Flock & ALPR Cameras in Athens County, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 20 automated license plate readers across Athens County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 11 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Athens County compares nationally
Athens County ranks #757 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 61,573 residents and 1,744 miles of county roads — 3.8978 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Athens County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Athens County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Athens
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What you can do in Athens
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.