Flock & ALPR Cameras in Sidney, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 20 automated license plate readers in and around Sidney — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Sidney in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Sidney
The readers mapped around Sidney break down as 20 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Apr 2026.
- West Michigan Street — 4 readers
- Fair Road — 2 readers
- Saint Marys Avenue — 1 reader
- Port Jefferson Road — 1 reader
- East Hoewisher Road — 1 reader
- North Kuther Road — 1 reader
- West Russell Road — 1 reader
- South Main Avenue — 1 reader
- Sidney-Wapakoneta Road — 1 reader
- South Vandemark Road — 1 reader
- East Court Street — 1 reader
- Sidney — 1 reader
+ 4 more streets and roads mapped around Sidney — all on the live map above.
Sidney OH PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Sidney OH PD runs 19 cameras of its own, has logged 350 plate-database searches, has captured 179,874 vehicle records. Its network connects to 2,235 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, Abbeville SC PD, Abbotsford WI PD, Abington Township PA PD, Acworth GA PD, Ada County ID SO, Adairville KY PD, Adams County IL SO.
Sidney in the Shelby County picture
Shelby County has 25 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #484 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 22.6% nationally. That’s across 48,007 residents and 1,290 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 29.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
What’s watching Sidney
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 Sidney — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Sidney (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Sidney
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 Sidney
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).