Eyes Off Indiana

08/14/2026

Another case of Flock camera misuse in Indiana. This is disturbing.

A growing number of law enforcement officers face discipline or arr...

08/13/2026

Today IMPD announced that an officer used its automated license plate reader system for personal reasons. The officer has been suspended with a recommendation for termination.

Here's what should concern every Hoosier: nothing in Indiana law required IMPD to investigate this, act on it, or tell you about it. Not one statute limits how ALPR data is used, requires searches to be logged, or obligates a department to disclose misuse when it finds it.

Every safeguard that worked this week was IMPD's own internal policy. The next department's policy may be weaker — or may not exist. And you'd have no way to know.

We're asking the General Assembly to set a statewide floor in 2027: a 30-day retention limit, a ban on selling Hoosiers' plate data, logged searches and public audits, and real penalties for personal use. Communities keep the right to go further — or to reject the cameras entirely.

Read our full statement:

ALPR misuse is surfacing in departments across the country, and Indiana has no statewide law governing the technology. Following IMPD’s announcement that an officer used its license plate readers for personal reasons, Eyes Off Indiana calls on the General Assembly to pass statewide safeguards in t...

07/24/2026

Eyes Off Indiana Applauds Federal Bill to Return the Surveillance Decision to Local Communities

Eyes Off Indiana welcomes the Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act (H.R. 9800), which would cut off the federal funding that lets ALPRs and other mass-surveillance systems be installed in Hoosier communities without local consent — putting the decision back where it belongs, with the people wh...

07/09/2026

Indiana ranks 9th in the nation for license plate surveillance, yet has zero statewide laws governing how ALPR data can be retained, accessed, or shared.

More than 3,000 documented cameras. No statewide safeguards.

https://eyesoffindiana.org/articles/indiana-alpr-surveillance-by-the-numbers?ref=facebook

Eyes Off Indiana analyzed all 110,198 automated license plate reader (ALPR) camera locations mapped in the United States as of July 1, 2026. Indiana ranks 9th in the nation by total cameras and 6th per capita, with cameras documented in 84 of its 92 counties. This report presents the full state and....

07/09/2026

Over the past year, a new license plate reader has been documented in Indiana every 3.4 hours.

Indiana now ranks 9th in the nation for total ALPR cameras and 6th per capita.

https://eyesoffindiana.org/articles/indiana-alpr-surveillance-growth-over-time?ref=facebook

Using the edit history behind every ALPR camera mapped in Indiana, Eyes Off Indiana reconstructed the month-by-month growth of the state's documented license plate surveillance network: from a single camera in December 2022 to 3,046 today, spreading from 3 counties to 84. This report presents the fu...

07/09/2026

Indiana has the 17th-largest population in America, but the 9th-largest documented license plate surveillance network.

The scale of ALPR deployment has far outpaced public debate. https://eyesoffindiana.org/articles/indiana-alpr-surveillance-by-the-numbers?ref=facebook

Eyes Off Indiana analyzed all 110,198 automated license plate reader (ALPR) camera locations mapped in the United States as of July 1, 2026. Indiana ranks 9th in the nation by total cameras and 6th per capita, with cameras documented in 84 of its 92 counties. This report presents the full state and....

07/09/2026

Indiana's documented license plate surveillance network has more than doubled in just seven months.

The number of statewide laws governing it remained the same: zero.

https://eyesoffindiana.org/articles/indiana-alpr-surveillance-growth-over-time?ref=facebook

Using the edit history behind every ALPR camera mapped in Indiana, Eyes Off Indiana reconstructed the month-by-month growth of the state's documented license plate surveillance network: from a single camera in December 2022 to 3,046 today, spreading from 3 counties to 84. This report presents the fu...

07/09/2026

There is now one documented ALPR camera for every 2,273 Hoosiers.

Eighteen months ago, it was one for every 64,713.

https://eyesoffindiana.org/articles/indiana-alpr-surveillance-growth-over-time?ref=facebook

Using the edit history behind every ALPR camera mapped in Indiana, Eyes Off Indiana reconstructed the month-by-month growth of the state's documented license plate surveillance network: from a single camera in December 2022 to 3,046 today, spreading from 3 counties to 84. This report presents the fu...

04/24/2026

Bloomington’s decision to end its Flock contract shows a clear trend: communities are not comfortable with ALPR technology being used without strong guardrails.

Right now, ALPR data retention and sharing are governed by local policy, not enforceable law. Standards vary widely across jurisdictions, or do not exist at all.

Eyes Off Indiana supports the responsible use of license plate readers for legitimate public safety purposes, but privacy protections must be consistent, transparent, and legally binding.

Read our full statement here:

Following the City of Bloomington’s decision to end its contract with Flock Security, Eyes Off Indiana calls for clear, statewide standards governing ALPR data retention, sharing, and oversight.

01/02/2026

Go to eyesoffindiana.org to learn more, and join the fight for basic privacy protections.

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