Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hardin County, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers across Hardin County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Leonardo camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 6 new license plate readers just reported around Lima, OH. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Lima
How Hardin County compares nationally
Hardin County ranks #1,261 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 30,527 residents and 747 miles of county roads — 2.2931 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Hardin 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 Hardin County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Hardin
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.