Flock & ALPR Cameras in South Amherst, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around South Amherst — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near South Amherst in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 10, 14:41 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in South Amherst
The readers mapped around South Amherst break down as 2 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Aug 2026.
- SR 113 — 2 readers
South Amherst in the Lorain County picture
Lorain County has 150 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #572 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 314,588 residents and 1,477 road miles. By road density that is 0.10 cameras per road mile, in the top 4.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
Camera activity around South Amherst, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for South Amherst. Latest change logged Aug 27, 2026.
What’s watching South Amherst
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 South Amherst — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to South Amherst (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around South Amherst
What you can do in South Amherst
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.
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Cameras near South Amherst
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).