Flock & ALPR Cameras in Germantown, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Germantown — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Germantown in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Germantown
The readers mapped around Germantown break down as 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Nov 2025.
- Dayton Germantown Pike — 2 readers
Germantown OH PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Germantown OH PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 89 other agencies.
Germantown 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 1 traffic.
What’s watching Germantown
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 Germantown — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Germantown (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Germantown
What you can do in Germantown
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.
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Cameras near Germantown
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).