Flock & ALPR Cameras in Dayton, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 39 automated license plate readers in and around Dayton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Paused
Dayton is on the record here. Dayton, OH suspended its Flock Safety cameras covering 72 cameras. Cited reasons: Immigration-related search traffic vs city policy; Public demand for removal; Policy violations.
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No new reports near Dayton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 10:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Dayton
The readers mapped around Dayton break down as 39 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Dayton, OH Police Dept. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- East 5th Street — 5 readers
- West 3rd Street — 4 readers
- Xenia Avenue — 3 readers
- North Main Street — 3 readers
- East 3rd Street — 2 readers
- East Monument Avenue — 2 readers
- Wolf Creek Trail — 2 readers
- Leo Street — 2 readers
- South Jefferson Street — 2 readers
- East 1st Street — 1 reader
- Wyoming Street — 1 reader
- Webster Street — 1 reader
+ 12 more streets and roads mapped around Dayton — all on the live map above.
Dayton OH PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Dayton OH PD runs 224 cameras of its own, has logged 1,611 plate-database searches, has captured 529,129 vehicle records. Its network connects to 91 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Dayton in the Montgomery County picture
Montgomery County has 299 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #427 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 19.9% nationally. That’s across 535,528 residents and 2,247 road miles. By road density that is 0.13 cameras per road mile, in the top 3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 19 traffic. Operators named on the record: Dayton, OH Police Dept (2).
Camera activity around Dayton, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Dayton. Latest change logged Sep 5, 2026.
What’s watching Dayton
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Dayton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Dayton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Dayton
- Trump tells Ohio voters 'we're going to win big' at Dayton rally
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Dayton, OH
- Dayton, OH: Paused
- It’s Pedal Down on License Plate Cameras for Dayton, Ohio-Area Police
What you can do in Dayton
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Dayton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).