Flock & ALPR Cameras in Minster, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Minster — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Minster in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:24 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Minster
The readers mapped around Minster break down as 8 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- SR 119 — 2 readers
- East 7th Street — 2 readers
- Minster Fort Recovery Road — 1 reader
- SR 66 — 1 reader
- SR 362 — 1 reader
- East 4th Street — 1 reader
Minster OH PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Minster OH PD runs 7 cameras of its own, has logged 2 plate-database searches, has captured 48,542 vehicle records. Its network connects to 1,301 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Abbeville SC PD, Acworth GA PD, Ada County ID SO, Adairville KY PD, Adams County IL SO, Adams County WI SO, Adrian MI PD, Akron OH PD.
Minster in the Auglaize County picture
Auglaize County has 31 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #282 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 13.1% nationally. That’s across 46,209 residents and 1,392 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 27% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Minster
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 Minster — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Minster (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Minster
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 Minster
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).