Flock & ALPR Cameras in New Paris, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around New Paris — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 4 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of New Paris, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 3 of them sit inside New Paris itself.
The rest sit in Jefferson Township (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near New Paris in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 9, 05:43 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in New Paris
The readers mapped around New Paris break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in May 2026.
- National Road — 1 reader
- West Cherry Street — 1 reader
- Difederico Drive — 1 reader
- Washington Street — 1 reader
New Paris OH PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, New Paris OH PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 51 other agencies.
New Paris in the Preble County picture
Preble County has 10 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,199 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 40,802 residents and 1,114 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 45.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching New Paris
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 New Paris — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to New Paris (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in New Paris
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 New Paris
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).