Flock & ALPR Cameras in Parma, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 20 automated license plate readers in and around Parma — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 20 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Parma, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 17 of them sit inside Parma itself.
The rest sit in Brooklyn (2), Cleveland (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Parma
The readers mapped around Parma break down as 15 Flock Safety, 4 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2023; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Ridge Road — 6 readers
- Pearl Road — 4 readers
- Theota Avenue — 2 readers
- State Road — 2 readers
- Powers Boulevard — 2 readers
- Sam Miller's Way — 1 reader
- Brookpark Road — 1 reader
- West 54th Street — 1 reader
Parma OH PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Parma OH PD runs 12 cameras of its own, has logged 426 plate-database searches, has captured 408,254 vehicle records. Its network connects to 1,836 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: 18th Judicial District Drug Task Force - TN PD, Abbotsford WI PD, Abington Township PA PD, Acworth GA PD, Adairville KY PD, Adams County IL SO, Adams County WI SO, Adams WI PD.
Parma in the Cuyahoga County picture
Cuyahoga County has 853 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #275 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 12.8% nationally. That’s across 1,249,418 residents and 2,760 road miles. By road density that is 0.31 cameras per road mile, in the top 0.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 18 traffic, 1 parking_entrance.
Camera activity around Parma, last 30 days
3 newly reported in our hourly change log for Parma. Latest change logged Aug 24, 2026.
What’s watching Parma
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 Parma — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Parma (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Parma
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Parma, OH
- Parma Park Boulevard Flock camera damaged: Parma Heights Police Blotter
- Parma Heights plans to renew Flock Safety camera contract, add park coverage
What you can do in Parma
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 Parma
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).