | 429 |
| Wynnedale | 0 | 0.0 | 214 |
Statewide context
How Marion County Compares
| County | Cameras | Per 10k residents | Per 100 sq mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion County (#1) | 593 | 6.0 | 150 |
| Lake County | 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 Marion: Lake County (251) · Hamilton County (236). 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 Marion 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 Marion County?
Indiana has no statewide rules for license plate readers. Add your name and tell your legislators that Marion County residents want limits on retention, access, and oversight.
Community
Get Involved in Marion County
Local organizing, news coverage, and public records — all submitted by residents like you and reviewed before publishing.
Local Groups
No local groups in Marion 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 Marion 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 Marion 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
Marion 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.