Northern Lower Michigan

Dated public records from communities in northern Lower Michigan. Coverage is selective and dated; it is not a current equipment inventory.

8 published reports

Helena Township · Purchase decision · Records through 2026-08-13

Helena Township's recorded $3,000 camera purchase vote

Posted October 2025 minutes record five affirmative votes to purchase a Flock camera for $3,000. August 2026 draft minutes record a later sheriff's-department discussion, with the draft status and attribution preserved.

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Traverse City · Procurement and approved authorization · Records through 2022-12-19

Traverse City’s 2022 parking procurement: bids, recommendation and approved authorization

The 2022 parking trail includes an earlier approximately $260,000 DDA recommendation, a later $330,000 ceiling with contingent components, and an approved City Commission authorization. The retained records do not establish the executed agreement, spending, completed installation or police-network access.

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Alpena County · Proposal; conflicting signed minutes · Records through 2026-03-24

Alpena County’s March 2026 camera request and conflicting signed minutes

A Sheriff’s Office request proposed grant-funded Flock costs. Both draft minutes and the county’s signed archive copy preserve a failed purchase motion followed by a contradictory approval recommendation; the eventual purchase outcome remains unresolved.

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Forest Home Township · Camera financing vote · Records through 2026-08-06

Forest Home recorded a 3–2 vote to finance one Flock camera

Forest Home Township’s July 2, 2026 minutes record a motion approving the Antrim County Sheriff’s Department request to finance one Flock camera within the township. Steiner, Mahan and Smith voted aye; Kent and Crandall voted nay. The township’s linked August minutes record approval of the July 2 minutes.

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Garfield Township · Agreement authorization · Records through 2023-03-28

Garfield minutes record authorization for a Flock agreement and data-sharing MOU

Garfield Township’s March 28, 2023 handouts include March 14 minutes recording five affirmative votes and no negative votes to enter an agreement with Flock Group, authorize the supervisor to sign, and enter a memorandum with the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Department concerning data generated by the system.

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Peninsula Township · Renewal motion · Records through 2024-08-13

Peninsula Township recorded a twelve-month Flock renewal

Peninsula Township’s August 13, 2024 minutes record a unanimous roll-call vote to renew the Flock Safety contract for twelve months. The preceding discussion identifies six cameras and an $18,000 annual renewal quote. Those figures describe the meeting’s renewal discussion; they do not establish money paid or the contract’s present status.

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Leelanau County · Tentative recommendation withdrawal · Records through 2025-07-08

Leelanau tentative minutes record withdrawal of a Flock study recommendation

A July 2025 Executive Board account records withdrawal of a proposed recommendation for a 2026 camera study. It does not establish a later decision.

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Cheboygan County · Attributed budget discussion · Records through 2025-11-12

Cheboygan County budget discussion identified grant funding for Flock cameras

October 2025 minutes record a staff budget discussion describing Stone Garden funding for installation and subscriptions. Later approval of those minutes does not establish camera procurement approval.

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Statewide Michigan context

Statewide material concerns Michigan as a whole; the listed bills are proposals, not current law. It is outside the regional coverage counts.

Michigan’s 2026 plate-reader bills had no committee or floor action as of September 24, 2026

Community evidence counts

8 communities represented by published reports: Published-record evidence
40 communities with mapped observations: Mapped-location evidence
83 unique mapped observations: Distinct source observations
36 mapped communities without a published report: Map-only evidence

Map-only counts are community-mapped observations, not claims about active cameras, agency ownership, or deployment.

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Northern Lower Michigan

Statewide Michigan context

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