Key Figures
| Documented ALPR cameras | 61 (61 tagged Flock Safety) |
| Statewide rank by count | #14 of 92 counties |
| Cameras per 100,000 residents | 31.8 (#53 statewide; population 191,650) |
| Cameras per 1,000 square miles | 122 (#18 statewide; 499 sq mi) |
| Share of Indiana's documented network | 1.9% 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 5 law enforcement agencies using automated license plate readers in Tippecanoe County, across Dayton, Lafayette, West Lafayette.
| Agency | City | Vendor |
|---|---|---|
| Dayton Police Department | Dayton | Flock Safety |
| Lafayette Police Department | Lafayette | Flock Safety |
| Purdue University Police Department | West Lafayette | Not listed |
| Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office | Lafayette | Flock Safety |
| West Lafayette Police Department | West Lafayette | Flock Safety |
How Tippecanoe 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 |
| Tippecanoe County (#14) | 61 | 31.8 |
| Indiana statewide | 3,145 | — |
Counties ranked near Tippecanoe: LaPorte County (80) · Madison County (78) · Hancock County (59) · Vigo County (55). 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 Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe County agencies follow today are voluntary and can change at any time.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Flock cameras are in Tippecanoe County, Indiana?
61 ALPR cameras have been documented in Tippecanoe County, and at least 61 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 Tippecanoe County?
The Atlas of Surveillance documents 5 law enforcement agencies using license plate readers in Tippecanoe County: Dayton Police Department, Lafayette Police Department, Purdue University Police Department, Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office, West Lafayette Police Department.
Is there any law regulating ALPR cameras in Tippecanoe County?
No. Indiana has no statewide law governing automated license plate readers, so there are no required limits on how long Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe 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
Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe County?
Indiana has no statewide rules for license plate readers. Add your name and tell your legislators that Tippecanoe County residents want limits on retention, access, and oversight.