Flock & ALPR Cameras in Pataskala, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Pataskala — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Pataskala in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:10 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Pataskala
The readers mapped around Pataskala break down as 9 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Nov 2025.
- Summit Road Southwest — 3 readers
- Pataskala — 3 readers
- Cable Road Southwest — 2 readers
- Broad Street Southwest — 1 reader
Pataskala OH PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Pataskala OH PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 23 other agencies.
Pataskala in the Licking County picture
Licking County has 138 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #208 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 9.7% nationally. That’s across 180,311 residents and 2,737 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 12.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic.
What’s watching Pataskala
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 Pataskala — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Pataskala (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Pataskala
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 Pataskala
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).