Flock & ALPR Cameras in Preble County, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers across Preble County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 29 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 12 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Preble County compares nationally
Preble County ranks #1,199 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 40,802 residents and 1,114 miles of county roads — 2.4509 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Preble 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 Preble County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Preble
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.